Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Richard Dean Smith
Jun 10, 2015
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL:11:00 A.M., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWAVISITATION:4:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:00 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWAPARISH VIGIL SERVICE:6:30 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWA Richard Dean Smith was born in Carroll, Iowa, April 9, 1948, the son of Patricia Tigges Smith. He was raised in...
Brian "Tigger" Wells
Jun 7, 2015
Brian Charles Wells “Tigger”, was born on October 29, 1961 to Len and Jeanie (Lehan) Wells in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized, had his first communion, and was confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he remained a life-long member. He attended St. Paul’s Catholic School in Defiance through the eighth grade before attending Harlan Community High School....
Rose Mary Reinig
Jun 5, 2015
Rose Mary Reinig was born May 1, 1932 to Fred and Dorothy (Crowe) Schmiedeler, Sr. in Abilene, Kansas. She was baptized on May 8, 1932 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Abilene where she also attended her first confession on June 11, 1939 and received her Holy First Communion on June 18, 1939. Rose Mary was confirmed at St. Andrew...
Lawrence V. Larsen
Jun 1, 2015
Lawrence Vernon Larsen was born on December 14, 1922 to Lewis and Minna (Rasmussen) Larsen near Audubon, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended country school near Fiscus, Iowa before graduating from Audubon High School. He obtained his degree from the University of Iowa and then continued on to the College of Medicine...
Richard J. Carroll
May 29, 2015
Richard John Carroll, “Dick”, was born on December 6, 1928 to Emmet and Matilda (Stolz) Carroll in rural Panama, Iowa. He attended country school and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama through the eighth grade when he left school to help on the family farm. Dick enlisted in the United States Army on September 30, 1946 and served during the...
Arlene Sunderland
May 28, 2015
Ida Arlene Sunderland was born on October 5, 1919 to Hugh and Beulah (Findlay) Patterson in Irwin, Iowa. She attended grade school in Atlantic, Iowa, where the family lived from 1928 to 1934. After moving to the Harlan area, Arlene graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1938. On October 8th of that year, she was united in...
Thomas Hoffman
May 28, 2015
Thomas “Tom” George Hoffman Thomas “Tom” George Hoffman, son of Albert and Sophie (Brinks) Hoffman, was born December 19, 1946 in Carroll, Iowa. Tom was one of five children who was baptized and confirmed at Mary’s Catholic Church in Willey, Iowa. He attended school in Willey through the 8th grade when he left to go work on the family farm....
Cyrenus Herman Knief
May 27, 2015
SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2015 at United Church of Christ, Schleswig, IowaVISITATION: From 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaBURIAL: Morgan Township Cemetery, Schleswig, Iowa Cyrenus Herman Knief was born on the Knief family farm north of Deloit, Iowa, March 30, 1923, the son of Herman and Irma Larson Knief. ...
Ora "Bill" H. Babbitt
May 25, 2015
Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt was born on March 6, 1925 to Glenn and Hazel(Franklin) Babbitt near Marne in Cass County Iowa. Bill was the eighth child of a family of eleven. Bill attended several country schools and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1942. He helped on the family farm until he married...
Mildred Hoffmann
May 22, 2015
Mildred Susan Hoffmann, daughter of Thomas and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born on June 27, 1913 near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. While she was in school, Mildred’s father died and she quit school to help at home with her mother’s wall paper business. Mildred also worked...
Betty Griffith
May 21, 2015
Betty Griffith Betty Griffith was born on November 14, 1921 in Walnut, Iowa to Oscar and Olive Pauline Hulin Cade. She was baptized and confirmed at the Walnut Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Walnut High School in 1939. Betty married Frank William Griffith on February 17, 1942 in Maryville, Missouri. To this union three children were born Frank, Mary Ellen,...
Lavern Emil Wolff
May 19, 2015
LaVern Emil Wolff LaVern Emil Wolff was born on November 26, 1936 in Geddes, South Dakota to Emil and Alberta Tanner Wolff. He was baptized at St. Paul’s in Oakland, Iowa and attended the Lutheran and United Methodist Churches. He attended elementary and high school in Lake Andes, South Dakota. He attended ILCC at Emmetsburg, Iowa and earned a degree...
Diane L. Dekok
May 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Morningside Lutheran Church, Sioux CityVISITATION: From 10:00 a.m. until time of service at the church GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INURNMENT: 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, DenisonDiane Lucy DeKok, 68, passed away on May 19th, 2015 at a local nursing home following many years of multiple health...
Sylvia "Margaret" Murphy
May 18, 2015
Margaret Murphy was born on October 6, 1916 at her parents home in Walnut, Iowa. Her parents George Washington Adams and Sylvia Marietta (Keys) Adams named her Sylvia Margaret Adams after her mother and grandmother, but she was always called Margaret. Her childhood was typical of someone growing up in the 1920's and 1930's. She had a group of friends...
Vera M Beebe
May 16, 2015
Vera M. Beebe Vera Martha Beebe was born on November 29, 1915 to Henry and Dorothea (Prange) Schnieder. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church of Hallam, Nebraska. She graduated from Hallam High School and also the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Vera married Verne Beebe on February 12, 1944 in Minden, Iowa. They were blessed with two...
Ethel Miles
May 13, 2015
Catherine Ethel Miles was born on February 10, 1928 to Alex and Theresa (Windeshausen) Von Tersch in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church where she remained a lifelong member. Ethel attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1946. On September 13, 1946, she was united in marriage to Jay Dean Miles....
Richard "Dick" James Johnson
May 7, 2015
Richard James Johnson Richard “Dick” James Johnson was born November 28, 1939 to Gaylord and Mildred (Christensen) Johnson of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Cuppy’s Grove. He graduated from Harlan High School. On August 1, 1973 he was united in marriage to Marlene Hattig Steinman at Elk Point, South Dakota. He joined Marlene with her...
Donna Lee Whiteing Borgeson
May 5, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9., 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaINURNMENT: Crawford Heights Memory Garden, Denison, IowaVISITATION: 10:00 a.m. Saturday until time of service at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Donna Lee (Whiteing) Borgeson was born in Denison, Iowa, January 21, 1940, the daughter of Robert Andrew and Ruth Rollins Whiteing. Her formative years were spent in...
Ella Stamp
May 2, 2015
Ella Clara Stamp, daughter of Edward Benjamin Horstmeyer and Clara Henrietta (Hiller) Horstmeyer, was born on March 8, 1932, in McClelland, Iowa. She was baptized on April 14, 1932 at St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Hardin Township Number One Country School west of McClelland. As a girl she walked to school carrying a syrup...
Richard Dean Smith
Jun 10, 2015
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL:11:00 A.M., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWAVISITATION:4:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:00 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWAPARISH VIGIL SERVICE:6:30 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, VAIL, IOWA Richard Dean Smith was born in Carroll, Iowa, April 9, 1948, the son of Patricia Tigges Smith. He was raised in...
Brian "Tigger" Wells
Jun 7, 2015
Brian Charles Wells “Tigger”, was born on October 29, 1961 to Len and Jeanie (Lehan) Wells in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized, had his first communion, and was confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he remained a life-long member. He attended St. Paul’s Catholic School in Defiance through the eighth grade before attending Harlan Community High School....
Rose Mary Reinig
Jun 5, 2015
Rose Mary Reinig was born May 1, 1932 to Fred and Dorothy (Crowe) Schmiedeler, Sr. in Abilene, Kansas. She was baptized on May 8, 1932 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Abilene where she also attended her first confession on June 11, 1939 and received her Holy First Communion on June 18, 1939. Rose Mary was confirmed at St. Andrew...
Lawrence V. Larsen
Jun 1, 2015
Lawrence Vernon Larsen was born on December 14, 1922 to Lewis and Minna (Rasmussen) Larsen near Audubon, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended country school near Fiscus, Iowa before graduating from Audubon High School. He obtained his degree from the University of Iowa and then continued on to the College of Medicine...
Richard J. Carroll
May 29, 2015
Richard John Carroll, “Dick”, was born on December 6, 1928 to Emmet and Matilda (Stolz) Carroll in rural Panama, Iowa. He attended country school and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama through the eighth grade when he left school to help on the family farm. Dick enlisted in the United States Army on September 30, 1946 and served during the...
Arlene Sunderland
May 28, 2015
Ida Arlene Sunderland was born on October 5, 1919 to Hugh and Beulah (Findlay) Patterson in Irwin, Iowa. She attended grade school in Atlantic, Iowa, where the family lived from 1928 to 1934. After moving to the Harlan area, Arlene graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1938. On October 8th of that year, she was united in...
Thomas Hoffman
May 28, 2015
Thomas “Tom” George Hoffman Thomas “Tom” George Hoffman, son of Albert and Sophie (Brinks) Hoffman, was born December 19, 1946 in Carroll, Iowa. Tom was one of five children who was baptized and confirmed at Mary’s Catholic Church in Willey, Iowa. He attended school in Willey through the 8th grade when he left to go work on the family farm....
Cyrenus Herman Knief
May 27, 2015
SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2015 at United Church of Christ, Schleswig, IowaVISITATION: From 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaBURIAL: Morgan Township Cemetery, Schleswig, Iowa Cyrenus Herman Knief was born on the Knief family farm north of Deloit, Iowa, March 30, 1923, the son of Herman and Irma Larson Knief. ...
Ora "Bill" H. Babbitt
May 25, 2015
Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt was born on March 6, 1925 to Glenn and Hazel(Franklin) Babbitt near Marne in Cass County Iowa. Bill was the eighth child of a family of eleven. Bill attended several country schools and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1942. He helped on the family farm until he married...
Mildred Hoffmann
May 22, 2015
Mildred Susan Hoffmann, daughter of Thomas and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born on June 27, 1913 near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. While she was in school, Mildred’s father died and she quit school to help at home with her mother’s wall paper business. Mildred also worked...
Betty Griffith
May 21, 2015
Betty Griffith Betty Griffith was born on November 14, 1921 in Walnut, Iowa to Oscar and Olive Pauline Hulin Cade. She was baptized and confirmed at the Walnut Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Walnut High School in 1939. Betty married Frank William Griffith on February 17, 1942 in Maryville, Missouri. To this union three children were born Frank, Mary Ellen,...
Lavern Emil Wolff
May 19, 2015
LaVern Emil Wolff LaVern Emil Wolff was born on November 26, 1936 in Geddes, South Dakota to Emil and Alberta Tanner Wolff. He was baptized at St. Paul’s in Oakland, Iowa and attended the Lutheran and United Methodist Churches. He attended elementary and high school in Lake Andes, South Dakota. He attended ILCC at Emmetsburg, Iowa and earned a degree...
Diane L. Dekok
May 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Morningside Lutheran Church, Sioux CityVISITATION: From 10:00 a.m. until time of service at the church GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INURNMENT: 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, DenisonDiane Lucy DeKok, 68, passed away on May 19th, 2015 at a local nursing home following many years of multiple health...
Sylvia "Margaret" Murphy
May 18, 2015
Margaret Murphy was born on October 6, 1916 at her parents home in Walnut, Iowa. Her parents George Washington Adams and Sylvia Marietta (Keys) Adams named her Sylvia Margaret Adams after her mother and grandmother, but she was always called Margaret. Her childhood was typical of someone growing up in the 1920's and 1930's. She had a group of friends...
Vera M Beebe
May 16, 2015
Vera M. Beebe Vera Martha Beebe was born on November 29, 1915 to Henry and Dorothea (Prange) Schnieder. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church of Hallam, Nebraska. She graduated from Hallam High School and also the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Vera married Verne Beebe on February 12, 1944 in Minden, Iowa. They were blessed with two...
Ethel Miles
May 13, 2015
Catherine Ethel Miles was born on February 10, 1928 to Alex and Theresa (Windeshausen) Von Tersch in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church where she remained a lifelong member. Ethel attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1946. On September 13, 1946, she was united in marriage to Jay Dean Miles....
Richard "Dick" James Johnson
May 7, 2015
Richard James Johnson Richard “Dick” James Johnson was born November 28, 1939 to Gaylord and Mildred (Christensen) Johnson of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Cuppy’s Grove. He graduated from Harlan High School. On August 1, 1973 he was united in marriage to Marlene Hattig Steinman at Elk Point, South Dakota. He joined Marlene with her...
Donna Lee Whiteing Borgeson
May 5, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9., 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaINURNMENT: Crawford Heights Memory Garden, Denison, IowaVISITATION: 10:00 a.m. Saturday until time of service at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Donna Lee (Whiteing) Borgeson was born in Denison, Iowa, January 21, 1940, the daughter of Robert Andrew and Ruth Rollins Whiteing. Her formative years were spent in...
Ella Stamp
May 2, 2015
Ella Clara Stamp, daughter of Edward Benjamin Horstmeyer and Clara Henrietta (Hiller) Horstmeyer, was born on March 8, 1932, in McClelland, Iowa. She was baptized on April 14, 1932 at St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Hardin Township Number One Country School west of McClelland. As a girl she walked to school carrying a syrup...
