Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Esther Margaret Harder,
Aug 14, 2013
Esther Margaret Harder was born on September 21, 1923 to John and Olga (Stuhr) Harder in Avoca, Iowa. After her graduation from high school, she attended teacher’s college at Iowa State University. For the next forty-two years, Esther taught school at Perry, Adel, Earlham, and Rue Elementary in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She never married but enjoyed the many children in...
Marvin Butch Pedersen
Aug 13, 2013
Marvin Wilford Pedersen, �Butch�, was born on December 22, 1936 to Wilford and Erma (Turner) Pedersen in Walnut, Iowa. He attended Harlan High School. On November 30, 1958, Butch was united in marriage to Irma Strandskov in Kimballton, Iowa. Three children were born to them: Lee, Michelle �Shelly�, and Kimberly �Kim�. Butch ran a milk route for Crystal Springs Creamery...
Helen Warner
Aug 13, 2013
Helen Marie Warner was born on March 2, 1918 to Joe and Gusta (Sohl) Pauley on a farm east of Corley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan where she remained a lifelong member. At the age of five, her parents purchased a farm southwest of Harlan, Iowa. Helen attended Lincoln Township No. 8 country...
Jeannette Jan Gettys
Aug 12, 2013
Jeannette Darlene �Jan� Gettys was born on October 20, 1932 to Byron �BK� and Ruth (Jenkins) Stephens in Huron, South Dakota. She was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Huron. Jan graduated from Wall Lake High School and attended Cottey College, State Teacher�s College in Cedar Falls and Buena Vista University. On December 26, 1957 in Wall Lake, Iowa,...
Dorothy Schechinger
Aug 11, 2013
Dorothea Mary Ann Schechinger �Dorothy� was born on January 4, 1925 to Charles and Veronica (Tracy) Matthiessen on a farm northwest of Persia, Iowa. She grew up on a farm one mile north of Shelby, Iowa. She enjoyed growing up on the farm, except for milking the cows - she always told us stories of how that was her least...
Donald Dinger Thraen
Aug 10, 2013
Donald Ambrose �Dinger� Thraen was born on March 26, 1943 to Ambrose and Ariel (Densmore) Thraen in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael�s Catholic Church, where he remained a life-long member. Don attended St. Michael�s Catholic School and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1961. During his high school summers, he attended the...
Bernice Lorene Pfannkuch
Aug 10, 2013
Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 12, 2013 at Vail Cemetery, Vail, Iowa Visitation with the family following the burial at the United Presbyterian Church in Vail, Iowa Bernice Lorene Pfannkuch was born on her parents’ farm near Vail, Iowa, October 7, 1912, the only child of William and Katherine Slechta Pieper. She was raised on the farm and attended...
Dorothy J. Slater
Aug 9, 2013
Memorial Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 16, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa Private Family Graveside Memorial Services and inurnment will be at Oakland Cemetery in Denison, Iowa Dorothy J. Slater was born on the farm at Buck Grove, Iowa, the daughter of Emil M. and Evelyn May Lentz Greder. She was raised on...
Nola J. Lund
Aug 9, 2013
Nola Jane Lund was born on August 12, 1946 to Wayne and Alyce Mae (Doonan) Lund in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church and attended school at Center Township No. 5 through the sixth grade. Nola graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1964. During high school she worked at E. M. Christensen Auto company....
Leonard James "Domie" Hassett
Aug 4, 2013
Cremation Rites have been accorded. No Service No Visitation Private Inurnment: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery. Leonard James “Domie” Hassett, son of Leonard “Hun” and Cecelia “Celia” Lochmiller Hassett passed away Sunday, August 4, 2013, in his hometown of Denison, Iowa. He is survived by his daughter Shawn, sister Melody, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, long time companion, Marla and...
Lorren Clark
Aug 2, 2013
Clark at their home in Botna, Iowa. He was baptized at the Irwin Methodist Church and graduated from Irwin Consolidated High School on May 22, 1941. Lorren enlisted in the United States Army on April 2, 1946 as a Construction Equipment Mechanic. He was honorably discharged on April 16, 1947, having received the WWII Victory Medal and Army of Occupation...
Cheryl M. Miller
Jul 30, 2013
Cheryl M. Miller - Age 66 Who died on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 No Public Visitation Private Services Cheryl is survived by her husband Greg Miller of Defiance, IA; children: Josh Carl of Idaho Falls, ID, Kimberly Kemp of San Antonio, TX, Kari (Jeremy) Walsh of MO, Brian Grulke of Sioux City, IA, Genell (Larry) Funke and Sara Grulke of...
A Jewell Swaters
Jul 27, 2013
Services:Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 1, 2013, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Burial:Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa Visitation:From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa. Legion of Mary Rosary:4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Parish Vigil...
Richard Werneburg
Jul 25, 2013
Memorial Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa No Visitation Survivors include his daughter, Jackie Crisler of David City, Nebraska, his son, Roger Paulson of Manilla, Iowa, one grandson, two brothers: Roger Werneburg of Ida Grove, Iowa, and Gene Werneburg of Denison, Iowa; three sisters: Donna Reynolds of Texas, and Judy Malone and Jan...
Irmtraud Maria-Dorothea Marshall
Jul 24, 2013
Cremation Rites have been accorded and memorial visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison,Iowa. Irmtraud Maria-Dorothea Marshall was born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany February 20, 1946, the daughter of Johannes Dobben and Klara Dobben maiden name Nuyken. She was raised in Germany where she received her...
Mary Lou Emken
Jul 20, 2013
Mary Lou Emken was born on January 6, 1932 to William and Martha (Krueger) Deatherage at the family home in Hancock, Iowa. She graduated from Hancock High School. She was united in marriage to Robert H. Emken on March 23, 1951 at the Methodist Church in Oakland, Iowa. The couple made their home in Hancock, Iowa and two children were...
Donna Lou Wetzel
Jul 19, 2013
Donna Lou Fiscus Wetzel was born on November 8, 1944 to F. Donald and Mahela (Sheer) Holt in Cherokee, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1963. She was married to Roger Fiscus in July of 1963 and had two daughters: Rogene and...
Thelma K. Hargens
Jul 18, 2013
Thelma Hargens was born in Burlington Junction, Missouri on December 10, 1924 to Charley and Dagmar (Jensen) Winsor. She was one of six children in the family. Thelma was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. At a very early age she moved with her parents to a farm near Irwin, Iowa. She attended country school...
Scott L. Chapman
Jul 15, 2013
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2013 at United Presbyterian Church in Denison, Iowa Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 18, 2013 at United Presbyterian Church in Denson, Iowa Burial: Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, Denison, Iowa Scott Chapman was born in Denison, Iowa, February 6, 1964, the son of Harold and Elaine Namanny Chapman. He was raised on...
Terry Lee Derby
Jul 15, 2013
Terry L. Derby - Age 65 Terry Lee Derby was born on September 28, 1947 to Wilson and Della Mae (Conklin) Derby in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended the very first kindergarten class to go through the Avoca Elementary School and graduated from AvoHa High School with the Class of 1965. On September 20, 1971, Terry was united in marriages...
Esther Margaret Harder,
Aug 14, 2013
Esther Margaret Harder was born on September 21, 1923 to John and Olga (Stuhr) Harder in Avoca, Iowa. After her graduation from high school, she attended teacher’s college at Iowa State University. For the next forty-two years, Esther taught school at Perry, Adel, Earlham, and Rue Elementary in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She never married but enjoyed the many children in...
Marvin Butch Pedersen
Aug 13, 2013
Marvin Wilford Pedersen, �Butch�, was born on December 22, 1936 to Wilford and Erma (Turner) Pedersen in Walnut, Iowa. He attended Harlan High School. On November 30, 1958, Butch was united in marriage to Irma Strandskov in Kimballton, Iowa. Three children were born to them: Lee, Michelle �Shelly�, and Kimberly �Kim�. Butch ran a milk route for Crystal Springs Creamery...
Helen Warner
Aug 13, 2013
Helen Marie Warner was born on March 2, 1918 to Joe and Gusta (Sohl) Pauley on a farm east of Corley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan where she remained a lifelong member. At the age of five, her parents purchased a farm southwest of Harlan, Iowa. Helen attended Lincoln Township No. 8 country...
Jeannette Jan Gettys
Aug 12, 2013
Jeannette Darlene �Jan� Gettys was born on October 20, 1932 to Byron �BK� and Ruth (Jenkins) Stephens in Huron, South Dakota. She was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Huron. Jan graduated from Wall Lake High School and attended Cottey College, State Teacher�s College in Cedar Falls and Buena Vista University. On December 26, 1957 in Wall Lake, Iowa,...
Dorothy Schechinger
Aug 11, 2013
Dorothea Mary Ann Schechinger �Dorothy� was born on January 4, 1925 to Charles and Veronica (Tracy) Matthiessen on a farm northwest of Persia, Iowa. She grew up on a farm one mile north of Shelby, Iowa. She enjoyed growing up on the farm, except for milking the cows - she always told us stories of how that was her least...
Donald Dinger Thraen
Aug 10, 2013
Donald Ambrose �Dinger� Thraen was born on March 26, 1943 to Ambrose and Ariel (Densmore) Thraen in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael�s Catholic Church, where he remained a life-long member. Don attended St. Michael�s Catholic School and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1961. During his high school summers, he attended the...
Bernice Lorene Pfannkuch
Aug 10, 2013
Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 12, 2013 at Vail Cemetery, Vail, Iowa Visitation with the family following the burial at the United Presbyterian Church in Vail, Iowa Bernice Lorene Pfannkuch was born on her parents’ farm near Vail, Iowa, October 7, 1912, the only child of William and Katherine Slechta Pieper. She was raised on the farm and attended...
Dorothy J. Slater
Aug 9, 2013
Memorial Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 16, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa Private Family Graveside Memorial Services and inurnment will be at Oakland Cemetery in Denison, Iowa Dorothy J. Slater was born on the farm at Buck Grove, Iowa, the daughter of Emil M. and Evelyn May Lentz Greder. She was raised on...
Nola J. Lund
Aug 9, 2013
Nola Jane Lund was born on August 12, 1946 to Wayne and Alyce Mae (Doonan) Lund in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church and attended school at Center Township No. 5 through the sixth grade. Nola graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1964. During high school she worked at E. M. Christensen Auto company....
Leonard James "Domie" Hassett
Aug 4, 2013
Cremation Rites have been accorded. No Service No Visitation Private Inurnment: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery. Leonard James “Domie” Hassett, son of Leonard “Hun” and Cecelia “Celia” Lochmiller Hassett passed away Sunday, August 4, 2013, in his hometown of Denison, Iowa. He is survived by his daughter Shawn, sister Melody, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, long time companion, Marla and...
Lorren Clark
Aug 2, 2013
Clark at their home in Botna, Iowa. He was baptized at the Irwin Methodist Church and graduated from Irwin Consolidated High School on May 22, 1941. Lorren enlisted in the United States Army on April 2, 1946 as a Construction Equipment Mechanic. He was honorably discharged on April 16, 1947, having received the WWII Victory Medal and Army of Occupation...
Cheryl M. Miller
Jul 30, 2013
Cheryl M. Miller - Age 66 Who died on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 No Public Visitation Private Services Cheryl is survived by her husband Greg Miller of Defiance, IA; children: Josh Carl of Idaho Falls, ID, Kimberly Kemp of San Antonio, TX, Kari (Jeremy) Walsh of MO, Brian Grulke of Sioux City, IA, Genell (Larry) Funke and Sara Grulke of...
A Jewell Swaters
Jul 27, 2013
Services:Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 1, 2013, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Burial:Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa Visitation:From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa. Legion of Mary Rosary:4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Parish Vigil...
Richard Werneburg
Jul 25, 2013
Memorial Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa No Visitation Survivors include his daughter, Jackie Crisler of David City, Nebraska, his son, Roger Paulson of Manilla, Iowa, one grandson, two brothers: Roger Werneburg of Ida Grove, Iowa, and Gene Werneburg of Denison, Iowa; three sisters: Donna Reynolds of Texas, and Judy Malone and Jan...
Irmtraud Maria-Dorothea Marshall
Jul 24, 2013
Cremation Rites have been accorded and memorial visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison,Iowa. Irmtraud Maria-Dorothea Marshall was born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany February 20, 1946, the daughter of Johannes Dobben and Klara Dobben maiden name Nuyken. She was raised in Germany where she received her...
Mary Lou Emken
Jul 20, 2013
Mary Lou Emken was born on January 6, 1932 to William and Martha (Krueger) Deatherage at the family home in Hancock, Iowa. She graduated from Hancock High School. She was united in marriage to Robert H. Emken on March 23, 1951 at the Methodist Church in Oakland, Iowa. The couple made their home in Hancock, Iowa and two children were...
Donna Lou Wetzel
Jul 19, 2013
Donna Lou Fiscus Wetzel was born on November 8, 1944 to F. Donald and Mahela (Sheer) Holt in Cherokee, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1963. She was married to Roger Fiscus in July of 1963 and had two daughters: Rogene and...
Thelma K. Hargens
Jul 18, 2013
Thelma Hargens was born in Burlington Junction, Missouri on December 10, 1924 to Charley and Dagmar (Jensen) Winsor. She was one of six children in the family. Thelma was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. At a very early age she moved with her parents to a farm near Irwin, Iowa. She attended country school...
Scott L. Chapman
Jul 15, 2013
Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2013 at United Presbyterian Church in Denison, Iowa Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 18, 2013 at United Presbyterian Church in Denson, Iowa Burial: Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, Denison, Iowa Scott Chapman was born in Denison, Iowa, February 6, 1964, the son of Harold and Elaine Namanny Chapman. He was raised on...
Terry Lee Derby
Jul 15, 2013
Terry L. Derby - Age 65 Terry Lee Derby was born on September 28, 1947 to Wilson and Della Mae (Conklin) Derby in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended the very first kindergarten class to go through the Avoca Elementary School and graduated from AvoHa High School with the Class of 1965. On September 20, 1971, Terry was united in marriages...
