Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Carol Joyce Christensen
Apr 11, 2013
Carol Joyce Christensen, daughter of Harold and Veta (Plumb) Havick, was born on the Plumb family farm East of Tennant, Iowa on March 5, 1935. In 1946 she moved with her family to another farm to be closer to M16 (the Tennant Road). She attended Tennant Consolidated School in Tennant graduating with the class of 1953. As a child growing...
Richard Eugene Doran
Apr 11, 2013
Richard Eugene Doran, the son of William and Maud (Kay) Doran was born January 14, 1928 in Crossroads, Missouri. He attended school in Ava, Missouri and shortly after his 15th birthday, Richard entered the United States Navy on the 13th day of February 1943. He attained the rank of Seaman 2nd Class while serving in the South Pacific. His military...
James Jim O. Schueman
Apr 10, 2013
James Otto Schueman was born on February 7, 1925 to Rudolph �Rudy� and Grace (Garrison) Schueman in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the third of ten children in the family. At a young age, Jim began driving truck ,after Rudy suffered from a leg injury. In 1943, when Jim was age 18, he enlisted into the United States Coast Guard...
Erma M. Nihsen
Apr 6, 2013
Erma Martha Nihsen was born on September 6, 1928 in Pipestone, Minnesota to Edward and Clara (Hiller) Horstmeyer. She was one of five children in the family and she graduated from McClelland High School. She met Harold J. Nihsen at a dance and on September 20, 1950 the couple married at her parent’s farm in McClelland. Five children were born...
Frank Lundby Wirth
Apr 2, 2013
Frank Lundby “Rusty” Wirth was born on October 15, 1921 in Harlan, Iowa, to Frank and Martha (Lundby) Wirth. He attended and graduated from Harlan High School in 1939. He continued his education studying General Engineering at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1943. Frank was united in marriage to Beverly Jean...
Erna J. Lange
Apr 2, 2013
Erna Johanna Lange was born on March 17, 1914, two miles west of Jacksonville, Iowa to Johannes and Bertha (Nielsen) Jacobsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville. She attended country school through the eighth grade at Jackson No. 4 then her parents moved to Harlan and she graduated from Harlan High School with the Class...
Teresa Jo Stinn
Mar 28, 2013
Teresa Jo Stinn was born on January 15, 1961 to Charles and Mardelle (Jorgensen) Chadwick in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1979. She graduated from Capitol School of Beauty the following year. She was raised by Dr. Harris. On April 19, 1980, Teresa was united in marriage to Michael Stinn in Harlan,...
Crystal Pash
Mar 23, 2013
Crystal Jenelle Pash was born on February 2, 1929 to Eddie and Esther Petersen at the family farm home nearHarlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the newly formed Bethel Baptist Church in 1936 where she was a charter member and remained until 2005 when she joined First Baptist Church in Harlan. She attended country school at Douglas Township No. 9,...
Jervaise Nettie Bintz
Mar 20, 2013
Jervaise Nettie Bintz was born November 18, 1929 to Charlie and Viola (McHenry) Grap on the family farm west of Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. She graduated from Persia High School with the Class of 1948. After high school, she began teaching and would ride her horse to the country...
Gerald R. Mortensen
Mar 19, 2013
Gerald R. �Gerry� Mortensen was born on October 12, 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Ray and Ann (Conrad) Mortensen. He attended and graduated from Avoca High School. He continued his education at Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gerry was a professional engineer licensed in several states. Gerry was united in marriage to Joyce...
Dorothy Kathryn Gold
Mar 19, 2013
Dorothy Kathryn Gold was born on September 5, 1920 to William and Christina (Thompson) Ebert in Audubon, Iowa. She was a 1938 graduate of the Hancock Community School and continued her education at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, and the American Institute of Banking in Perry, Iowa. During her career, Dorothy worked at a number of banks...
Donna L. Lansman
Mar 17, 2013
Donna Lee (Gibson) Lansman was born on August 28, 1934 to Harry and Alice (Hughes) Gibson near Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended Tennant Consolidated Schools and graduated from Tennant High School in May of 1952. On November 27, 1953, she was united in marriage to Harold Duane Lansman at the United Methodist Church in Harlan, Iowa. Three children were born to...
Glenn Dora Lumpkin
Mar 14, 2013
Glenn Dora Lumpkin was born on May 27, 1923 to Archie and Lola (Higgins) Stude in Oakland, Iowa. She graduated from Oakland High School. After graduation, Glenn Dora moved to San Diego, California to live with her aunt, Rosie, and this is where she met William Lumpkin. The two were married on September 28, 1945 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Three...
Michael Mick Denning
Mar 13, 2013
Michael "Mick" Denning-Age 86 H. Michael �Mick� Denning was born on September 19, 1926 to William �Bill� and Loretto (Cavanaugh) Denning in Omaha, Nebraska. Mick was one of nine children in the family. He attended Frog Pond �Swamp College� country school through grades school. He played basketball and football for Shelby High School and was Homecoming King. He graduated from...
Teresa Ozbun
Mar 13, 2013
Teresa Lynne (Christensen) Ozbun was born on July 22, 1968, in Harlan, Iowa, the daughter of Elwood and Mary (White) Christensen. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1987. She was married to Mark Todd Ozbun on May 13, 1989, in Kirkman, Iowa. Teresa was a dietician for Linn Manor Care Center in Marion for a number...
Michael J. Young
Mar 11, 2013
Michael James Young was born on September 27, 1951 to Melvin �Jim� and Alice (Jordan) Young in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Ross United Brethren and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he remained a lifelong member of the congregation. Michael was educated at home by an intercom system hooked up to the Harlan High School....
Earl "Shorty" Foster
Mar 7, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Earl “Shorty” Junior Foster was born on a farm in East Boyer Township, Crawford County, Iowa, July 22, 1923, the son of Emmor Harold and Helen Kathryn Carstensen Foster. He...
Reno Wingert
Mar 6, 2013
Reno Leroy Wingert was born on April 30, 1920 to Charles and Mary (Kohles) Wingert on their farm near Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama where he remained a life-long member. He attended Washington Township No. 5 Country School and through the eighth grade at St. Mary’s Catholic School...
Betty I. Johnson
Mar 4, 2013
Betty Ilene Johnson was born on June 5, 1915 to Julius and Ida (Scheel) Maassen in Fairview Township, Shelby County, Iowa on a farm east of Corley. She attended country school just south of their farm and graduated from the Avoca High School in 1931, at the age of 15. After high school, she attended a teachers training course in...
Frederick P. Reischl
Mar 4, 2013
Reverend Fred P. Reischl, 85, died March 4, 2013 at the Little Flower Haven in Earling, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Peter�s Catholic Church in Defiance on Thursday, March 7th at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive friends from 4 � 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6th at St. Peter�s Catholic Church with a Vigil Service...
Carol Joyce Christensen
Apr 11, 2013
Carol Joyce Christensen, daughter of Harold and Veta (Plumb) Havick, was born on the Plumb family farm East of Tennant, Iowa on March 5, 1935. In 1946 she moved with her family to another farm to be closer to M16 (the Tennant Road). She attended Tennant Consolidated School in Tennant graduating with the class of 1953. As a child growing...
Richard Eugene Doran
Apr 11, 2013
Richard Eugene Doran, the son of William and Maud (Kay) Doran was born January 14, 1928 in Crossroads, Missouri. He attended school in Ava, Missouri and shortly after his 15th birthday, Richard entered the United States Navy on the 13th day of February 1943. He attained the rank of Seaman 2nd Class while serving in the South Pacific. His military...
James Jim O. Schueman
Apr 10, 2013
James Otto Schueman was born on February 7, 1925 to Rudolph �Rudy� and Grace (Garrison) Schueman in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the third of ten children in the family. At a young age, Jim began driving truck ,after Rudy suffered from a leg injury. In 1943, when Jim was age 18, he enlisted into the United States Coast Guard...
Erma M. Nihsen
Apr 6, 2013
Erma Martha Nihsen was born on September 6, 1928 in Pipestone, Minnesota to Edward and Clara (Hiller) Horstmeyer. She was one of five children in the family and she graduated from McClelland High School. She met Harold J. Nihsen at a dance and on September 20, 1950 the couple married at her parent’s farm in McClelland. Five children were born...
Frank Lundby Wirth
Apr 2, 2013
Frank Lundby “Rusty” Wirth was born on October 15, 1921 in Harlan, Iowa, to Frank and Martha (Lundby) Wirth. He attended and graduated from Harlan High School in 1939. He continued his education studying General Engineering at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1943. Frank was united in marriage to Beverly Jean...
Erna J. Lange
Apr 2, 2013
Erna Johanna Lange was born on March 17, 1914, two miles west of Jacksonville, Iowa to Johannes and Bertha (Nielsen) Jacobsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville. She attended country school through the eighth grade at Jackson No. 4 then her parents moved to Harlan and she graduated from Harlan High School with the Class...
Teresa Jo Stinn
Mar 28, 2013
Teresa Jo Stinn was born on January 15, 1961 to Charles and Mardelle (Jorgensen) Chadwick in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1979. She graduated from Capitol School of Beauty the following year. She was raised by Dr. Harris. On April 19, 1980, Teresa was united in marriage to Michael Stinn in Harlan,...
Crystal Pash
Mar 23, 2013
Crystal Jenelle Pash was born on February 2, 1929 to Eddie and Esther Petersen at the family farm home nearHarlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the newly formed Bethel Baptist Church in 1936 where she was a charter member and remained until 2005 when she joined First Baptist Church in Harlan. She attended country school at Douglas Township No. 9,...
Jervaise Nettie Bintz
Mar 20, 2013
Jervaise Nettie Bintz was born November 18, 1929 to Charlie and Viola (McHenry) Grap on the family farm west of Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. She graduated from Persia High School with the Class of 1948. After high school, she began teaching and would ride her horse to the country...
Gerald R. Mortensen
Mar 19, 2013
Gerald R. �Gerry� Mortensen was born on October 12, 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Ray and Ann (Conrad) Mortensen. He attended and graduated from Avoca High School. He continued his education at Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gerry was a professional engineer licensed in several states. Gerry was united in marriage to Joyce...
Dorothy Kathryn Gold
Mar 19, 2013
Dorothy Kathryn Gold was born on September 5, 1920 to William and Christina (Thompson) Ebert in Audubon, Iowa. She was a 1938 graduate of the Hancock Community School and continued her education at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, and the American Institute of Banking in Perry, Iowa. During her career, Dorothy worked at a number of banks...
Donna L. Lansman
Mar 17, 2013
Donna Lee (Gibson) Lansman was born on August 28, 1934 to Harry and Alice (Hughes) Gibson near Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended Tennant Consolidated Schools and graduated from Tennant High School in May of 1952. On November 27, 1953, she was united in marriage to Harold Duane Lansman at the United Methodist Church in Harlan, Iowa. Three children were born to...
Glenn Dora Lumpkin
Mar 14, 2013
Glenn Dora Lumpkin was born on May 27, 1923 to Archie and Lola (Higgins) Stude in Oakland, Iowa. She graduated from Oakland High School. After graduation, Glenn Dora moved to San Diego, California to live with her aunt, Rosie, and this is where she met William Lumpkin. The two were married on September 28, 1945 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Three...
Michael Mick Denning
Mar 13, 2013
Michael "Mick" Denning-Age 86 H. Michael �Mick� Denning was born on September 19, 1926 to William �Bill� and Loretto (Cavanaugh) Denning in Omaha, Nebraska. Mick was one of nine children in the family. He attended Frog Pond �Swamp College� country school through grades school. He played basketball and football for Shelby High School and was Homecoming King. He graduated from...
Teresa Ozbun
Mar 13, 2013
Teresa Lynne (Christensen) Ozbun was born on July 22, 1968, in Harlan, Iowa, the daughter of Elwood and Mary (White) Christensen. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1987. She was married to Mark Todd Ozbun on May 13, 1989, in Kirkman, Iowa. Teresa was a dietician for Linn Manor Care Center in Marion for a number...
Michael J. Young
Mar 11, 2013
Michael James Young was born on September 27, 1951 to Melvin �Jim� and Alice (Jordan) Young in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Ross United Brethren and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he remained a lifelong member of the congregation. Michael was educated at home by an intercom system hooked up to the Harlan High School....
Earl "Shorty" Foster
Mar 7, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Earl “Shorty” Junior Foster was born on a farm in East Boyer Township, Crawford County, Iowa, July 22, 1923, the son of Emmor Harold and Helen Kathryn Carstensen Foster. He...
Reno Wingert
Mar 6, 2013
Reno Leroy Wingert was born on April 30, 1920 to Charles and Mary (Kohles) Wingert on their farm near Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama where he remained a life-long member. He attended Washington Township No. 5 Country School and through the eighth grade at St. Mary’s Catholic School...
Betty I. Johnson
Mar 4, 2013
Betty Ilene Johnson was born on June 5, 1915 to Julius and Ida (Scheel) Maassen in Fairview Township, Shelby County, Iowa on a farm east of Corley. She attended country school just south of their farm and graduated from the Avoca High School in 1931, at the age of 15. After high school, she attended a teachers training course in...
Frederick P. Reischl
Mar 4, 2013
Reverend Fred P. Reischl, 85, died March 4, 2013 at the Little Flower Haven in Earling, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Peter�s Catholic Church in Defiance on Thursday, March 7th at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive friends from 4 � 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6th at St. Peter�s Catholic Church with a Vigil Service...
