Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Therese Marie Henscheid
May 3, 2013
Therese Marie Henscheid was born on June 24, 1933 to Ray and Mary (Schechinger) Lickteig in Westphalia, Iowa. Her step-mother was Ada (Pippet) Lickteig. She graduated from St. Boniface Catholic High School, Westphalia, in 1951, and completed her nurse’s training at IWCC in 1968. On December 30, 1952, Therese and Urban Henscheid were united in marriage. There were four children...
Norman W. Christensen
May 2, 2013
Norman William Christensen was born on October 5, 1935 to Walter and Elsie (Walters) Christensen on a farm north of Atlantic, Iowa. He attended country school. In 1949, he moved to what they called Rorbeck, southwest of Elk Horn, Iowa. On April 20, 1957, he was united in marriage to Shirley Namanny at Peace Church in Walnut. Norman served from...
John Henry Swisher
May 1, 2013
John Henry Swisher was born on February 5, 1927 to John and Caroline (Karley) Swisher near Merrill, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Merrill. He attended school in Hinton, Iowa through the eleventh grade. He enlisted in the United States Navy in May of 1945 and served during World War II. He received an...
Lloyd Levern Sheldahl
Apr 26, 2013
Lloyd Levern Sheldahl, the third of seven children of James Levi and Amanda Almeda (Nitchals) Sheldahl, was born on June 25, 1930 in Stuart, Iowa. He attended school in Stuart and later obtained his GED. To help support his family he went to work at the age of 14 with his brother Maurice in the trucking business and later for...
Velma M. Lindstrom
Apr 25, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at First Baptist Church, Kiron, Iowa Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Kiron Cemetery in Kiron, Iowa Velma Marie Margurete Lindstrom was born in rural Ida County on October 4, 1921 to Marvin and Caroline (Kahl) Hollander. She was baptized...
Palmer B. Volkmann
Apr 25, 2013
Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa Palmer B. Volkmann was born at Denison, Iowa, February 23, 1926, the son of Herbert John and Johanna Amolia Wiese Volkmann. He was...
Bobby Dean Stahl
Apr 24, 2013
Bobby Dean Stahl was born in Harlan, Iowa to Edward and Edith (Baker) Stahl on June 22, 1931. He attended the Harlan Public Schools. On April 7, 1956, he was joined in marriage with Joyce Fountain. Four children were born to this union: Robert Craig, Penny, Kent, and Tracey. After many years of working construction, he worked for the Shelby...
Dean A. Linden
Apr 18, 2013
Dean Arthur Linden was born on December 28, 1950 to Duane and Bernice (Andersen) Linden in Harlan, Iowa. The only son, and eldest of eight children, Dean attended and was baptized at the Methodist Church in Tennant, Iowa, and at First Baptist Church of Harlan, Iowa. He attended kindergarten at the Country School, first grade at the Tennant School, and...
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...
Therese Marie Henscheid
May 3, 2013
Therese Marie Henscheid was born on June 24, 1933 to Ray and Mary (Schechinger) Lickteig in Westphalia, Iowa. Her step-mother was Ada (Pippet) Lickteig. She graduated from St. Boniface Catholic High School, Westphalia, in 1951, and completed her nurse’s training at IWCC in 1968. On December 30, 1952, Therese and Urban Henscheid were united in marriage. There were four children...
Norman W. Christensen
May 2, 2013
Norman William Christensen was born on October 5, 1935 to Walter and Elsie (Walters) Christensen on a farm north of Atlantic, Iowa. He attended country school. In 1949, he moved to what they called Rorbeck, southwest of Elk Horn, Iowa. On April 20, 1957, he was united in marriage to Shirley Namanny at Peace Church in Walnut. Norman served from...
John Henry Swisher
May 1, 2013
John Henry Swisher was born on February 5, 1927 to John and Caroline (Karley) Swisher near Merrill, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Merrill. He attended school in Hinton, Iowa through the eleventh grade. He enlisted in the United States Navy in May of 1945 and served during World War II. He received an...
Lloyd Levern Sheldahl
Apr 26, 2013
Lloyd Levern Sheldahl, the third of seven children of James Levi and Amanda Almeda (Nitchals) Sheldahl, was born on June 25, 1930 in Stuart, Iowa. He attended school in Stuart and later obtained his GED. To help support his family he went to work at the age of 14 with his brother Maurice in the trucking business and later for...
Velma M. Lindstrom
Apr 25, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at First Baptist Church, Kiron, Iowa Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Kiron Cemetery in Kiron, Iowa Velma Marie Margurete Lindstrom was born in rural Ida County on October 4, 1921 to Marvin and Caroline (Kahl) Hollander. She was baptized...
Palmer B. Volkmann
Apr 25, 2013
Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: From 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa Palmer B. Volkmann was born at Denison, Iowa, February 23, 1926, the son of Herbert John and Johanna Amolia Wiese Volkmann. He was...
Bobby Dean Stahl
Apr 24, 2013
Bobby Dean Stahl was born in Harlan, Iowa to Edward and Edith (Baker) Stahl on June 22, 1931. He attended the Harlan Public Schools. On April 7, 1956, he was joined in marriage with Joyce Fountain. Four children were born to this union: Robert Craig, Penny, Kent, and Tracey. After many years of working construction, he worked for the Shelby...
Dean A. Linden
Apr 18, 2013
Dean Arthur Linden was born on December 28, 1950 to Duane and Bernice (Andersen) Linden in Harlan, Iowa. The only son, and eldest of eight children, Dean attended and was baptized at the Methodist Church in Tennant, Iowa, and at First Baptist Church of Harlan, Iowa. He attended kindergarten at the Country School, first grade at the Tennant School, and...
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...
