Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Janice Marie Whelan
Oct 5, 2012
Janice Marie Whelan, age 68, of Osceola, Missouri, peacefully left this life October 5, 2012 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, with family by her side. Jan was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on March 14, 1944 to Elsie and Frank Horst and had one sister, Sandra. She completed her high school diploma in 1979, for which she and her family...
William F. Oliver
Oct 4, 2012
Arrangements and Services For William F. Oliver - Age 83 Who died on Thursday, October 4, 2012 No Public Visitation Graveside Service Monday, October 8, 2012 10:30 AM Harlan Cemetery Harlan, Iowa William is survived by his children: George (Susan) Oliver of Logan, Iowa; Eva (Jim) Laver, Bonnie (Larry) Blaine, William Oliver, June (Ray) Sorensen, Cathy Oliver, and Colleen Oliver...
Darrell B. Coenen
Oct 2, 2012
Darrell B. Coenen - Age 52 Who died on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Visitation Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Harlan, Iowa Wake Service Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Harlan, Iowa Mass of Christian Burial Friday, October 5, 2012 11:00 AM St. Michael's Catholic Church Harlan, Iowa Interment...
Thomas Fastje
Oct 1, 2012
Thomas David Fastje was born in Denison, Iowa, March 20, 1959, the son of Frederick William (Bill) and Delores Rothfolk Fastje, Jr. He was raised in Denison where he received his education graduating from high school with the class of 1977. He then furthered his education for one year at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. In 1980,...
Lawrence H. Petsche
Sep 29, 2012
Lawrence Herman Petsche was born on May 13, 1919 to John and Elizabeth (Jacoby) Petsche on the family farm four miles southeast of Westphalia, Iowa. He was the youngest of ten children and was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Lawrence walked through the field to attend Country School No. 3 in Lincoln Township for one...
Richard J. Vipond
Sep 26, 2012
Richard J. Vipond, 74, passed away Monday, October 1 at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, surrounded by his family. Dick was born August 15, 1938, in Algona to James and Kathryn Vipond. He was raised on the family farm in Algona and attended country grade school. He graduated from Algona High School in 1956. He received a bachelor’s degree in...
Bertha Hansen
Sep 25, 2012
Bertha Hansen was born on July 26, 1924 to Marius and Marie (Rasmussen) Christensen in Kimballton, Iowa. She attended school in Kimballton before graduating from Audubon High School in Audubon, Iowa. She completed training and graduated from the Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. On February 27, 1952, Bertha was united in marriage to William "Bill" Hansen....
Marlene Baughman
Sep 12, 2012
Marlene Ruth Crane Baughman was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 12, 1938, the daughter of Everett and Bernice Algoe Crane. She was raised in the Vail area where she received her education graduating from the Vail High School with the class of 1956. She then furthered her education for one year at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. On...
Alma L. Christensen
Sep 9, 2012
Alma Lucille Christensen, daughter of Chris and Florence (Maxwell) Larson, was born on October 16, 1914 in Center Township near Harlan in Shelby County, Iowa. She attended country school at Rabbit Hollow and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1931. After graduation she became a school teacher in the rural schools. As a small child, she attended...
Robert W. Young
Sep 9, 2012
Robert W. Young - Age 83 Who died on Sunday, September 9, 2012 Visitation Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Avoca, Iowa Family Will Greet Friends Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Avoca, Iowa Funeral Service Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:30 AM Peace United Church of...
Sisavath Chandavong
Aug 31, 2012
Sisavath Chandavong was born in Hat-Nang-Muon-Quay, Laos, October 4, 1943, the son of Phoumy and Khamdy Chandavong. He was raised there where during his teenage years he was a Buddhist Monk. On April 19, 1967, Sisavath was united in marriage with Dzau Baccam at Vientiane, Laos. They made their home in Laos where Sisavath was employed as a radio engineer...
Gladys M. Nyrup
Aug 26, 2012
Gladys Marie Nyrup was born on December 13, 1910 on a farm near Redline in Polk Township, Shelby County, Iowa to Chester and Edith (Mitten) Dahlof. She was baptized at Redline Church of Christ in her early teens. She attended school in Harlan and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1927. Gladys received normal training and taught...
Larry A. Tiarks
Aug 23, 2012
Larry Alan Tiarks, born Larry A. Kuehl, in Rochester, New York on November 6, 1963. Larry entered the Tiarks family as a foster child at the age of four and adopted the Tiarks name at the age of 24. Larry is the son of Adolf "Fritz" and Janice (Johnson) Tiarks. Larry began his schooling at Gunn Elementary School in Council...
Loys D. Rowen
Aug 22, 2012
Loys Dwight (Skeeter) Rowen was born November 23, 1925, the son of Prospro LeRoy (Skeet) and Ora Belle (Couch) Rowen at Newell, Iowa. He passed away Friday, August 31, 2012 at Silveridge Assisted Living, Denison, Iowa at age 86 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. Loys married Marjorie Martin August 17, 1947 at the Congregational Church, Newell,...
Clare M. Petersen
Aug 22, 2012
Clare Margaret Petersen was born on February 22, 1913 to Peter and Anna (Ohlinger) Leinen in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. She attended school through the eleventh grade and then graduated a year later. She worked as a waitress in a local diner in Harlan. On October...
Geraldine M. Petersen
Aug 15, 2012
Geraldine Marie Petersen was born on the family farm in Walnut, Iowa on April 7, 1928 to Henry and Alma (Jacobsen) Koenig. She was the oldest of six children. She attended country school and Walnut High School where she was an all-state basketball player for the Walnut Cardinals. She graduated from Walnut in 1946 and after graduation, she worked at...
Lois J. Goetzinger
Aug 6, 2012
Lois Jean Goetzinger was born on May 7, 1953 to Russell and Dorothy (Branstetter) Lefeber in Logan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School through grade school and graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1971. During high school, she had worked at Super...
Mary Ann Feser
Jul 29, 2012
Mary Ann Feser - Age 93 Who died on Sunday, July 29, 2012 No Public Visitation Funeral Service Friday, August 3, 2012 10:00 AM Little Flower Haven Nursing Home Earling, Iowa Inurnment St. Mary's Cemetery Portsmouth, Iowa Mary Ann is survived by her brothers Floyd Feser and Mark Feser both of Harlan, IA and sisters Mildred Lang of Omaha, NE...
Ina E. Carroll
Jul 27, 2012
Ina Evelyn Carroll was born on June 29, 1918 to Christian and Johanna (Jensen) Swensen in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan when she was ten years old. She sang in the church choir as a teenager. Ina attended country school in rural Harlan and after a few years she went to night school to...
Viola Waddell
Jul 14, 2012
Viola Bernice Waddell was born on March 3, 1925 to Clarence and Augusta (Jespersen) Peterson on a farm in Center Township near Harlan, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 25, 1950, Viola was united in marriage to Earl Waddell in Elk Horn, Iowa. Three children were born to...
Janice Marie Whelan
Oct 5, 2012
Janice Marie Whelan, age 68, of Osceola, Missouri, peacefully left this life October 5, 2012 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, with family by her side. Jan was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on March 14, 1944 to Elsie and Frank Horst and had one sister, Sandra. She completed her high school diploma in 1979, for which she and her family...
William F. Oliver
Oct 4, 2012
Arrangements and Services For William F. Oliver - Age 83 Who died on Thursday, October 4, 2012 No Public Visitation Graveside Service Monday, October 8, 2012 10:30 AM Harlan Cemetery Harlan, Iowa William is survived by his children: George (Susan) Oliver of Logan, Iowa; Eva (Jim) Laver, Bonnie (Larry) Blaine, William Oliver, June (Ray) Sorensen, Cathy Oliver, and Colleen Oliver...
Darrell B. Coenen
Oct 2, 2012
Darrell B. Coenen - Age 52 Who died on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Visitation Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Harlan, Iowa Wake Service Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Harlan, Iowa Mass of Christian Burial Friday, October 5, 2012 11:00 AM St. Michael's Catholic Church Harlan, Iowa Interment...
Thomas Fastje
Oct 1, 2012
Thomas David Fastje was born in Denison, Iowa, March 20, 1959, the son of Frederick William (Bill) and Delores Rothfolk Fastje, Jr. He was raised in Denison where he received his education graduating from high school with the class of 1977. He then furthered his education for one year at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. In 1980,...
Lawrence H. Petsche
Sep 29, 2012
Lawrence Herman Petsche was born on May 13, 1919 to John and Elizabeth (Jacoby) Petsche on the family farm four miles southeast of Westphalia, Iowa. He was the youngest of ten children and was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Lawrence walked through the field to attend Country School No. 3 in Lincoln Township for one...
Richard J. Vipond
Sep 26, 2012
Richard J. Vipond, 74, passed away Monday, October 1 at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, surrounded by his family. Dick was born August 15, 1938, in Algona to James and Kathryn Vipond. He was raised on the family farm in Algona and attended country grade school. He graduated from Algona High School in 1956. He received a bachelor’s degree in...
Bertha Hansen
Sep 25, 2012
Bertha Hansen was born on July 26, 1924 to Marius and Marie (Rasmussen) Christensen in Kimballton, Iowa. She attended school in Kimballton before graduating from Audubon High School in Audubon, Iowa. She completed training and graduated from the Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. On February 27, 1952, Bertha was united in marriage to William "Bill" Hansen....
Marlene Baughman
Sep 12, 2012
Marlene Ruth Crane Baughman was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 12, 1938, the daughter of Everett and Bernice Algoe Crane. She was raised in the Vail area where she received her education graduating from the Vail High School with the class of 1956. She then furthered her education for one year at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. On...
Alma L. Christensen
Sep 9, 2012
Alma Lucille Christensen, daughter of Chris and Florence (Maxwell) Larson, was born on October 16, 1914 in Center Township near Harlan in Shelby County, Iowa. She attended country school at Rabbit Hollow and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1931. After graduation she became a school teacher in the rural schools. As a small child, she attended...
Robert W. Young
Sep 9, 2012
Robert W. Young - Age 83 Who died on Sunday, September 9, 2012 Visitation Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Avoca, Iowa Family Will Greet Friends Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pauley Jones Funeral Home Avoca, Iowa Funeral Service Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:30 AM Peace United Church of...
Sisavath Chandavong
Aug 31, 2012
Sisavath Chandavong was born in Hat-Nang-Muon-Quay, Laos, October 4, 1943, the son of Phoumy and Khamdy Chandavong. He was raised there where during his teenage years he was a Buddhist Monk. On April 19, 1967, Sisavath was united in marriage with Dzau Baccam at Vientiane, Laos. They made their home in Laos where Sisavath was employed as a radio engineer...
Gladys M. Nyrup
Aug 26, 2012
Gladys Marie Nyrup was born on December 13, 1910 on a farm near Redline in Polk Township, Shelby County, Iowa to Chester and Edith (Mitten) Dahlof. She was baptized at Redline Church of Christ in her early teens. She attended school in Harlan and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1927. Gladys received normal training and taught...
Larry A. Tiarks
Aug 23, 2012
Larry Alan Tiarks, born Larry A. Kuehl, in Rochester, New York on November 6, 1963. Larry entered the Tiarks family as a foster child at the age of four and adopted the Tiarks name at the age of 24. Larry is the son of Adolf "Fritz" and Janice (Johnson) Tiarks. Larry began his schooling at Gunn Elementary School in Council...
Loys D. Rowen
Aug 22, 2012
Loys Dwight (Skeeter) Rowen was born November 23, 1925, the son of Prospro LeRoy (Skeet) and Ora Belle (Couch) Rowen at Newell, Iowa. He passed away Friday, August 31, 2012 at Silveridge Assisted Living, Denison, Iowa at age 86 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. Loys married Marjorie Martin August 17, 1947 at the Congregational Church, Newell,...
Clare M. Petersen
Aug 22, 2012
Clare Margaret Petersen was born on February 22, 1913 to Peter and Anna (Ohlinger) Leinen in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. She attended school through the eleventh grade and then graduated a year later. She worked as a waitress in a local diner in Harlan. On October...
Geraldine M. Petersen
Aug 15, 2012
Geraldine Marie Petersen was born on the family farm in Walnut, Iowa on April 7, 1928 to Henry and Alma (Jacobsen) Koenig. She was the oldest of six children. She attended country school and Walnut High School where she was an all-state basketball player for the Walnut Cardinals. She graduated from Walnut in 1946 and after graduation, she worked at...
Lois J. Goetzinger
Aug 6, 2012
Lois Jean Goetzinger was born on May 7, 1953 to Russell and Dorothy (Branstetter) Lefeber in Logan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School through grade school and graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1971. During high school, she had worked at Super...
Mary Ann Feser
Jul 29, 2012
Mary Ann Feser - Age 93 Who died on Sunday, July 29, 2012 No Public Visitation Funeral Service Friday, August 3, 2012 10:00 AM Little Flower Haven Nursing Home Earling, Iowa Inurnment St. Mary's Cemetery Portsmouth, Iowa Mary Ann is survived by her brothers Floyd Feser and Mark Feser both of Harlan, IA and sisters Mildred Lang of Omaha, NE...
Ina E. Carroll
Jul 27, 2012
Ina Evelyn Carroll was born on June 29, 1918 to Christian and Johanna (Jensen) Swensen in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan when she was ten years old. She sang in the church choir as a teenager. Ina attended country school in rural Harlan and after a few years she went to night school to...
Viola Waddell
Jul 14, 2012
Viola Bernice Waddell was born on March 3, 1925 to Clarence and Augusta (Jespersen) Peterson on a farm in Center Township near Harlan, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 25, 1950, Viola was united in marriage to Earl Waddell in Elk Horn, Iowa. Three children were born to...
