Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
Shelley Renee Waldemar
Jul 11, 2012
Shelly Renee Waldemar was born July 6, 1964, in Denison, Iowa, the daughter of James and Elfrieda Feddersen Waldemar. She was raised on the family farm north of Deloit and received her education in the Odebolt-Arthur Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1982. Shelly enjoyed school and studying as evidenced by being an honor roll student and...
Karen J. Erwin
Jul 6, 2012
Karen was born on June 14, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska to Lloyd and Lois (Mudra) Erwin. She was one of six children in the family. She attended school at Tri-Center in Neola, Iowa. In her youth, she enjoyed driving down Broadway in Council Bluffs with her friends and yelling at the boys. She liked to drive her dad�s blue truck...
Irene Elizabeth Green
Jul 4, 2012
Irene Elizabeth Green was born on July 21, 1922 to Charles and Mary (Walsh) O’Rourke in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in Missouri Valley. She graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1940. After high school, she attended College of St. Mary’s, and later attended Iowa Western Community College and enrolled in the nurses training program; she...
Darlene D. Callender
Jun 23, 2012
Darlene Delores Callender was born on December 7, 1925 to Vince and Louise Sunderland in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. After moving to Harlan, she joined the United Methodist Church. Darlene attended rural schools and graduated from Harlan High School in 1943. She received a normal training certificate and taught in...
Dorman D. Leader
Jun 22, 2012
Dorman Dale Leader was born October 11, 1942 to John and Leafy (Turner) Leader in Shenandoah, Iowa. Shortly after his birth, Dorman�s family moved to the family farm near Atlantic, Iowa where Dorman attended and later graduated from Atlantic High School. After high school, Dorman was united in marriage to Janet Pellett on August 14, 1960. He graduated from Universal...
Peggy Jo Benson
Jun 5, 2012
Peggy Jo Benson was born on December 18, 1951, in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Eugene and Lorraine (Petersen) Busch. She had one sister, Kathy. She graduated from Stanton High School in Stanton, Nebraska, with the class of 1969. After graduating from high school, she attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota. Here, she received her teaching degree in 1973. She...
Lloyd H. Robinson
May 28, 2012
Lloyd Henry Robinson was born on November 3, 1939 to Archie and Ethel (Huey) Robinson in South Sioux City, Nebraska. He attended schools in Oto, Iowa, Irwin, and Glidden, Iowa, and graduated from Glidden High School with the Class of 1958. He went through auto mechanics trade school in Omaha, Nebraska. He took his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood,...
Joseph L. Gittins
May 19, 2012
Joseph Lee Gittins was born on July 21, 1981 to David and Debra (Horton) Gittins in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Shelby Presbyterian Church in Shelby, Iowa. He attended Tri-Center Schools and obtained his GED. He was a member of the Boy Scouts for three years. On November 17, 2006, Joseph was united in marriage to Katie Plambeck in...
Arthur Masur
May 17, 2012
Arthur Paul Masur, Jr. was born on January 24, 1929 to Arthur and Mildred (Winkler) Masur in Lockhart, Texas. He attended school and graduated from Lockhart High School. After graduating, Arthur went to work for the Coca Cola Company where he drove a truck route. During this time he entered the National Guard. While in the National Guard, Arthur was...
John D. Hogan
May 14, 2012
John Dennis Hogan was born on the family farm near Morton, Minnesota on June 8, 1927, the fourth child of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lorden) Hogan. He attended a rural school and graduated from Morton High School in 1945. John married Bernadette Elizabeth Neudecker June 4, 1955 and together they were blessed with six children. John farmed in Minnesota until 1968...
Leland J. Miller
May 14, 2012
Leland Jerome Miller was born on January 28, 1927, to Nels and Mabel Nelson Miller in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan schools and graduated with the Class of 1945. He was them inducted into the United States Army. He was sent to Livorna, Italy where he was given the task of tracing the home origin of 10,000 German prisoners...
James H. Youmans
May 9, 2012
James Harland Youmans, Jr. was born on July 27, 1925 to James and Grace (Thurston) Youmans in Bangor, Maine. He started school in Brewer, Maine, and graduated from Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Maine, with the Class of 1943. He received his Bachelor�s degree from Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, in 1950. James enlisted in the United States Marine Corps...
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...
Shelley Renee Waldemar
Jul 11, 2012
Shelly Renee Waldemar was born July 6, 1964, in Denison, Iowa, the daughter of James and Elfrieda Feddersen Waldemar. She was raised on the family farm north of Deloit and received her education in the Odebolt-Arthur Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1982. Shelly enjoyed school and studying as evidenced by being an honor roll student and...
Karen J. Erwin
Jul 6, 2012
Karen was born on June 14, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska to Lloyd and Lois (Mudra) Erwin. She was one of six children in the family. She attended school at Tri-Center in Neola, Iowa. In her youth, she enjoyed driving down Broadway in Council Bluffs with her friends and yelling at the boys. She liked to drive her dad�s blue truck...
Irene Elizabeth Green
Jul 4, 2012
Irene Elizabeth Green was born on July 21, 1922 to Charles and Mary (Walsh) O’Rourke in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in Missouri Valley. She graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1940. After high school, she attended College of St. Mary’s, and later attended Iowa Western Community College and enrolled in the nurses training program; she...
Darlene D. Callender
Jun 23, 2012
Darlene Delores Callender was born on December 7, 1925 to Vince and Louise Sunderland in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. After moving to Harlan, she joined the United Methodist Church. Darlene attended rural schools and graduated from Harlan High School in 1943. She received a normal training certificate and taught in...
Dorman D. Leader
Jun 22, 2012
Dorman Dale Leader was born October 11, 1942 to John and Leafy (Turner) Leader in Shenandoah, Iowa. Shortly after his birth, Dorman�s family moved to the family farm near Atlantic, Iowa where Dorman attended and later graduated from Atlantic High School. After high school, Dorman was united in marriage to Janet Pellett on August 14, 1960. He graduated from Universal...
Peggy Jo Benson
Jun 5, 2012
Peggy Jo Benson was born on December 18, 1951, in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Eugene and Lorraine (Petersen) Busch. She had one sister, Kathy. She graduated from Stanton High School in Stanton, Nebraska, with the class of 1969. After graduating from high school, she attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota. Here, she received her teaching degree in 1973. She...
Lloyd H. Robinson
May 28, 2012
Lloyd Henry Robinson was born on November 3, 1939 to Archie and Ethel (Huey) Robinson in South Sioux City, Nebraska. He attended schools in Oto, Iowa, Irwin, and Glidden, Iowa, and graduated from Glidden High School with the Class of 1958. He went through auto mechanics trade school in Omaha, Nebraska. He took his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood,...
Joseph L. Gittins
May 19, 2012
Joseph Lee Gittins was born on July 21, 1981 to David and Debra (Horton) Gittins in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Shelby Presbyterian Church in Shelby, Iowa. He attended Tri-Center Schools and obtained his GED. He was a member of the Boy Scouts for three years. On November 17, 2006, Joseph was united in marriage to Katie Plambeck in...
Arthur Masur
May 17, 2012
Arthur Paul Masur, Jr. was born on January 24, 1929 to Arthur and Mildred (Winkler) Masur in Lockhart, Texas. He attended school and graduated from Lockhart High School. After graduating, Arthur went to work for the Coca Cola Company where he drove a truck route. During this time he entered the National Guard. While in the National Guard, Arthur was...
John D. Hogan
May 14, 2012
John Dennis Hogan was born on the family farm near Morton, Minnesota on June 8, 1927, the fourth child of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lorden) Hogan. He attended a rural school and graduated from Morton High School in 1945. John married Bernadette Elizabeth Neudecker June 4, 1955 and together they were blessed with six children. John farmed in Minnesota until 1968...
Leland J. Miller
May 14, 2012
Leland Jerome Miller was born on January 28, 1927, to Nels and Mabel Nelson Miller in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan schools and graduated with the Class of 1945. He was them inducted into the United States Army. He was sent to Livorna, Italy where he was given the task of tracing the home origin of 10,000 German prisoners...
James H. Youmans
May 9, 2012
James Harland Youmans, Jr. was born on July 27, 1925 to James and Grace (Thurston) Youmans in Bangor, Maine. He started school in Brewer, Maine, and graduated from Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Maine, with the Class of 1943. He received his Bachelor�s degree from Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, in 1950. James enlisted in the United States Marine Corps...
