Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Leroy H. Zacharias
Dec 25, 2010
LeRoy Henry Zacharias, son of Henry and Dora Evans Zacharias, was born on November 15, 1924, in Persia, Iowa. LeRoy helped his father farm and attended country school. He lived with his aunt and uncle during high school because it made the walk to country school easier during the winters. He graduated from Logan High School and continued farming in...
Evelyn I. Jensen
Dec 24, 2010
Evelyn Irma Jensen was born on April 15, 1924 on a farm north of Avoca, Iowa, to Peter and Margretha (Olesen) Madsen, Danish immigrants who arrived in Iowa in 1909 and 1917 respectively. Evelyn attended school through eighth grade at Fairview #5 near the family homestead. She enjoyed school, was a champion speller and was advanced one full grade after...
Elizabeth Lownes
Dec 19, 2010
Elizabeth Lownes was born at Denison, Iowa, August 9, 1916, the daughter of Rudolph Peter Ferdinand and Emma Marie Moeller Schramm. She was raised on the family farm, as well as spending a few of her formative years with her aunt and uncle, Ella and Jay Conrad Heiden. Following her graduation from Denison High School in 1933 she made her...
F.W. Fastje
Dec 18, 2010
Frederick William “Bill” Fastje, Jr. was born in Denison, Iowa, August 3, 1921, the son of Frederick William and Marie Alice Namanny Fastje. He was raised in Denison graduating from the Denison High School with the class of 1939. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, receiving the Purple...
Mabel Eliza Hansen
Dec 16, 2010
Mabel Eliza Hansen was born May 3, 1911 in Jackson Township in Shelby County, Iowa to John and Helena (Hess) White. There was Mabel and her twin - Margaret, sister Evelyn along with twin brothers Nicholas and James. Their family lived on a farm in a neighborhood called "Copenhagen" because of all the many Danish families. Their family was of...
Hollis H. Keele
Dec 15, 2010
Hollis Harl Keele was born August 8, 1916 in Hendrickson, Missouri, son of Harlin and Pearl (Sexton) Keele. He was raised with three older sisters and three younger sisters. At the age of eight, he moved and attended school in Laurens, Iowa. As he grew, Hollis was taught carpentry and farming by his father. Hollis’ high school football team won...
Millie E. Kiesel Chipman
Dec 15, 2010
Millie Kiesel-Chipman was born on January 18, 1916, in Kirkman, Iowa, to Robert and Esther (Tangeman) Bailey. She was raised by her paternal grandparents and she had one sister Dorothy. Millie was married to Ernest Kiesel on October 17, 1933, in Shelby, Iowa. The raised four children: Robert, Paul, Dennis and Marsha. The family enjoyed going to the dances in...
Ruth A. Baron
Dec 14, 2010
Ruth Ann Baron, the daughter of Frank and Cecil Cobb Maassen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on November 23, 1917. She attended grade school in Harlan and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1935. Ruth then continued her education at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Ruth was united in marriage to Roy Baron on March 16, 1941...
Loretta M. Jans
Dec 13, 2010
Loretta Marie Jans was born on March 24, 1923, to Florenz and Olga (Kronfuss) Bock in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She attended country school until the eighth grade and was President of the Young Women�s Society at St. Boniface. On February 9, 1943, Loretta was united in marriage to Albert...
Eugene N. Schoemann
Dec 8, 2010
Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Schoemann was born on May 10, 1927, to Chris and Sophia (Blum) Schoemann in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attended Pleasant Ridge Country School and graduated from St. Mary�s Catholic High School. He enlisted in the United States Army on September 15,...
Robert W. Barton
Dec 6, 2010
Robert William Barton was born on November 5, 1929, to Raymond and Myrtle (Freeman) Barton on a farm near Hancock, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Altamont Baptist Church where he remained a lifetime member. He began his schooling in country school near Hancock, continued at the Hancock school in town and attended country school in Cuppy’s Grove when...
Margaret Christensen
Dec 4, 2010
Margaret Louise Christensen was born on May 3, 1911 to John and Helena (Hess) White on the family farm near Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended Jackson Township No. 9. Since Margaret’s grandfather came from Ireland, the Irish influence was always apparent and she always had a four-leaf clover. On March 8, 1933, she was united in marriage to Walter Christensen at...
William G. Houston
Dec 3, 2010
William Gene “Bill” Houston, the 11th child of George and Laura Wilder Houston, was born January 11, 1935, at Dow City, Iowa. He received his education in Dow City where he graduated from high school with the class of 1953. Following high school, he moved to Oregon where he was employed in the timber and saw mill industry. In 1953...
Curtiss Lee Jacobsen
Dec 2, 2010
Curtiss Lee Jacobsen was born on September 8, 1958 to Dennis and Lois (Wendt) Jacobsen in Harlan, Iowa. He started his schooling in Hancock and transferred to Avoca. He graduated from Avoca High School with the Class of 1976. On February 2, 1984, he was united in marriage to Lisa Smith in Avoca, Iowa. They were the parents of five...
Elmer W. Rusch
Dec 1, 2010
Elmer W. Rusch was born on a farm west of Schleswig, Iowa, May 19, 1919, the son of Christian and Minnie Claussen Rusch. Raised on the farm, he was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Schleswig and received his education in the rural schools. Following his education he farmed with his father and later with his...
Donald Marcus Gross
Nov 30, 2010
Donald Marcus Gross, the son of Marcus and Naomi Schmitz Gross was born in Harlan, Iowa on March 10, 1953. The Gross family lived in the Earling and Defiance, Iowa areas where Donald started school in Earling and attended grade school in Defiance. He then attended high school in Harlan, graduating with the class of 1971. During high school, and...
Arthur Nelson
Nov 28, 2010
Ace Nelson was born at Logan, Iowa, August 23, 1918, the son of Nels and Emelia Larson Nelson. He was raised at Logan where he graduated from high school with the class of 1938. He then furthered his education for one year at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. From January 14, 1941, until receiving his discharge with the rank of...
Richard Dick Mclaughlin
Nov 26, 2010
Richard John McLaughlin, son of Michael James and Sara Agnes (Powers) McLaughlin, was born outside of Portsmouth in Harrison County, Iowa on July 17, 1935. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended grade school in the country near Portsmouth. Richard later went to school in Harlan and graduated from...
Leon Virgil Petersen
Nov 26, 2010
Leon Virgil Petersen was born on April 1, 1922, to James and Anna (Hess) Petersen on a farm two and a half miles South of the church in Jacksonville, Iowa. He attended Jackson Township No. 8. Leon began helping his father on the farm after his schooling and continued his farming career while living on the family farm most of...
Nathan Cain Morgan
Nov 23, 2010
Nathan Cain Douglas Morgan was born in Albion, Nebraska, November 11, 1981, the son of Curt and Elizabeth Stamp Morgan. He lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, until moving to Denison, Iowa, when he was in the second grade. He completed his education in Denison, graduating from high school with the class of 2000. After high school he endured various life experiences...
Leroy H. Zacharias
Dec 25, 2010
LeRoy Henry Zacharias, son of Henry and Dora Evans Zacharias, was born on November 15, 1924, in Persia, Iowa. LeRoy helped his father farm and attended country school. He lived with his aunt and uncle during high school because it made the walk to country school easier during the winters. He graduated from Logan High School and continued farming in...
Evelyn I. Jensen
Dec 24, 2010
Evelyn Irma Jensen was born on April 15, 1924 on a farm north of Avoca, Iowa, to Peter and Margretha (Olesen) Madsen, Danish immigrants who arrived in Iowa in 1909 and 1917 respectively. Evelyn attended school through eighth grade at Fairview #5 near the family homestead. She enjoyed school, was a champion speller and was advanced one full grade after...
Elizabeth Lownes
Dec 19, 2010
Elizabeth Lownes was born at Denison, Iowa, August 9, 1916, the daughter of Rudolph Peter Ferdinand and Emma Marie Moeller Schramm. She was raised on the family farm, as well as spending a few of her formative years with her aunt and uncle, Ella and Jay Conrad Heiden. Following her graduation from Denison High School in 1933 she made her...
F.W. Fastje
Dec 18, 2010
Frederick William “Bill” Fastje, Jr. was born in Denison, Iowa, August 3, 1921, the son of Frederick William and Marie Alice Namanny Fastje. He was raised in Denison graduating from the Denison High School with the class of 1939. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, receiving the Purple...
Mabel Eliza Hansen
Dec 16, 2010
Mabel Eliza Hansen was born May 3, 1911 in Jackson Township in Shelby County, Iowa to John and Helena (Hess) White. There was Mabel and her twin - Margaret, sister Evelyn along with twin brothers Nicholas and James. Their family lived on a farm in a neighborhood called "Copenhagen" because of all the many Danish families. Their family was of...
Hollis H. Keele
Dec 15, 2010
Hollis Harl Keele was born August 8, 1916 in Hendrickson, Missouri, son of Harlin and Pearl (Sexton) Keele. He was raised with three older sisters and three younger sisters. At the age of eight, he moved and attended school in Laurens, Iowa. As he grew, Hollis was taught carpentry and farming by his father. Hollis’ high school football team won...
Millie E. Kiesel Chipman
Dec 15, 2010
Millie Kiesel-Chipman was born on January 18, 1916, in Kirkman, Iowa, to Robert and Esther (Tangeman) Bailey. She was raised by her paternal grandparents and she had one sister Dorothy. Millie was married to Ernest Kiesel on October 17, 1933, in Shelby, Iowa. The raised four children: Robert, Paul, Dennis and Marsha. The family enjoyed going to the dances in...
Ruth A. Baron
Dec 14, 2010
Ruth Ann Baron, the daughter of Frank and Cecil Cobb Maassen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on November 23, 1917. She attended grade school in Harlan and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1935. Ruth then continued her education at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Ruth was united in marriage to Roy Baron on March 16, 1941...
Loretta M. Jans
Dec 13, 2010
Loretta Marie Jans was born on March 24, 1923, to Florenz and Olga (Kronfuss) Bock in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She attended country school until the eighth grade and was President of the Young Women�s Society at St. Boniface. On February 9, 1943, Loretta was united in marriage to Albert...
Eugene N. Schoemann
Dec 8, 2010
Eugene Nicholas "Gene" Schoemann was born on May 10, 1927, to Chris and Sophia (Blum) Schoemann in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attended Pleasant Ridge Country School and graduated from St. Mary�s Catholic High School. He enlisted in the United States Army on September 15,...
Robert W. Barton
Dec 6, 2010
Robert William Barton was born on November 5, 1929, to Raymond and Myrtle (Freeman) Barton on a farm near Hancock, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Altamont Baptist Church where he remained a lifetime member. He began his schooling in country school near Hancock, continued at the Hancock school in town and attended country school in Cuppy’s Grove when...
Margaret Christensen
Dec 4, 2010
Margaret Louise Christensen was born on May 3, 1911 to John and Helena (Hess) White on the family farm near Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended Jackson Township No. 9. Since Margaret’s grandfather came from Ireland, the Irish influence was always apparent and she always had a four-leaf clover. On March 8, 1933, she was united in marriage to Walter Christensen at...
William G. Houston
Dec 3, 2010
William Gene “Bill” Houston, the 11th child of George and Laura Wilder Houston, was born January 11, 1935, at Dow City, Iowa. He received his education in Dow City where he graduated from high school with the class of 1953. Following high school, he moved to Oregon where he was employed in the timber and saw mill industry. In 1953...
Curtiss Lee Jacobsen
Dec 2, 2010
Curtiss Lee Jacobsen was born on September 8, 1958 to Dennis and Lois (Wendt) Jacobsen in Harlan, Iowa. He started his schooling in Hancock and transferred to Avoca. He graduated from Avoca High School with the Class of 1976. On February 2, 1984, he was united in marriage to Lisa Smith in Avoca, Iowa. They were the parents of five...
Elmer W. Rusch
Dec 1, 2010
Elmer W. Rusch was born on a farm west of Schleswig, Iowa, May 19, 1919, the son of Christian and Minnie Claussen Rusch. Raised on the farm, he was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Schleswig and received his education in the rural schools. Following his education he farmed with his father and later with his...
Donald Marcus Gross
Nov 30, 2010
Donald Marcus Gross, the son of Marcus and Naomi Schmitz Gross was born in Harlan, Iowa on March 10, 1953. The Gross family lived in the Earling and Defiance, Iowa areas where Donald started school in Earling and attended grade school in Defiance. He then attended high school in Harlan, graduating with the class of 1971. During high school, and...
Arthur Nelson
Nov 28, 2010
Ace Nelson was born at Logan, Iowa, August 23, 1918, the son of Nels and Emelia Larson Nelson. He was raised at Logan where he graduated from high school with the class of 1938. He then furthered his education for one year at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. From January 14, 1941, until receiving his discharge with the rank of...
Richard Dick Mclaughlin
Nov 26, 2010
Richard John McLaughlin, son of Michael James and Sara Agnes (Powers) McLaughlin, was born outside of Portsmouth in Harrison County, Iowa on July 17, 1935. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended grade school in the country near Portsmouth. Richard later went to school in Harlan and graduated from...
Leon Virgil Petersen
Nov 26, 2010
Leon Virgil Petersen was born on April 1, 1922, to James and Anna (Hess) Petersen on a farm two and a half miles South of the church in Jacksonville, Iowa. He attended Jackson Township No. 8. Leon began helping his father on the farm after his schooling and continued his farming career while living on the family farm most of...
Nathan Cain Morgan
Nov 23, 2010
Nathan Cain Douglas Morgan was born in Albion, Nebraska, November 11, 1981, the son of Curt and Elizabeth Stamp Morgan. He lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, until moving to Denison, Iowa, when he was in the second grade. He completed his education in Denison, graduating from high school with the class of 2000. After high school he endured various life experiences...
