Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
James R. Gustafson
Dec 18, 2009
James R. Gustafson was born in Odebolt, Iowa, November 24, 1943, the son of Russell and Ellen Nelson Gustafson. He was raised on the farm in Wheeler Township, four miles north of Kiron, Iowa, with his sister, Mari, two years his senior, and considered it a privilege to have grown up in a Christian home. He received his education in...
Joanne Melicher
Dec 15, 2009
Joanne Melicher of Avoca, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca. She is survived by her children: Michael Melicher of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Marcia and her husband Wayne Uhden of Manhattan, Kansas, Marcella and her husband Robert Spratt of Fort Worth, Texas and Joseph Melicher and his wife Melissa of Harlan,...
Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas
Dec 15, 2009
Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas was born in Exeter, Missouri, January 22, 1927, the daughter of Frank and Selma Watke Athey. At age three she moved to Denison where she received her education, graduating from the Denison High School with Normal Training with the class of 1945. Following high school she taught in the Jackson Township Number 1 rural school. On...
John D. Finerty
Dec 8, 2009
John Daniel Finerty, son of James and Eva May (Jungferman) Finerty, was born on October 25, 1928, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Neola, Iowa, and attended St. Joseph�s Catholic School through the fourth grade. John graduated from Beebeetown High School with the class of 1946. One February 7, 1955, John...
Laurie Culp
Dec 8, 2009
Laurie A. Culp, daughter of Richard and Marilyn (Sprinkle) Joy, was born on May 29, 1967, in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at First Christian Church in Harlan and graduated from Harlan Community High School with the class of 1985. She continued her education at South Dakota State and Iowa Western Community College where she was awarded an Associates Degree...
Kathleen Wageman
Dec 5, 2009
Kathleen Josephine Wageman, daughter of Veryl Knox and Katherine Wageman, was born on March 19, 1943, in Omaha, Nebraska. Her mother died during child birth and Kathleen was raised by her grandmother, Barbara. Katherine graduated from St. Boniface Catholic Schools with the class of 1962. After high school, Kathleen began working at Little Flower Haven in Earling, Iowa, as a...
James Dewey Conrad
Dec 3, 2009
James Dewey Conrad, son of Arthur and Toy (Erickson) Conrad, was born on June 17, 1925, in Harlan, Iowa. He attended country school outside of Harlan and helped his father on the family farm. On January 4, 1945, Dewey volunteered for the Merchant Marines and served during World War II. He continued to serve until May 2, 1947. On October...
Thomas R. Paulsen
Dec 1, 2009
Thomas Robert Paulsen, son of Robert and Evelyn (McIntosh) Paulsen, was born on August 31, 1943, in rural Harlan, Iowa. He attended Jackson No. 3 country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1962. While in high school, Tom participated in football, track, and wrestling, and was the first Harlan student to place in the State...
Fred H. Mcclellan, Jr.
Nov 25, 2009
Fred H. McClellan, Jr. was born in Denison, Iowa, July 7, 1930, the son of Fred H. and Janetta Hamilton McClellan, Sr. He was raised in Denison where he graduated from the Denison High School with the class of 1949. Following high school he was employed in construction work with his father and was a member of the National Guard....
Maeverlee Closson
Nov 23, 2009
MaeVerlee Closson, daughter of Albert and Bernice (Sunderland) Larsen, was born on May 2, 1930, in Kirkman, Iowa. She was baptized and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Harlan and graduated from the Harlan High School. On June 18, 1948, she was united in marriage to Leroy Closson. After their wedding, they resided in Harlan. MaeVerlee worked...
Roger D. Reineke
Nov 21, 2009
Roger Dean Reineke was born on March 24, 1930 to Willard and Lillie (Jacobsen) Reineke in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at the Methodist Church in Hancock, Iowa. He attended the Hancock Schools and graduated with the Class of 1948. He was united in marriage to Joan Emken on December 2, 1950 at the Silver Creek Church. Two children...
Mildred A. Handbury
Nov 20, 2009
Mildred Annie Handbury, daughter of Henry and Annie L. (Dau) Muxfeldt, was born on August 21, 1916, in Cass Township, in Harrison County, Iowa. She attended country school in Cass Township and grew to adulthood in Logan, Iowa, where she worked at Harvey�s Variety Store. She also played piano for a band in Logan that played for area dances. On...
Arthur Art L. Maxwell
Nov 20, 2009
Arthur Logan Maxwell, son of John D. and Anna C. (Larsen) Maxwell, was born on November 2, 1919, in Center Township, in rural Harlan, Iowa. He was Baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he remained a lifelong member. Art attended Center #3 Country School and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1937. In...
Lois M. Troll
Nov 19, 2009
Lois Marie Troll was born on December 4, 1923 to Roy and Hazel (Lotz) Richardson near Auburn, Iowa. She graduated with the Class of 1941 from Guthrie Center High School and continued her education at the Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing, earning her Registered Nursing degree. On June 27, 1946, she was united in marriage to Alvin Troll at Lake...
Rita Margaret Lyon
Nov 14, 2009
Rita Margaret Lyon, the daughter of John and Margaret Stein Rath, was born on May 28, 1918, in Portsmouth, Iowa. Rita�s mother died when she was only three years old so she was raised by other family members in Neola, Persia, Portsmouth and by her grandmother Anna Stein in Harlan. She attended school in Neola and Harlan until the tenth...
Lucille M. Jurschak
Nov 7, 2009
Lucille Marie Jurschak, daughter of Anthony and Anna (Skalla) Herkenrath, was born in Portsmouth, Iowa, on June 24, 1915. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, where she remained a devoted, lifetime member. She attended St. Mary�s Grade School and graduated from St. Mary�s High School with the class of 1933....
Delbert J. Graeve
Nov 6, 2009
Delbert John Graeve, son of Otto Joseph and Anna (Munchrath) Graeve, was born on January 26, 1924, in rural Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling, Iowa. After school, Delbert helped his father on the family farm. During World War II, Delbert moved to Wyoming...
Dorothy Jacobsen
Nov 5, 2009
Dorothy Mae Jacobsen was born on May 27, 1926, to Harry and Clara (Bonneson) Michaelsen in Audubon, Iowa. She was confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. She attended school in Walnut, Iowa, and graduated from Walnut High School. On May 4, 1946, Dorothy was united in marriage to Delmon Jacobsen in Troy, Kansas. Two children were born...
Mark A. Langenfeld
Oct 28, 2009
Mark Albert Langenfeld, son of Herman H. and Magdalen (Heese) Langenfeld, was born on April 10, 1924, in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and graduated from St. Joseph�s Catholic Schools. After graduation, Mark continued his education at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 26, 1943, Mark was drafted into the...
James R. Gustafson
Dec 18, 2009
James R. Gustafson was born in Odebolt, Iowa, November 24, 1943, the son of Russell and Ellen Nelson Gustafson. He was raised on the farm in Wheeler Township, four miles north of Kiron, Iowa, with his sister, Mari, two years his senior, and considered it a privilege to have grown up in a Christian home. He received his education in...
Joanne Melicher
Dec 15, 2009
Joanne Melicher of Avoca, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca. She is survived by her children: Michael Melicher of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Marcia and her husband Wayne Uhden of Manhattan, Kansas, Marcella and her husband Robert Spratt of Fort Worth, Texas and Joseph Melicher and his wife Melissa of Harlan,...
Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas
Dec 15, 2009
Lillian Athey Lass Luvaas was born in Exeter, Missouri, January 22, 1927, the daughter of Frank and Selma Watke Athey. At age three she moved to Denison where she received her education, graduating from the Denison High School with Normal Training with the class of 1945. Following high school she taught in the Jackson Township Number 1 rural school. On...
John D. Finerty
Dec 8, 2009
John Daniel Finerty, son of James and Eva May (Jungferman) Finerty, was born on October 25, 1928, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Neola, Iowa, and attended St. Joseph�s Catholic School through the fourth grade. John graduated from Beebeetown High School with the class of 1946. One February 7, 1955, John...
Laurie Culp
Dec 8, 2009
Laurie A. Culp, daughter of Richard and Marilyn (Sprinkle) Joy, was born on May 29, 1967, in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at First Christian Church in Harlan and graduated from Harlan Community High School with the class of 1985. She continued her education at South Dakota State and Iowa Western Community College where she was awarded an Associates Degree...
Kathleen Wageman
Dec 5, 2009
Kathleen Josephine Wageman, daughter of Veryl Knox and Katherine Wageman, was born on March 19, 1943, in Omaha, Nebraska. Her mother died during child birth and Kathleen was raised by her grandmother, Barbara. Katherine graduated from St. Boniface Catholic Schools with the class of 1962. After high school, Kathleen began working at Little Flower Haven in Earling, Iowa, as a...
James Dewey Conrad
Dec 3, 2009
James Dewey Conrad, son of Arthur and Toy (Erickson) Conrad, was born on June 17, 1925, in Harlan, Iowa. He attended country school outside of Harlan and helped his father on the family farm. On January 4, 1945, Dewey volunteered for the Merchant Marines and served during World War II. He continued to serve until May 2, 1947. On October...
Thomas R. Paulsen
Dec 1, 2009
Thomas Robert Paulsen, son of Robert and Evelyn (McIntosh) Paulsen, was born on August 31, 1943, in rural Harlan, Iowa. He attended Jackson No. 3 country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1962. While in high school, Tom participated in football, track, and wrestling, and was the first Harlan student to place in the State...
Fred H. Mcclellan, Jr.
Nov 25, 2009
Fred H. McClellan, Jr. was born in Denison, Iowa, July 7, 1930, the son of Fred H. and Janetta Hamilton McClellan, Sr. He was raised in Denison where he graduated from the Denison High School with the class of 1949. Following high school he was employed in construction work with his father and was a member of the National Guard....
Maeverlee Closson
Nov 23, 2009
MaeVerlee Closson, daughter of Albert and Bernice (Sunderland) Larsen, was born on May 2, 1930, in Kirkman, Iowa. She was baptized and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Harlan and graduated from the Harlan High School. On June 18, 1948, she was united in marriage to Leroy Closson. After their wedding, they resided in Harlan. MaeVerlee worked...
Roger D. Reineke
Nov 21, 2009
Roger Dean Reineke was born on March 24, 1930 to Willard and Lillie (Jacobsen) Reineke in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at the Methodist Church in Hancock, Iowa. He attended the Hancock Schools and graduated with the Class of 1948. He was united in marriage to Joan Emken on December 2, 1950 at the Silver Creek Church. Two children...
Mildred A. Handbury
Nov 20, 2009
Mildred Annie Handbury, daughter of Henry and Annie L. (Dau) Muxfeldt, was born on August 21, 1916, in Cass Township, in Harrison County, Iowa. She attended country school in Cass Township and grew to adulthood in Logan, Iowa, where she worked at Harvey�s Variety Store. She also played piano for a band in Logan that played for area dances. On...
Arthur Art L. Maxwell
Nov 20, 2009
Arthur Logan Maxwell, son of John D. and Anna C. (Larsen) Maxwell, was born on November 2, 1919, in Center Township, in rural Harlan, Iowa. He was Baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he remained a lifelong member. Art attended Center #3 Country School and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1937. In...
Lois M. Troll
Nov 19, 2009
Lois Marie Troll was born on December 4, 1923 to Roy and Hazel (Lotz) Richardson near Auburn, Iowa. She graduated with the Class of 1941 from Guthrie Center High School and continued her education at the Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing, earning her Registered Nursing degree. On June 27, 1946, she was united in marriage to Alvin Troll at Lake...
Rita Margaret Lyon
Nov 14, 2009
Rita Margaret Lyon, the daughter of John and Margaret Stein Rath, was born on May 28, 1918, in Portsmouth, Iowa. Rita�s mother died when she was only three years old so she was raised by other family members in Neola, Persia, Portsmouth and by her grandmother Anna Stein in Harlan. She attended school in Neola and Harlan until the tenth...
Lucille M. Jurschak
Nov 7, 2009
Lucille Marie Jurschak, daughter of Anthony and Anna (Skalla) Herkenrath, was born in Portsmouth, Iowa, on June 24, 1915. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, where she remained a devoted, lifetime member. She attended St. Mary�s Grade School and graduated from St. Mary�s High School with the class of 1933....
Delbert J. Graeve
Nov 6, 2009
Delbert John Graeve, son of Otto Joseph and Anna (Munchrath) Graeve, was born on January 26, 1924, in rural Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling, Iowa. After school, Delbert helped his father on the family farm. During World War II, Delbert moved to Wyoming...
Dorothy Jacobsen
Nov 5, 2009
Dorothy Mae Jacobsen was born on May 27, 1926, to Harry and Clara (Bonneson) Michaelsen in Audubon, Iowa. She was confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. She attended school in Walnut, Iowa, and graduated from Walnut High School. On May 4, 1946, Dorothy was united in marriage to Delmon Jacobsen in Troy, Kansas. Two children were born...
Mark A. Langenfeld
Oct 28, 2009
Mark Albert Langenfeld, son of Herman H. and Magdalen (Heese) Langenfeld, was born on April 10, 1924, in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and graduated from St. Joseph�s Catholic Schools. After graduation, Mark continued his education at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 26, 1943, Mark was drafted into the...
