Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Anna Marie Olson
Oct 25, 2009
Anna Marie Olson, daughter of Ira Chester and Martha Marie (Lane) Crane, was born on April 6, 1944, at the Denison Hospital in Denison, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Vail, Iowa, and later joined St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Anna Marie attended the local Milford Number Five Elementary School and graduated from...
William "Bill" Barta
Oct 23, 2009
Bill is survived by his wife LaVonne Barta of Harlan, IA; sons Robert (Peg) Barta of Salado, TX and Randy Barta of Atlantic, IA; daughters Renee (Tom) Blackman of Olathe, KS and Robyn (Bob) Bentzen of Harlan, IA; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. PDF Printable Version
Viola M. Miller
Oct 21, 2009
Viola Marie Miller was born on April 1, 1910, to Charles and Mary (Phifer) Green near Persia, Iowa. For the first year and a half of her schooling, she went to the Stamp School three miles away from the farm. In March of 1918, her parents bought a farm on the north edge of Shelby, Iowa, and she completed her...
Mary Do Waltz
Oct 17, 2009
Mary "Do" Waltz, daughter of James and Adeline (Wilmes) Doyle, was born on April 4, 1926, in Neola, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Neola and graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Joseph�s High School in Neola. After high school, Do entered the Sisters of Humility Convent at Ottumwa Heights in Ottumwa,...
Larry Burl Webb
Oct 15, 2009
Larry Burl Webb was born at Macy, Nebraska, November 14, 1945, the son of Albert and Frances L. Ueding Webb. He was raised at Macy where he received his education. Following his education Larry served his country in the United States Army from June of 1963 until his honorable discharge in June of 1966. Upon completion of his service Larry...
Besse E. Guhl
Oct 13, 2009
Besse Evelyn Guhl, daughter of William and Besse (McClellan) Stueart was born at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 3, 1918, and died Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 90 years, 11 months and 10 days. The family, her parents and her younger sister, Grace, moved to Denison, Iowa in the...
Marjorie E. Mcdermott
Oct 12, 2009
Marjorie Evalyn McDermott was born on May 29, 1924, in rural Lewis. She was the daughter of Glenn Owen and Beula (Collier) Jones, and had one brother, Glenn Owen Jones. The family moved to Atlantic when she was a young child, where she attended Jackson Elementary School and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1941. After high school, she worked...
Valora E. Petersen
Sep 29, 2009
Valora Elroy "Val" Petersen was born on September 24, 1918 to Roy and Lulu (Yarrington) Sutherland in Villisca, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church and graduated from Villisca High School. On September 1, 1943, Val was united in marriage to Harald Petersen in Starkville, Mississippi. Three sons were born to this union: Michael, Greg, and...
Michael E. Mcmurphy
Sep 23, 2009
Michael Eugene McMurphy, son of Charlie Eugene and Mary Ann (Schmitt) McMurphy, was born on August 13, 1955 in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized at the Shelby Presbyterian Church in Shelby, Iowa. Michael started school in Griswold, Iowa, and later in Avoca, Iowa, where he graduated from Avo-Ha High School with the class of 1973. After high school, Michael attended...
Mary Patti Patricia Hahn
Sep 22, 2009
After graduating from college, Patti began working with the National Park Service for four years and also worked at the Corps of Engineering for an additional four years. Patti also took additional class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to obtain her teaching license. After earning her license, Patti began working with special education students and also worked as...
Timothy Hawn
Sep 21, 2009
Tim Hawn, son of Dan and Sally (Anderson) Hawn, was born on July 19, 1988, in Owatonna, Minnesota. He later moved with his family to Wichita, Kansas, where he attended and graduated from Heights High School. Tim continued his education at Wichita State University. He was a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. Tim died on Saturday, November 21, 2009, in Wichita,...
Albert F. Stehr
Sep 19, 2009
Albert F. Stehr was born in Stockholm Township, rural Kiron, Iowa, October 24, 1905, the son of William F. and Elsie Katherine Koch Stehr. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and confirmed in Christian Faith at St. John?s Lutheran Church, Stockholm Township. He was raised on the farm and received his education...
Lola D. Jones
Sep 12, 2009
Lola Dell Jones, daughter of Howard A. And Zola Grace (Bamsey) Jones, was born on June 16, 1937, in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Shelby Schools in Shelby, Iowa and was a member of the United Congregational Church of Christ in Harlan. Lola was very active with the women�s circle at the church. She could often be found in the kitchen...
Helen S. Clark
Sep 11, 2009
Helen Serena Clark, daughter of Henry and Anna Koester Patten, was born August 20, 1926 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa. Helen worked summers on her parents farm and in the winters she traveled to Omaha to work. While in Omaha, Helen...
David A. Christensen
Sep 8, 2009
David Arnold Christensen, son of Arnold and Helen (Havick) Christensen, was born on July 12, 1938, on his parent’s farm just west of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church and attended school in Harlan. After his schooling David worked construction. On June 16, 1963, David was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Montgomery at the...
Glenn Donald Beck
Sep 6, 2009
Glenn Donald Beck, 73, of Lexington, SC, home town of Denison, IA died on September 6, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Beck was the son of the late Glenn William Beck and Margaret Blackman (Beck) Schimerowski of Denison, IA. Mr. Beck attended St. Rose of Lima Parochial School and graduated from Denison High in 1954. He served...
Evelyn P. Paulsen
Sep 5, 2009
Evelyn Pearl Paulsen, daughter of George and Daisy (Claessens) McIntosh, was born on December 29, 1908, at her grandparents� home in Irwin, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Irwin in 1920 and attended school in Irwin and Odebolt, Iowa and graduated from Odebolt High School. After school, Evelyn began teaching in Sac County for one...
Cecil M. Walker
Sep 1, 2009
Cecil M. Walker was born in Talmage, Nebraska, July 31, 1915, the daughter of Clifford and Elizabeth Mehaffey Cade. When she was two months old the family moved to Griswald, Iowa. At Age 4, Cecil moved to Harlan, Iowa, and made her home with a great aunt where she was raised and received her education, graduating from Harlan High School...
James Mearl Bral
Aug 31, 2009
James Mearl Bral was born August, 11, 1924, in Vail, Iowa, the son of Frank Oscar and Bess Ione Crampton Bral. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in Vail, Iowa, July 10, 1938 and confirmed in his Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church, December 25, 1949. In 1932 the family moved to...
Anna Marie Olson
Oct 25, 2009
Anna Marie Olson, daughter of Ira Chester and Martha Marie (Lane) Crane, was born on April 6, 1944, at the Denison Hospital in Denison, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Vail, Iowa, and later joined St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Anna Marie attended the local Milford Number Five Elementary School and graduated from...
William "Bill" Barta
Oct 23, 2009
Bill is survived by his wife LaVonne Barta of Harlan, IA; sons Robert (Peg) Barta of Salado, TX and Randy Barta of Atlantic, IA; daughters Renee (Tom) Blackman of Olathe, KS and Robyn (Bob) Bentzen of Harlan, IA; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. PDF Printable Version
Viola M. Miller
Oct 21, 2009
Viola Marie Miller was born on April 1, 1910, to Charles and Mary (Phifer) Green near Persia, Iowa. For the first year and a half of her schooling, she went to the Stamp School three miles away from the farm. In March of 1918, her parents bought a farm on the north edge of Shelby, Iowa, and she completed her...
Mary Do Waltz
Oct 17, 2009
Mary "Do" Waltz, daughter of James and Adeline (Wilmes) Doyle, was born on April 4, 1926, in Neola, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Neola and graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Joseph�s High School in Neola. After high school, Do entered the Sisters of Humility Convent at Ottumwa Heights in Ottumwa,...
Larry Burl Webb
Oct 15, 2009
Larry Burl Webb was born at Macy, Nebraska, November 14, 1945, the son of Albert and Frances L. Ueding Webb. He was raised at Macy where he received his education. Following his education Larry served his country in the United States Army from June of 1963 until his honorable discharge in June of 1966. Upon completion of his service Larry...
Besse E. Guhl
Oct 13, 2009
Besse Evelyn Guhl, daughter of William and Besse (McClellan) Stueart was born at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 3, 1918, and died Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 90 years, 11 months and 10 days. The family, her parents and her younger sister, Grace, moved to Denison, Iowa in the...
Marjorie E. Mcdermott
Oct 12, 2009
Marjorie Evalyn McDermott was born on May 29, 1924, in rural Lewis. She was the daughter of Glenn Owen and Beula (Collier) Jones, and had one brother, Glenn Owen Jones. The family moved to Atlantic when she was a young child, where she attended Jackson Elementary School and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1941. After high school, she worked...
Valora E. Petersen
Sep 29, 2009
Valora Elroy "Val" Petersen was born on September 24, 1918 to Roy and Lulu (Yarrington) Sutherland in Villisca, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church and graduated from Villisca High School. On September 1, 1943, Val was united in marriage to Harald Petersen in Starkville, Mississippi. Three sons were born to this union: Michael, Greg, and...
Michael E. Mcmurphy
Sep 23, 2009
Michael Eugene McMurphy, son of Charlie Eugene and Mary Ann (Schmitt) McMurphy, was born on August 13, 1955 in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized at the Shelby Presbyterian Church in Shelby, Iowa. Michael started school in Griswold, Iowa, and later in Avoca, Iowa, where he graduated from Avo-Ha High School with the class of 1973. After high school, Michael attended...
Mary Patti Patricia Hahn
Sep 22, 2009
After graduating from college, Patti began working with the National Park Service for four years and also worked at the Corps of Engineering for an additional four years. Patti also took additional class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to obtain her teaching license. After earning her license, Patti began working with special education students and also worked as...
Timothy Hawn
Sep 21, 2009
Tim Hawn, son of Dan and Sally (Anderson) Hawn, was born on July 19, 1988, in Owatonna, Minnesota. He later moved with his family to Wichita, Kansas, where he attended and graduated from Heights High School. Tim continued his education at Wichita State University. He was a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. Tim died on Saturday, November 21, 2009, in Wichita,...
Albert F. Stehr
Sep 19, 2009
Albert F. Stehr was born in Stockholm Township, rural Kiron, Iowa, October 24, 1905, the son of William F. and Elsie Katherine Koch Stehr. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and confirmed in Christian Faith at St. John?s Lutheran Church, Stockholm Township. He was raised on the farm and received his education...
Lola D. Jones
Sep 12, 2009
Lola Dell Jones, daughter of Howard A. And Zola Grace (Bamsey) Jones, was born on June 16, 1937, in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Shelby Schools in Shelby, Iowa and was a member of the United Congregational Church of Christ in Harlan. Lola was very active with the women�s circle at the church. She could often be found in the kitchen...
Helen S. Clark
Sep 11, 2009
Helen Serena Clark, daughter of Henry and Anna Koester Patten, was born August 20, 1926 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa. Helen worked summers on her parents farm and in the winters she traveled to Omaha to work. While in Omaha, Helen...
David A. Christensen
Sep 8, 2009
David Arnold Christensen, son of Arnold and Helen (Havick) Christensen, was born on July 12, 1938, on his parent’s farm just west of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church and attended school in Harlan. After his schooling David worked construction. On June 16, 1963, David was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Montgomery at the...
Glenn Donald Beck
Sep 6, 2009
Glenn Donald Beck, 73, of Lexington, SC, home town of Denison, IA died on September 6, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Beck was the son of the late Glenn William Beck and Margaret Blackman (Beck) Schimerowski of Denison, IA. Mr. Beck attended St. Rose of Lima Parochial School and graduated from Denison High in 1954. He served...
Evelyn P. Paulsen
Sep 5, 2009
Evelyn Pearl Paulsen, daughter of George and Daisy (Claessens) McIntosh, was born on December 29, 1908, at her grandparents� home in Irwin, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Irwin in 1920 and attended school in Irwin and Odebolt, Iowa and graduated from Odebolt High School. After school, Evelyn began teaching in Sac County for one...
Cecil M. Walker
Sep 1, 2009
Cecil M. Walker was born in Talmage, Nebraska, July 31, 1915, the daughter of Clifford and Elizabeth Mehaffey Cade. When she was two months old the family moved to Griswald, Iowa. At Age 4, Cecil moved to Harlan, Iowa, and made her home with a great aunt where she was raised and received her education, graduating from Harlan High School...
James Mearl Bral
Aug 31, 2009
James Mearl Bral was born August, 11, 1924, in Vail, Iowa, the son of Frank Oscar and Bess Ione Crampton Bral. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in Vail, Iowa, July 10, 1938 and confirmed in his Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church, December 25, 1949. In 1932 the family moved to...
