Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Mary Babe Lytle
Feb 2, 2009
Mary Elizabeth "Babe" Lytle, daughter of Maurice "Otto" and Matie "Stena" (Nelson) McDowell, was born on November 20, 1916, in Kirkman, Iowa. She was baptized at the Kirkman Methodist church and graduated from Kirkman High School in 1934. After high school, Babe continued her education at Secretarial School in Grand Island, Nebraska. She worked as a secretary for attorney, Leonard...
Ernest A. Jensen
Jan 31, 2009
Ernest Albert Jensen was born on March 28, 1918 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Martin and Marie (Dahl) Jensen. He was united in marriage to Berdine Holm of Minden on April 22, 1939 in Papillion, Nebraska. One son, Jimmy, was born to this union. Ernest worked with his father-in-law Adolph Holm in his construction business until Adolph�s death. Ernest then...
Keith More
Jan 30, 2009
Arrangements and Services for Keith More - Age 96 Who died on Friday, January 30, 2009 Funeral Service Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:30 AM St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Harlan, Iowa Interment Harlan Cemetery - Harlan, Iowa Keith is survived by his daughters: Margaret Gilland of Houston, Texas, Jean Ranum of Houston, Texas, and Elizabeth (Dale) Larsen of Harlan, Iowa;...
Myrtle M. Campbell
Jan 23, 2009
Myrtle Marie Campbell, daughter of Niels and Martina Hansen was born on January 6, 1918, on the family farm near Audubon, Iowa. She attended country school near Audubon through the eighth grade. After school, Myrtle moved to Harlan and became a nanny for several Harlan families. On January 16, 1937, Myrtle was united in marriage to Edmund F. Campbell at...
Ralph Gessert
Jan 20, 2009
Ralph Edward Gessert, son of Donald and Regina (Patten) Gessert was born on October 20, 1942 in Portsmouth, Iowa and was the oldest of fifteen children. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael�s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa and attended Lincoln Township Country School before graduating from Harlan High School in 1961. After high school, Ralph began working for...
James Jim Schimerowski
Jan 18, 2009
James Joseph "Jim" Schimerowski was born on March 10, 1931 to Stanley and Magdalene (Ebert) Schimerowski in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended St. Joseph�s Catholic School and graduated with the Class of 1949. Jim enlisted in the United States Navy on March 15, 1951. He served during the Korean...
Richard Radbourne Knowles
Jan 17, 2009
Richard Knowles, 81, long-time newspaper publisher and community developer, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 of pulmonary fibrosis at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. He was born May 8, 1927 at Oelwein to Clarke and Violet (Peters) Knowles. He married Deloris (Tootie) Kern on September 12, 1945 at Oelwein. The couple had four sons: Richard R.G., Gregg, Brad, and Mark. Dick...
John Jack H. Lakers
Jan 14, 2009
John "Jack" Lakers was born on February 7, 1935, to Ed and Hilda (Martens) Lakers on a farm near Manilla, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended high school in Manilla and graduated with the Class of 1953. Jack was married to Jan Hodne on April 6, 1956 at Sacred Heart...
Luella Hamann
Jan 10, 2009
Luella "Lou" Hamann was born on the farm at Manning, Iowa, October 24, 1916, the daughter of John and Ida Fischer Dammann. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Lou was raised on the farm receiving her education in the rural schools until the family moved into Manning where she completed her education. On April 14,...
Elaine M. Larson
Jan 7, 2009
Elaine Marjorie Larson was born September 19, 1925 at her Kiron farm home to Clifford and Ethel (Turin) Larson. She began country school at the age of four and graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1941. Elaine always loved listening to or performing music. She and her sister, Lucille, kept house for her father and two...
John Edward Rhyan
Jan 6, 2009
John Edward Rhyan was born at Underwood, Iowa, February 15, 1927, the son of Joseph Daniel and Josie Mae Sexton Rhyan. The family resided at Underwood where John received his elementary education before being graduated from the Persia, Iowa High School with the class of 1944. Following high school John and his brother, Joe, farmed in the Dunlap for several...
Lucille M. Lue Miller
Jan 6, 2009
Lucille Margaret Miller was born on January 27, 1925, to Earl and Florence (Camenisch) Shriver in Neola, Iowa, and spent the first twenty years of her life on farms around Shelby, Iowa. She attended Shelby Consolidated School and graduated with the Class of 1944. She was united in marriage to Verrow L. "Butch" Miller on April 15, 1944. They spent...
Wayne E. Fiscus
Jan 5, 2009
Wayne Edward Fiscus was born on January 15, 1921, to Paaren and Anna (Mitten) Fiscus in rural Shelby County. He attended Country School through the seventh grade and then begin working for neighboring farms at the age of fourteen. He worked in the canning factory in Harlan at night for a number of years. He also followed the thrashing crews...
Debra Debbie Rounds
Dec 31, 2008
Debra Lee Rounds was born to Gerald and Alma (Rau) Kramer on December 4, 1955, in Carroll, Iowa. She was baptized at Saint Anthony�s Hospital on the day of her birth after arriving two months early: she was not expected to survive the night. She lived in Wiota, Iowa, until she was four years old, when the family moved to...
Alice Jean Crane
Dec 29, 2008
Survivors include her husband, Donald Crane of Denison, two brothers, Walter Skogsberg of South Carolina and Albert Skogsberg of Wyoming, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Opal M. Jensen
Dec 28, 2008
Opal Marie Jensen was born on April 9, 1931, to Elmer and Matie Hansen in Davenport, Iowa. The family lived in Fiscus, Iowa, before moving to Colorado in 1936. In 1940, they returned to the Fiscus and Harlan area where Opal graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1949. She was united in marriage on December 25, 1949...
Marie Dorothy Graeve Muenchrath
Dec 17, 2008
Marie "Dorothy" Muenchrath was born on March 19, 1919, to Peter and Isabel (Wilwerding) Heese in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and graduated from St. Joseph�s Catholic School with the Class of 1936. On April 15, 1941, she was united in marriage to Alfons Graeve. Eight children were born to this...
Joyce True
Dec 16, 2008
Joyce Anne True, the daughter of Orvel and Pearl Wilhelmina (Schuning) Krohn, was born on November 6, 1930 in Minden, Iowa. She attended school in Avoca and graduated with the class of 1948. Joyce was united in marriage to Jack True on May 14, 1949 in Avoca and they were the parents of two children: Kathy and Tom. Joyce was...
Raymond Beymer
Dec 11, 2008
Raymond Harry Beymer was born at Denison, Iowa, June 8, 1935, the son of Carl A. and Isabel M. Storjohann Beymer. He was raised in Denison, receiving his education in the Denison Community Schools. As a teenager he was employed as a pin setter at the old uptown bowling alley in Denison and as a farmhand for area neighbors and...
Roman C. Katzer
Dec 11, 2008
Roman Charles Katzer was born on February 22, 1938, on the family farm near Portsmouth, Iowa, to John and Alma (Pauley) Katzer. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary�s Catholic School in Portsmouth. In 1950, the family moved to a farm near Defiance, Iowa where Roman attended...
Mary Babe Lytle
Feb 2, 2009
Mary Elizabeth "Babe" Lytle, daughter of Maurice "Otto" and Matie "Stena" (Nelson) McDowell, was born on November 20, 1916, in Kirkman, Iowa. She was baptized at the Kirkman Methodist church and graduated from Kirkman High School in 1934. After high school, Babe continued her education at Secretarial School in Grand Island, Nebraska. She worked as a secretary for attorney, Leonard...
Ernest A. Jensen
Jan 31, 2009
Ernest Albert Jensen was born on March 28, 1918 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Martin and Marie (Dahl) Jensen. He was united in marriage to Berdine Holm of Minden on April 22, 1939 in Papillion, Nebraska. One son, Jimmy, was born to this union. Ernest worked with his father-in-law Adolph Holm in his construction business until Adolph�s death. Ernest then...
Keith More
Jan 30, 2009
Arrangements and Services for Keith More - Age 96 Who died on Friday, January 30, 2009 Funeral Service Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:30 AM St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Harlan, Iowa Interment Harlan Cemetery - Harlan, Iowa Keith is survived by his daughters: Margaret Gilland of Houston, Texas, Jean Ranum of Houston, Texas, and Elizabeth (Dale) Larsen of Harlan, Iowa;...
Myrtle M. Campbell
Jan 23, 2009
Myrtle Marie Campbell, daughter of Niels and Martina Hansen was born on January 6, 1918, on the family farm near Audubon, Iowa. She attended country school near Audubon through the eighth grade. After school, Myrtle moved to Harlan and became a nanny for several Harlan families. On January 16, 1937, Myrtle was united in marriage to Edmund F. Campbell at...
Ralph Gessert
Jan 20, 2009
Ralph Edward Gessert, son of Donald and Regina (Patten) Gessert was born on October 20, 1942 in Portsmouth, Iowa and was the oldest of fifteen children. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael�s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa and attended Lincoln Township Country School before graduating from Harlan High School in 1961. After high school, Ralph began working for...
James Jim Schimerowski
Jan 18, 2009
James Joseph "Jim" Schimerowski was born on March 10, 1931 to Stanley and Magdalene (Ebert) Schimerowski in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended St. Joseph�s Catholic School and graduated with the Class of 1949. Jim enlisted in the United States Navy on March 15, 1951. He served during the Korean...
Richard Radbourne Knowles
Jan 17, 2009
Richard Knowles, 81, long-time newspaper publisher and community developer, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 of pulmonary fibrosis at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. He was born May 8, 1927 at Oelwein to Clarke and Violet (Peters) Knowles. He married Deloris (Tootie) Kern on September 12, 1945 at Oelwein. The couple had four sons: Richard R.G., Gregg, Brad, and Mark. Dick...
John Jack H. Lakers
Jan 14, 2009
John "Jack" Lakers was born on February 7, 1935, to Ed and Hilda (Martens) Lakers on a farm near Manilla, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick�s Catholic Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended high school in Manilla and graduated with the Class of 1953. Jack was married to Jan Hodne on April 6, 1956 at Sacred Heart...
Luella Hamann
Jan 10, 2009
Luella "Lou" Hamann was born on the farm at Manning, Iowa, October 24, 1916, the daughter of John and Ida Fischer Dammann. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Lou was raised on the farm receiving her education in the rural schools until the family moved into Manning where she completed her education. On April 14,...
Elaine M. Larson
Jan 7, 2009
Elaine Marjorie Larson was born September 19, 1925 at her Kiron farm home to Clifford and Ethel (Turin) Larson. She began country school at the age of four and graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1941. Elaine always loved listening to or performing music. She and her sister, Lucille, kept house for her father and two...
John Edward Rhyan
Jan 6, 2009
John Edward Rhyan was born at Underwood, Iowa, February 15, 1927, the son of Joseph Daniel and Josie Mae Sexton Rhyan. The family resided at Underwood where John received his elementary education before being graduated from the Persia, Iowa High School with the class of 1944. Following high school John and his brother, Joe, farmed in the Dunlap for several...
Lucille M. Lue Miller
Jan 6, 2009
Lucille Margaret Miller was born on January 27, 1925, to Earl and Florence (Camenisch) Shriver in Neola, Iowa, and spent the first twenty years of her life on farms around Shelby, Iowa. She attended Shelby Consolidated School and graduated with the Class of 1944. She was united in marriage to Verrow L. "Butch" Miller on April 15, 1944. They spent...
Wayne E. Fiscus
Jan 5, 2009
Wayne Edward Fiscus was born on January 15, 1921, to Paaren and Anna (Mitten) Fiscus in rural Shelby County. He attended Country School through the seventh grade and then begin working for neighboring farms at the age of fourteen. He worked in the canning factory in Harlan at night for a number of years. He also followed the thrashing crews...
Debra Debbie Rounds
Dec 31, 2008
Debra Lee Rounds was born to Gerald and Alma (Rau) Kramer on December 4, 1955, in Carroll, Iowa. She was baptized at Saint Anthony�s Hospital on the day of her birth after arriving two months early: she was not expected to survive the night. She lived in Wiota, Iowa, until she was four years old, when the family moved to...
Alice Jean Crane
Dec 29, 2008
Survivors include her husband, Donald Crane of Denison, two brothers, Walter Skogsberg of South Carolina and Albert Skogsberg of Wyoming, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Opal M. Jensen
Dec 28, 2008
Opal Marie Jensen was born on April 9, 1931, to Elmer and Matie Hansen in Davenport, Iowa. The family lived in Fiscus, Iowa, before moving to Colorado in 1936. In 1940, they returned to the Fiscus and Harlan area where Opal graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1949. She was united in marriage on December 25, 1949...
Marie Dorothy Graeve Muenchrath
Dec 17, 2008
Marie "Dorothy" Muenchrath was born on March 19, 1919, to Peter and Isabel (Wilwerding) Heese in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and graduated from St. Joseph�s Catholic School with the Class of 1936. On April 15, 1941, she was united in marriage to Alfons Graeve. Eight children were born to this...
Joyce True
Dec 16, 2008
Joyce Anne True, the daughter of Orvel and Pearl Wilhelmina (Schuning) Krohn, was born on November 6, 1930 in Minden, Iowa. She attended school in Avoca and graduated with the class of 1948. Joyce was united in marriage to Jack True on May 14, 1949 in Avoca and they were the parents of two children: Kathy and Tom. Joyce was...
Raymond Beymer
Dec 11, 2008
Raymond Harry Beymer was born at Denison, Iowa, June 8, 1935, the son of Carl A. and Isabel M. Storjohann Beymer. He was raised in Denison, receiving his education in the Denison Community Schools. As a teenager he was employed as a pin setter at the old uptown bowling alley in Denison and as a farmhand for area neighbors and...
Roman C. Katzer
Dec 11, 2008
Roman Charles Katzer was born on February 22, 1938, on the family farm near Portsmouth, Iowa, to John and Alma (Pauley) Katzer. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary�s Catholic School in Portsmouth. In 1950, the family moved to a farm near Defiance, Iowa where Roman attended...
