Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
Andrew Gustafson
Dec 9, 2008
Andrew (Andy) Thomas Gustafson, 33, of North Liberty, Iowa and formerly of Denison, Iowa died on December 11, 2008 In Iowa City after a lifelong battle with a rare congenital vascular syndrome. Visitation will be from 4-7PM on Sunday, December 14th at the Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa and a funeral Mass will be said at 10:30 AM on...
Orin R. Leslie
Dec 9, 2008
Orin Robert Leslie was born on April 19, 1910 on the Leslie Farmstead northeast of Avoca, Iowa. He was one of three sons born to Charles and Lettie (Heinz) Leslie. The family lived on the farm until he was eleven years old when they moved for a short time to Hugo, Colorado, returning later to Avoca. After attending country school,...
Maurice Befort
Dec 5, 2008
Maurice John Befort, the son of George and Luella Newell Befort, was born on February 18, 1944 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the catholic church. At the age of seven the family moved to San Diego, California where he attended Catholic School and graduated from Sweetwater High School. While in high school he helped his father...
Gladys M. Johnson
Dec 4, 2008
Gladys Marie Johnson, the daughter of Hans A. and Anna Margaret (Brodersen) Hansen, was born on a farm near Jacksonville, Iowa, on November 28, 1913. She attended country school in Jacksonville and grew to adulthood on the family farm. As many young girls did, Gladys worked out for area families until her marriage to Everett Johnson on December 29, 1937,...
Marian L. Martin
Nov 28, 2008
Marian Louise Martin passed away Friday evening, November 28, 2008, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota, having been a resident of Crestview Manor in Evansville, Minnesota. Marian was born June 15, 1924 in Springfield, Missouri, to Norman and Omega (Garner) Franklin. She graduated high school in Springfield and then apprenticed at a beauty shop. On June 15, 1941,...
Bernita Y. Doonan
Nov 27, 2008
Bernita Yvonne Doonan was born February 26, 1920 to Lloyd and Alma (Gray) Parker in Oakland, Iowa. She attended country school near Oakland and later graduated from Elk Horn High School. She attended one year of college at Glendale Community College in California. Bernita was united in marriage to Dale Doonan on October 2, 1940 at the home of her...
Josephine M. Marshall
Nov 25, 2008
Josephine Magdalene Marshall, daughter of Edward and Lena Wageman, was born on December 18, 1915, on her parent�s farm northeast of Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized, received her first communion, and was confirmed at St. Peter�s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from St. Paul�s High School in 1934. Josephine continued her education in Carroll,...
Kevin W. Brannon
Nov 22, 2008
Kevin W. ("Judge") Brannon, 65, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Denison Hospital. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, Iowa. Kevin was born on October 21, 1943, in Denison, the fourth of five children of Robert K. and Mary Swords Brannon. He attended St. Rose...
Carolyn J. Nelson
Nov 19, 2008
Carolyn Joyce Nelson, daughter of Christian C. F. and Ella (Zolck) Hoeppner, was born on August 18, 1936, on a farm near Avoca, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1955. She was united in marriage to Edward C. Owen on January 30,...
Russell L. Griggs
Nov 16, 2008
Russell Lowell Griggs was born on November 18, 1914 near Washington, Iowa. He was one of five children born to Dewitt and Annie (Weaver) Griggs. He attended school in Washington and graduated from high school in 1932. After graduation he began his lifelong career as a beekeeper, collecting and selling honey. Russell was united in marriage to Mary McMillen on...
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...
Andrew Gustafson
Dec 9, 2008
Andrew (Andy) Thomas Gustafson, 33, of North Liberty, Iowa and formerly of Denison, Iowa died on December 11, 2008 In Iowa City after a lifelong battle with a rare congenital vascular syndrome. Visitation will be from 4-7PM on Sunday, December 14th at the Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa and a funeral Mass will be said at 10:30 AM on...
Orin R. Leslie
Dec 9, 2008
Orin Robert Leslie was born on April 19, 1910 on the Leslie Farmstead northeast of Avoca, Iowa. He was one of three sons born to Charles and Lettie (Heinz) Leslie. The family lived on the farm until he was eleven years old when they moved for a short time to Hugo, Colorado, returning later to Avoca. After attending country school,...
Maurice Befort
Dec 5, 2008
Maurice John Befort, the son of George and Luella Newell Befort, was born on February 18, 1944 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the catholic church. At the age of seven the family moved to San Diego, California where he attended Catholic School and graduated from Sweetwater High School. While in high school he helped his father...
Gladys M. Johnson
Dec 4, 2008
Gladys Marie Johnson, the daughter of Hans A. and Anna Margaret (Brodersen) Hansen, was born on a farm near Jacksonville, Iowa, on November 28, 1913. She attended country school in Jacksonville and grew to adulthood on the family farm. As many young girls did, Gladys worked out for area families until her marriage to Everett Johnson on December 29, 1937,...
Marian L. Martin
Nov 28, 2008
Marian Louise Martin passed away Friday evening, November 28, 2008, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota, having been a resident of Crestview Manor in Evansville, Minnesota. Marian was born June 15, 1924 in Springfield, Missouri, to Norman and Omega (Garner) Franklin. She graduated high school in Springfield and then apprenticed at a beauty shop. On June 15, 1941,...
Bernita Y. Doonan
Nov 27, 2008
Bernita Yvonne Doonan was born February 26, 1920 to Lloyd and Alma (Gray) Parker in Oakland, Iowa. She attended country school near Oakland and later graduated from Elk Horn High School. She attended one year of college at Glendale Community College in California. Bernita was united in marriage to Dale Doonan on October 2, 1940 at the home of her...
Josephine M. Marshall
Nov 25, 2008
Josephine Magdalene Marshall, daughter of Edward and Lena Wageman, was born on December 18, 1915, on her parent�s farm northeast of Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized, received her first communion, and was confirmed at St. Peter�s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from St. Paul�s High School in 1934. Josephine continued her education in Carroll,...
Kevin W. Brannon
Nov 22, 2008
Kevin W. ("Judge") Brannon, 65, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Denison Hospital. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, Iowa. Kevin was born on October 21, 1943, in Denison, the fourth of five children of Robert K. and Mary Swords Brannon. He attended St. Rose...
Carolyn J. Nelson
Nov 19, 2008
Carolyn Joyce Nelson, daughter of Christian C. F. and Ella (Zolck) Hoeppner, was born on August 18, 1936, on a farm near Avoca, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1955. She was united in marriage to Edward C. Owen on January 30,...
Russell L. Griggs
Nov 16, 2008
Russell Lowell Griggs was born on November 18, 1914 near Washington, Iowa. He was one of five children born to Dewitt and Annie (Weaver) Griggs. He attended school in Washington and graduated from high school in 1932. After graduation he began his lifelong career as a beekeeper, collecting and selling honey. Russell was united in marriage to Mary McMillen on...
