Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Jack E. Gaskill
Nov 19, 2007
Jack was born on a farm east of Hamlin in Audubon County on November 10, 1921 to Oscar and Margaret (Anderson) Gaskill. He attended school at country school near Hamlin and later in Gray, Iowa. Jack met his wife, Opal Richards, in Irwin, Iowa. They were later married in Springfield, Nebraska on February 27, 1943. Three children were born to...
Dorothy Boldin
Nov 14, 2007
Dorothy Mae Boldin was born on a farm near Fairfield, Iowa, May 9, 1920, the daughter of Harry and Launa Eagle Riley. In 1931 the family moved to Deloit, Iowa where she was raised, receiving her education in the Stockholm Township #8 rural school. On November 25, 1940 Dorothy was united in marriage with Edward Eggers and he was killed...
Paul Blume
Nov 12, 2007
Paul Arnold Blume was born at Ames, Iowa, July 13, 1939, the son of Arnold J. and Martha Stoltz Blume. When he was young the family moved to the Dow City and Dunlap areas where he was raised and received his education being graduated from the Dow City High School. From April 30, 1956, until his discharge July 31, 1962,...
Donald G. Schechinger
Nov 8, 2007
Donald Gerard Schechinger, son of Elmer and Margaret (Stessman) Schechinger was born on December 7, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was one of fifteen children and had a twin brother, Ron. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. Don attended school in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1980. He...
Darrell J. Barrett
Nov 2, 2007
Darrell John Barrett, the son of John and Helen L. Holdsworth Barrett, was born on November 3, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Tennant Methodist Church. Darrell attended grade school in Tennant and graduated from Shelby High School. Darrell was united in marriage to Becky Nielsen on April 15, 1972 in Shelby. To this union...
Viola Oneill
Oct 31, 2007
Viola O�Neill was born on February 10, 1916, to Peter and Ane Marie "Mary" (Jensen) Petersen in Harlan, Iowa. She was the second of eight children born to that union. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended country school at Jackson No. 8. Viola had moved to Denver, Colorado, and it was there...
Ruth V. Christensen
Oct 22, 2007
Ruth Virginia Christensen, the daughter of Ralph and Karolina (Dethlefs) Brown, was born in James Township, Iowa on March 29, 1919. She was baptized and confirmed in the Avoca Lutheran Church. Ruth attended school in the Hancock area. After her schooling she was employed by the Hancock Telephone Company. Ruth was united in marriage to Milton "Chris" Christensen on August...
Karen J. Resh
Oct 17, 2007
Karen Jean Resh was born on December 28, 1942, in Red Oak, Iowa, to Robert and Flossie (Wheeler) Resh. She attended elementary and high school in Corning, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1960. After graduation, she began employment at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company in Omaha, Nebraska, and remained there for twenty years. She later continued her schooling by...
Norma Sommer
Oct 15, 2007
Norma Elizabeth Sommer was born on the farm north of Wall Lake, Iowa, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Edward J. and Ella Kowalke Albrecht. She was raised there and received her education in the Wall Lake Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1941. She furthered her education for two years at Cedar Falls, Iowa, receiving her...
Alice Stedman Longnecker
Oct 13, 2007
daughter of George and Rose Leiting Maneman. She spent her early years there until the family moved to Varina, Iowa, in the late 1930?s where Alice was graduated from St. Columbkille Catholic High School. Following high school Alice and her sister Rae owned and operated a café in Varina where Alice met her future husband, Henry. On August 20, 1946,...
Margaret Selander
Oct 11, 2007
Margaret Edith Selander was born at Denison, Iowa, July 15, 1917, the daughter of George W. and Anna Jacobson Selander. With the exception of a few years spent in Dayton, Iowa, Margaret was raised in Denison where she was graduated from high school. Following high school she furthered her education at the University of Iowa for two years. After completion...
Darald D. Larsen
Oct 5, 2007
Darald Dean Larsen, son of Elmer and Eva (Petersen) Larsen, was born on February 21, 1938, in Runnells, Iowa. He attended rural Audubon and Shelby County schools and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1956. After high school, he worked with the United States Forest Service in Montana. In 1959, Darald joined the United States Army and...
Lucy Huldeen
Oct 2, 2007
Lucy Huldeen was born at Boone, Iowa, August 30, 1924, the daughter of John Howard and Ruth Canfield Wayne. When she was five years of age the family moved to Sac City before moving to Odebolt where she was raised and graduated from high school with the class of 1942. During World War II Lucy resided in Topeka, Kansas and...
Jean A. Henning Thurston
Oct 2, 2007
Jean Arvilla Henning Thurston was born on March 14, 1914, to Fred and Jessie (Rains) Smith in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Paul�s Episcopal Church and remained a member of that congregation throughout her lifetime. She attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1934. After graduation she worked for her step-father (E. Olson) at Harlan...
Ivan G. Fiscus
Oct 1, 2007
Ivan Glenn Fiscus was born on November 10, 1912, to Paaren and Anna Jane (Mitten) Fiscus in rural Shelby County, Iowa. He attended country school near his birthplace of Redline, Iowa. After his schooling, he began his farming career with his dad and brothers. On October 10, 1940, he was united in marriage to Charline Ione Miller. One child was...
Delores R. Petersen
Sep 30, 2007
Delores Rachel Petersen, the daughter of Julius and Elva Mattie (Axland) Guth, was born on December 10, 1940, in Manilla, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. She attended country schools near Aspinwall and Kirkman, graduating from the Irwin-Kirkman High School. While in school, she played basketball and was Salutatorian of her graduating...
Claire L. Rossmann Walter
Sep 25, 2007
Claire Lenore Walter, the daughter of Eugene E. and Lenore (Stinger) Mickel, was born on July 24, 1908 in Walnut, Iowa. She attended school in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School. After graduation she taught rural school for three years and then taught third and fourth grades in Minden, Iowa for two years. Claire was united in marriage to...
Florence Behrens
Sep 24, 2007
Florence Behrens was born on December 19, 1921 to Henry and Marie (Christensen) Larsen on the family farm in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church near Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended school in Jackson Township #4. On January 11, 1939, she was united in marriage to Orvis Behrens. Six children were born to...
Alfred Joseph Greiner
Sep 22, 2007
Alfred Joseph Greiner, son of Nick and Mary (Bauer) Greiner, was born on December 8, 1917 on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school through the eighth grade at Pleasant Ridge Country School. In 1942, Alfred joined the United States Army as a Tractor Mechanic. He served...
John Vernon Murray
Sep 21, 2007
John Vernon Murray, son of John L. & Goldie (Miller) Murray, was born on his family's farm outside of Audubon, Iowa, on August 12, 1927. He attended rural school outside of Audubon until the eighth grade when he went to work full time on the farm. He later went on to receive his General Education Degree in Avoca. Vernon served...
Jack E. Gaskill
Nov 19, 2007
Jack was born on a farm east of Hamlin in Audubon County on November 10, 1921 to Oscar and Margaret (Anderson) Gaskill. He attended school at country school near Hamlin and later in Gray, Iowa. Jack met his wife, Opal Richards, in Irwin, Iowa. They were later married in Springfield, Nebraska on February 27, 1943. Three children were born to...
Dorothy Boldin
Nov 14, 2007
Dorothy Mae Boldin was born on a farm near Fairfield, Iowa, May 9, 1920, the daughter of Harry and Launa Eagle Riley. In 1931 the family moved to Deloit, Iowa where she was raised, receiving her education in the Stockholm Township #8 rural school. On November 25, 1940 Dorothy was united in marriage with Edward Eggers and he was killed...
Paul Blume
Nov 12, 2007
Paul Arnold Blume was born at Ames, Iowa, July 13, 1939, the son of Arnold J. and Martha Stoltz Blume. When he was young the family moved to the Dow City and Dunlap areas where he was raised and received his education being graduated from the Dow City High School. From April 30, 1956, until his discharge July 31, 1962,...
Donald G. Schechinger
Nov 8, 2007
Donald Gerard Schechinger, son of Elmer and Margaret (Stessman) Schechinger was born on December 7, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was one of fifteen children and had a twin brother, Ron. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. Don attended school in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1980. He...
Darrell J. Barrett
Nov 2, 2007
Darrell John Barrett, the son of John and Helen L. Holdsworth Barrett, was born on November 3, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Tennant Methodist Church. Darrell attended grade school in Tennant and graduated from Shelby High School. Darrell was united in marriage to Becky Nielsen on April 15, 1972 in Shelby. To this union...
Viola Oneill
Oct 31, 2007
Viola O�Neill was born on February 10, 1916, to Peter and Ane Marie "Mary" (Jensen) Petersen in Harlan, Iowa. She was the second of eight children born to that union. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended country school at Jackson No. 8. Viola had moved to Denver, Colorado, and it was there...
Ruth V. Christensen
Oct 22, 2007
Ruth Virginia Christensen, the daughter of Ralph and Karolina (Dethlefs) Brown, was born in James Township, Iowa on March 29, 1919. She was baptized and confirmed in the Avoca Lutheran Church. Ruth attended school in the Hancock area. After her schooling she was employed by the Hancock Telephone Company. Ruth was united in marriage to Milton "Chris" Christensen on August...
Karen J. Resh
Oct 17, 2007
Karen Jean Resh was born on December 28, 1942, in Red Oak, Iowa, to Robert and Flossie (Wheeler) Resh. She attended elementary and high school in Corning, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1960. After graduation, she began employment at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company in Omaha, Nebraska, and remained there for twenty years. She later continued her schooling by...
Norma Sommer
Oct 15, 2007
Norma Elizabeth Sommer was born on the farm north of Wall Lake, Iowa, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Edward J. and Ella Kowalke Albrecht. She was raised there and received her education in the Wall Lake Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1941. She furthered her education for two years at Cedar Falls, Iowa, receiving her...
Alice Stedman Longnecker
Oct 13, 2007
daughter of George and Rose Leiting Maneman. She spent her early years there until the family moved to Varina, Iowa, in the late 1930?s where Alice was graduated from St. Columbkille Catholic High School. Following high school Alice and her sister Rae owned and operated a café in Varina where Alice met her future husband, Henry. On August 20, 1946,...
Margaret Selander
Oct 11, 2007
Margaret Edith Selander was born at Denison, Iowa, July 15, 1917, the daughter of George W. and Anna Jacobson Selander. With the exception of a few years spent in Dayton, Iowa, Margaret was raised in Denison where she was graduated from high school. Following high school she furthered her education at the University of Iowa for two years. After completion...
Darald D. Larsen
Oct 5, 2007
Darald Dean Larsen, son of Elmer and Eva (Petersen) Larsen, was born on February 21, 1938, in Runnells, Iowa. He attended rural Audubon and Shelby County schools and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1956. After high school, he worked with the United States Forest Service in Montana. In 1959, Darald joined the United States Army and...
Lucy Huldeen
Oct 2, 2007
Lucy Huldeen was born at Boone, Iowa, August 30, 1924, the daughter of John Howard and Ruth Canfield Wayne. When she was five years of age the family moved to Sac City before moving to Odebolt where she was raised and graduated from high school with the class of 1942. During World War II Lucy resided in Topeka, Kansas and...
Jean A. Henning Thurston
Oct 2, 2007
Jean Arvilla Henning Thurston was born on March 14, 1914, to Fred and Jessie (Rains) Smith in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Paul�s Episcopal Church and remained a member of that congregation throughout her lifetime. She attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1934. After graduation she worked for her step-father (E. Olson) at Harlan...
Ivan G. Fiscus
Oct 1, 2007
Ivan Glenn Fiscus was born on November 10, 1912, to Paaren and Anna Jane (Mitten) Fiscus in rural Shelby County, Iowa. He attended country school near his birthplace of Redline, Iowa. After his schooling, he began his farming career with his dad and brothers. On October 10, 1940, he was united in marriage to Charline Ione Miller. One child was...
Delores R. Petersen
Sep 30, 2007
Delores Rachel Petersen, the daughter of Julius and Elva Mattie (Axland) Guth, was born on December 10, 1940, in Manilla, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. She attended country schools near Aspinwall and Kirkman, graduating from the Irwin-Kirkman High School. While in school, she played basketball and was Salutatorian of her graduating...
Claire L. Rossmann Walter
Sep 25, 2007
Claire Lenore Walter, the daughter of Eugene E. and Lenore (Stinger) Mickel, was born on July 24, 1908 in Walnut, Iowa. She attended school in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School. After graduation she taught rural school for three years and then taught third and fourth grades in Minden, Iowa for two years. Claire was united in marriage to...
Florence Behrens
Sep 24, 2007
Florence Behrens was born on December 19, 1921 to Henry and Marie (Christensen) Larsen on the family farm in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church near Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended school in Jackson Township #4. On January 11, 1939, she was united in marriage to Orvis Behrens. Six children were born to...
Alfred Joseph Greiner
Sep 22, 2007
Alfred Joseph Greiner, son of Nick and Mary (Bauer) Greiner, was born on December 8, 1917 on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school through the eighth grade at Pleasant Ridge Country School. In 1942, Alfred joined the United States Army as a Tractor Mechanic. He served...
John Vernon Murray
Sep 21, 2007
John Vernon Murray, son of John L. & Goldie (Miller) Murray, was born on his family's farm outside of Audubon, Iowa, on August 12, 1927. He attended rural school outside of Audubon until the eighth grade when he went to work full time on the farm. He later went on to receive his General Education Degree in Avoca. Vernon served...
