Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
George W. Ernst
Jul 22, 2007
George William Ernst was born on August 10, 1929, to George and Matilda (Reis) Ernst in Bellevue, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Bellevue. George attended and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in 1947 where he played basketball. As a young adult, George was a proud member of the Bellevue Braves baseball team....
Frances Allen
Jul 21, 2007
Frances Jeanette Allen was born February 26, 1912, in Adams County on a farm near Mt. Etna, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Ortmus Patten Bailiff. She received her early education at the Boswell country school before being graduated from the Corning High School. On October 12, 1929, Frances was united in marriage with Harold Waters at St. Timothy?s Catholic...
Franklin Havick
Jul 19, 2007
Franklin Maynard Havick was born October 15, 1913, to Franklin Mareclin Havick and Essie Amelia (Bryan) Havick in Shelby County, Iowa, at his parents� farm home. He was the eighth child out of a family of ten. He grew up on his father�s farm and attended school at Tennant, Iowa. He drove a "school bus", a team of horses and...
Donald Bielenberg
Jul 11, 2007
Donald William Bielenberg was born at Schleswig, Iowa, February 21, 1946, the son of Bart and Ann Kuehl Bielenberg. He was raised there where he was a member of the United Church of Christ and was graduated from the Schleswig High School with the class of 1964. He furthered his education at the University of South Dakota before graduating from...
Charles Alfred Miller
Jul 5, 2007
Charles Alfred Miller, son of Eli and Myra (Enous) Miller, was born and raised on a farm north of Manilla, Iowa, on March 18, 1917. He attended grade school east of Defiance at Greeley Center School and then attended high school in Manilla. After his schooling, Charles worked on several farms in the Defiance area. While attending church in Defiance,...
Lloyd Rex Petersen
Jul 1, 2007
Lloyd Rex Petersen was born on a farm near Walnut, Iowa on December 21, 1929. He was the son of Lloyd N. and Lucille (McLuen) Petersen and was one of four children in the family. After graduating from high school, Lloyd went to work at the bank in Avoca. He lived his lifetime in the Walnut and Avoca, Iowa areas....
Verlee Leinen
Jun 29, 2007
Verlee Leinen was born on April 21, 1941, to Zeno and Viola (Schwery) Leinen on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school at St. Mary�s Catholic School. After her graduation from high school in 1959, she attended Marycrest College in Davenport. She transferred...
Velma F. Olsen
Jun 25, 2007
Velma Frances Olsen, the daughter of Walter Scott and Maggie Wilson LaMaster, was born on January 27, 1911 in Guilford, Missouri. At the age of 13 the family moved to Iowa and Velma attended school at Fairview No. 5 in Shelby County, Iowa and graduated from Harlan High School in 1930. After graduation Velma taught country school in Shelby County...
Jane Larsen
Jun 24, 2007
Jane Ellen Larsen was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation May 18, 1921, the daughter of Fred and Evelyn Davis. While she was still a baby her family moved back to Audubon County, Iowa. She started school in Ross, Iowa; later she attended a country school south of Audubon, then a country school near the old...
John Elliott Wilhelm
Jun 23, 2007
John "Jack" Elliott Wilhelm was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, May 25, 1935, the son of Thomas Dolan and Violet Carlbon Wilhelm. He was raised there where he received the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation at St. Mary?s Catholic Church and was graduated from Perth Amboy High School with the class of 1954. He then attended Rutgers...
Quentin Rickers
Jun 22, 2007
Quentin F. Rickers, son of William and Emma (Sohl) Rickers, was born on June 25, 1919, in Westside, Iowa where he was also baptized. He graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa. On November 30, 1941, Quentin was united in marriage to Phyllis Virginia Campbell at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. Three children were born to this...
Milton Fat Watson
Jun 20, 2007
Milton Watson was born on November 3, 1915, on a farm southeast of Persia, Iowa, to James and Clara (Bleyhl) Watson. He attended elementary school at Excelsior country school outside of Persia until eighth grade. He then attended Persia High School and for his senior year he transferred to Logan High School in order to receive Normal Training, graduating as...
Thelma I. Nelson
Jun 19, 2007
Thelma Izora Nelson, daughter of Hjalmer and Isabel (Nelson) Wiig, was born on March 10, 1919, south of Irwin, Iowa. She attended school in Irwin and graduated with the Class of 1937. After graduation, she moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania, with her parents, two sisters, and one brother. They lived there for eighteen months then returned to Iowa. That winter, she...
Merle Thrasher
Jun 13, 2007
Merle Thrasher, Jr. was born on November 30, 1922, in Fort Madison, Iowa, to Merle and Maud (Shawver) Thrasher. He attended school in Fort Madison and graduated from high school with the Class of 1940. He entered the United States military in 1943 and left for basic training to Denver, Colorado. While on a three-day pass in Denver on May...
Charles J. Goetzinger
Jun 12, 2007
Charles "Chuck" Goetzinger was born on October 16, 1945, to Edward and Agnes (Wageman) Goetzinger in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa, and remained a lifelong member of that parish. He attended elementary school and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. On August 28, 1965, he was united in...
Wilbert Roenfeld
Jun 10, 2007
Wilbert Roenfeld was born on March 27, 1926, to Harry and Sophia (Fisher) Roenfeld near Mineola, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John�s Lutheran Church in Mineola. He attended country school in Mills County, Iowa. He had a passion for polka music and dancing and would attend dances at Sokol Hall in Omaha, Nebraska. It was there that...
Donald D. Doonan
Jun 9, 2007
Donald Dean Doonan was born on April 20, 1928, to Arthur and Elma (Gaer) Doonan in rural Elk Horn, Iowa. He was baptized at First Baptist Church in Elk Horn and remained a lifelong member of the congregation. He attended rural elementary school west of Elk Horn and graduated from the Elk Horn High School. On December 1, 1949, he...
Ruth Maxwell
Jun 7, 2007
Ruth Maxwell was born at Weston, Missouri, March 17, 1916, the only child of Clifford Carl and Callie Leona Mulkey Novinger. The family soon moved to New Market, Iowa, before settling at Shenandoah, Iowa, where Ruth was graduated from high school. Ruth was united in marriage with Harry W. Maxwell and they moved to Denison, Iowa, in 1948 where they...
Leora F. Hamdorf
Jun 5, 2007
Leora Francis Hamdorf, the daughter of Jesse N. and Marie Ronnfeldt Grooms, was born on a farm near Hancock, Iowa on October 23, 1923. She attended country school near Hancock and graduated from Hancock High School in 1941. Leora was united in marriage to Orville "Bud" Hamdorf on July 5, 1948 in Avoca, Iowa. To this union three children were...
Jay William Dollen
Jun 3, 2007
Jay William Dollen was born on November 21, 1971 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the son of LeRoy and Beverly (Witt) Dollen and was one of four children in the family. He attended school at Tri-Center near Neola, Iowa and graduated with the Class of 1990. Jay was united in marriage to Jodi Sanders on May 2, 1992 at...
George W. Ernst
Jul 22, 2007
George William Ernst was born on August 10, 1929, to George and Matilda (Reis) Ernst in Bellevue, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Bellevue. George attended and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in 1947 where he played basketball. As a young adult, George was a proud member of the Bellevue Braves baseball team....
Frances Allen
Jul 21, 2007
Frances Jeanette Allen was born February 26, 1912, in Adams County on a farm near Mt. Etna, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Ortmus Patten Bailiff. She received her early education at the Boswell country school before being graduated from the Corning High School. On October 12, 1929, Frances was united in marriage with Harold Waters at St. Timothy?s Catholic...
Franklin Havick
Jul 19, 2007
Franklin Maynard Havick was born October 15, 1913, to Franklin Mareclin Havick and Essie Amelia (Bryan) Havick in Shelby County, Iowa, at his parents� farm home. He was the eighth child out of a family of ten. He grew up on his father�s farm and attended school at Tennant, Iowa. He drove a "school bus", a team of horses and...
Donald Bielenberg
Jul 11, 2007
Donald William Bielenberg was born at Schleswig, Iowa, February 21, 1946, the son of Bart and Ann Kuehl Bielenberg. He was raised there where he was a member of the United Church of Christ and was graduated from the Schleswig High School with the class of 1964. He furthered his education at the University of South Dakota before graduating from...
Charles Alfred Miller
Jul 5, 2007
Charles Alfred Miller, son of Eli and Myra (Enous) Miller, was born and raised on a farm north of Manilla, Iowa, on March 18, 1917. He attended grade school east of Defiance at Greeley Center School and then attended high school in Manilla. After his schooling, Charles worked on several farms in the Defiance area. While attending church in Defiance,...
Lloyd Rex Petersen
Jul 1, 2007
Lloyd Rex Petersen was born on a farm near Walnut, Iowa on December 21, 1929. He was the son of Lloyd N. and Lucille (McLuen) Petersen and was one of four children in the family. After graduating from high school, Lloyd went to work at the bank in Avoca. He lived his lifetime in the Walnut and Avoca, Iowa areas....
Verlee Leinen
Jun 29, 2007
Verlee Leinen was born on April 21, 1941, to Zeno and Viola (Schwery) Leinen on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school at St. Mary�s Catholic School. After her graduation from high school in 1959, she attended Marycrest College in Davenport. She transferred...
Velma F. Olsen
Jun 25, 2007
Velma Frances Olsen, the daughter of Walter Scott and Maggie Wilson LaMaster, was born on January 27, 1911 in Guilford, Missouri. At the age of 13 the family moved to Iowa and Velma attended school at Fairview No. 5 in Shelby County, Iowa and graduated from Harlan High School in 1930. After graduation Velma taught country school in Shelby County...
Jane Larsen
Jun 24, 2007
Jane Ellen Larsen was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation May 18, 1921, the daughter of Fred and Evelyn Davis. While she was still a baby her family moved back to Audubon County, Iowa. She started school in Ross, Iowa; later she attended a country school south of Audubon, then a country school near the old...
John Elliott Wilhelm
Jun 23, 2007
John "Jack" Elliott Wilhelm was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, May 25, 1935, the son of Thomas Dolan and Violet Carlbon Wilhelm. He was raised there where he received the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation at St. Mary?s Catholic Church and was graduated from Perth Amboy High School with the class of 1954. He then attended Rutgers...
Quentin Rickers
Jun 22, 2007
Quentin F. Rickers, son of William and Emma (Sohl) Rickers, was born on June 25, 1919, in Westside, Iowa where he was also baptized. He graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa. On November 30, 1941, Quentin was united in marriage to Phyllis Virginia Campbell at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. Three children were born to this...
Milton Fat Watson
Jun 20, 2007
Milton Watson was born on November 3, 1915, on a farm southeast of Persia, Iowa, to James and Clara (Bleyhl) Watson. He attended elementary school at Excelsior country school outside of Persia until eighth grade. He then attended Persia High School and for his senior year he transferred to Logan High School in order to receive Normal Training, graduating as...
Thelma I. Nelson
Jun 19, 2007
Thelma Izora Nelson, daughter of Hjalmer and Isabel (Nelson) Wiig, was born on March 10, 1919, south of Irwin, Iowa. She attended school in Irwin and graduated with the Class of 1937. After graduation, she moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania, with her parents, two sisters, and one brother. They lived there for eighteen months then returned to Iowa. That winter, she...
Merle Thrasher
Jun 13, 2007
Merle Thrasher, Jr. was born on November 30, 1922, in Fort Madison, Iowa, to Merle and Maud (Shawver) Thrasher. He attended school in Fort Madison and graduated from high school with the Class of 1940. He entered the United States military in 1943 and left for basic training to Denver, Colorado. While on a three-day pass in Denver on May...
Charles J. Goetzinger
Jun 12, 2007
Charles "Chuck" Goetzinger was born on October 16, 1945, to Edward and Agnes (Wageman) Goetzinger in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa, and remained a lifelong member of that parish. He attended elementary school and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. On August 28, 1965, he was united in...
Wilbert Roenfeld
Jun 10, 2007
Wilbert Roenfeld was born on March 27, 1926, to Harry and Sophia (Fisher) Roenfeld near Mineola, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John�s Lutheran Church in Mineola. He attended country school in Mills County, Iowa. He had a passion for polka music and dancing and would attend dances at Sokol Hall in Omaha, Nebraska. It was there that...
Donald D. Doonan
Jun 9, 2007
Donald Dean Doonan was born on April 20, 1928, to Arthur and Elma (Gaer) Doonan in rural Elk Horn, Iowa. He was baptized at First Baptist Church in Elk Horn and remained a lifelong member of the congregation. He attended rural elementary school west of Elk Horn and graduated from the Elk Horn High School. On December 1, 1949, he...
Ruth Maxwell
Jun 7, 2007
Ruth Maxwell was born at Weston, Missouri, March 17, 1916, the only child of Clifford Carl and Callie Leona Mulkey Novinger. The family soon moved to New Market, Iowa, before settling at Shenandoah, Iowa, where Ruth was graduated from high school. Ruth was united in marriage with Harry W. Maxwell and they moved to Denison, Iowa, in 1948 where they...
Leora F. Hamdorf
Jun 5, 2007
Leora Francis Hamdorf, the daughter of Jesse N. and Marie Ronnfeldt Grooms, was born on a farm near Hancock, Iowa on October 23, 1923. She attended country school near Hancock and graduated from Hancock High School in 1941. Leora was united in marriage to Orville "Bud" Hamdorf on July 5, 1948 in Avoca, Iowa. To this union three children were...
Jay William Dollen
Jun 3, 2007
Jay William Dollen was born on November 21, 1971 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the son of LeRoy and Beverly (Witt) Dollen and was one of four children in the family. He attended school at Tri-Center near Neola, Iowa and graduated with the Class of 1990. Jay was united in marriage to Jodi Sanders on May 2, 1992 at...
