Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Alice Louise Klindt
Mar 19, 2023
Alice Louise Klindt, daughter of James Albert Ramsey and Frances Louise Verkler was born on January 9, 1943 in Amarillo, Texas. Growing up, she attended grade school at Buffalo Elementary School, Buffalo High School and attended church at 1st Christian Church all in Buffalo, Oklahoma. After graduation, Alice went to Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma from 1961 to 1962. Alice...
Harry G. Jensen
Mar 17, 2023
Harry G. Jensen, 95, passed away on March 17, 2023, in Sandusky at the Ohio Veterans Home. He was born on August 29, 1927 in Knox County, Iowa to the late Gudman and Margaret (Trede) Jensen. After high school, Harry served in the U.S. Navy helping to clean up in the Pacific after WWII. Harry, known to his family and...
H. Rand Petersen
Mar 15, 2023
Howard Rand Petersen, always known as Rand, passed away at his home in Friendship Havenin Fort Dodge, Iowa, on March 15, 2023. Rand was born in Harlan, Iowa, on February 5, 1929, to Eunice Gertrude Anderson Petersen and Wilmer Everett Petersen. After graduating from Harlan High School in 1947 he headed off to the State University of Iowa (SUI) where...
Keith Clarence Peterson
Mar 13, 2023
Born December 31, 1931 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa to Clarence and Violet (Erickson) Peterson. Keith was the 1st of 4 children and grew up on a family farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. He graduated from Shelby High School in 1950. He attended Dana College in Blair, NE and then went into the Army from Sept 1952 to March 1954 and...
Laverne Orval Kock
Mar 12, 2023
LaVerne Orval Kock, 100, of Avoca passed away on March 12, 2023, at the Avoca Nursing Home in Avoca, Iowa. He is the only son of Charlie and Emma (Peters) Kock, Harlan, and was born on a farm in Shelby County, Iowa, on June 6, 1922. Growing up, he was an active member of 4-H, and was honored to show...
Allyn Bartelson
Mar 10, 2023
Allyn Laverne Bartelson Allyn Laverne Bartelson, age 85, son of Ronald and Cecil (McDowell) Bartelson, was born July 5, 1937, at the Harlan Hospital and died Friday, March 10, 2023, at home on the family farm near Irwin, Iowa. He had been in treatment for multiple types of cancer for several years and was under hospice care the last week....
Tammy Lynn Andersen
Mar 10, 2023
Tammy Lynn Andersen was born on March 8, 1961 in Huron, South Dakota. She was the daughter of Clyde and Patricia Mueller. She grew up in Humboldt, Iowa and graduated high school with the class of 1979. After graduation she attended Southeastern Community College to get her Associates in teaching and later continued her education at Iowa Western Community College...
Nancy Deruby
Mar 10, 2023
Nancy Sue DeRuby, daughter of Nicholas and Marcella (Pauley) Schmitz was born on December 20, 1958 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended grade school in Westphalia and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1977. She received her associates degree in Arts and Science from Iowa...
Grant Thomas Gaer
Mar 9, 2023
Grant Thomas Gaer was born August 27th, 2002 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. He was welcomed into the world by his parents (Greg and Tanya Gaer), and older sister (Grace Gaer), extended family and friends. Grant grew up in Irwin, IA surrounded by a community of people who loved watching him grow. Grant enjoyed the small town...
Dianne Ehlers
Mar 8, 2023
Dianne was born April 30, 1948, to Delmon and Dorothy (Michaelsen) Jacobsen in Council Bluffs, Iowa and raised in Avoca, Iowa. She went to the last country school in Avoca before joining the Avoca High School and graduating in 1966. Dianne met Larry Ehlers at a dance in the dance hall at the Avoca Fairgrounds in 1965 and has never...
Mary Jane Peterson
Mar 6, 2023
Born January 15, 1935 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Marvin and Cecile (Hutchison) Johnson. Was the 3rd oldest of 5 children and grew up on a family farm in Persia, Iowa. She graduated from Persia High School in 1953. After high school she stayed with Aunt Cora and worked for City Hall in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She married Keith Peterson...
Roland "Rollie" Eugene Hansen
Feb 28, 2023
Roland Eugene Hansen, son of Clifford and Emma E. (Rattenborg) Hansen was born on April 24, 1936, on a farm near Audubon, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended country school and graduated from Audubon High School. After high school, Rollie joined the United States Army. On May 28, 1955, he was...
Lonnie Lee Benson
Feb 22, 2023
Lonnie Lee Benson Lonnie Lee Benson, son of Edwin and Connie (Elmquist) Benson was born on October 3, 1962 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School before attending Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo, Iowa....
Donald R. Dotzler
Feb 21, 2023
Donald "Donnie" Ralph Dotzler Donald "Donnie" Ralph Dotzler, son of Joe and Leona Dotzler was born on May 21, 1937 in Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Donnie graduated from St. Paul's Catholic School in 1955. After graduation he attended Barber School and barbered in Council Bluffs, Iowa for a short...
Michelle "Shelli" Renae Mortensen
Feb 21, 2023
Michelle Renae Mortensen was born at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa, on March 5,1969. She was a tiny little girl weighing in at 3 1/2 lbs. Shelli was baptized at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan and made her first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA. She attended Concerned in their little pink house at the age...
Richard Raymond Book
Feb 19, 2023
Richard Raymond Book passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the age of 84 on February 19, 2023. Rich was born on December 29, 1938, in Harlan, Iowa to Leo and Leora Book. He excelled in basketball and track in high school, while balancing daily chores on the family farm. Rich attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and...
Twyla Grabill
Feb 19, 2023
Twyla Mae Grabill, daughter of Mamie and Henry Plagmann, was born on August 13, 1931. Twyla attended Center Township Country School and graduated in 1949 from Harlan Community High School. On August 14, 1950 Twyla married Charles Grabill at the Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua. When recently asked, Twyla shared that the thing she was most proud...
Don Bruck
Feb 13, 2023
Father Don Bruck Father Don Bruck was born to Joseph and Orvelyn Bruck on April 27, 1942 at the Behrendt farm north and west of Panama, Iowa. He was the oldest of 3 sons; Marvin and Allen (Punk) and their wives Jan and Bev. He attended country school the first eight years of his education. He then went on to...
Virginia Petersen
Feb 13, 2023
Full Obituary Pending. All Services are Private. Survivors include her sons Craig Petersen, Dennis (Mary) Petersen, grandson, Dylan (Katie) Petersen, great grandsons Jack & Tyler Petersen all of Jacksonville, Iowa.
Alfred "Sonny" Wede Jr.
Feb 11, 2023
Alfred “Sonny” Wede, Jr. Al “Sonny” Wede, Jr. was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa May 9, 1948 to Alfred Wede, Sr. and Velda (Greer) Wede. He attended elementary school in Persia, Iowa and the rest of schooling in Harlan, Iowa. He worked various jobs early on. These were at Mickel’s Restaurant and car garages in Harlan. He then worked full-time...
Alice Louise Klindt
Mar 19, 2023
Alice Louise Klindt, daughter of James Albert Ramsey and Frances Louise Verkler was born on January 9, 1943 in Amarillo, Texas. Growing up, she attended grade school at Buffalo Elementary School, Buffalo High School and attended church at 1st Christian Church all in Buffalo, Oklahoma. After graduation, Alice went to Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma from 1961 to 1962. Alice...
Harry G. Jensen
Mar 17, 2023
Harry G. Jensen, 95, passed away on March 17, 2023, in Sandusky at the Ohio Veterans Home. He was born on August 29, 1927 in Knox County, Iowa to the late Gudman and Margaret (Trede) Jensen. After high school, Harry served in the U.S. Navy helping to clean up in the Pacific after WWII. Harry, known to his family and...
H. Rand Petersen
Mar 15, 2023
Howard Rand Petersen, always known as Rand, passed away at his home in Friendship Havenin Fort Dodge, Iowa, on March 15, 2023. Rand was born in Harlan, Iowa, on February 5, 1929, to Eunice Gertrude Anderson Petersen and Wilmer Everett Petersen. After graduating from Harlan High School in 1947 he headed off to the State University of Iowa (SUI) where...
Keith Clarence Peterson
Mar 13, 2023
Born December 31, 1931 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa to Clarence and Violet (Erickson) Peterson. Keith was the 1st of 4 children and grew up on a family farm northwest of Shelby, Iowa. He graduated from Shelby High School in 1950. He attended Dana College in Blair, NE and then went into the Army from Sept 1952 to March 1954 and...
Laverne Orval Kock
Mar 12, 2023
LaVerne Orval Kock, 100, of Avoca passed away on March 12, 2023, at the Avoca Nursing Home in Avoca, Iowa. He is the only son of Charlie and Emma (Peters) Kock, Harlan, and was born on a farm in Shelby County, Iowa, on June 6, 1922. Growing up, he was an active member of 4-H, and was honored to show...
Allyn Bartelson
Mar 10, 2023
Allyn Laverne Bartelson Allyn Laverne Bartelson, age 85, son of Ronald and Cecil (McDowell) Bartelson, was born July 5, 1937, at the Harlan Hospital and died Friday, March 10, 2023, at home on the family farm near Irwin, Iowa. He had been in treatment for multiple types of cancer for several years and was under hospice care the last week....
Tammy Lynn Andersen
Mar 10, 2023
Tammy Lynn Andersen was born on March 8, 1961 in Huron, South Dakota. She was the daughter of Clyde and Patricia Mueller. She grew up in Humboldt, Iowa and graduated high school with the class of 1979. After graduation she attended Southeastern Community College to get her Associates in teaching and later continued her education at Iowa Western Community College...
Nancy Deruby
Mar 10, 2023
Nancy Sue DeRuby, daughter of Nicholas and Marcella (Pauley) Schmitz was born on December 20, 1958 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended grade school in Westphalia and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1977. She received her associates degree in Arts and Science from Iowa...
Grant Thomas Gaer
Mar 9, 2023
Grant Thomas Gaer was born August 27th, 2002 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. He was welcomed into the world by his parents (Greg and Tanya Gaer), and older sister (Grace Gaer), extended family and friends. Grant grew up in Irwin, IA surrounded by a community of people who loved watching him grow. Grant enjoyed the small town...
Dianne Ehlers
Mar 8, 2023
Dianne was born April 30, 1948, to Delmon and Dorothy (Michaelsen) Jacobsen in Council Bluffs, Iowa and raised in Avoca, Iowa. She went to the last country school in Avoca before joining the Avoca High School and graduating in 1966. Dianne met Larry Ehlers at a dance in the dance hall at the Avoca Fairgrounds in 1965 and has never...
Mary Jane Peterson
Mar 6, 2023
Born January 15, 1935 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Marvin and Cecile (Hutchison) Johnson. Was the 3rd oldest of 5 children and grew up on a family farm in Persia, Iowa. She graduated from Persia High School in 1953. After high school she stayed with Aunt Cora and worked for City Hall in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She married Keith Peterson...
Roland "Rollie" Eugene Hansen
Feb 28, 2023
Roland Eugene Hansen, son of Clifford and Emma E. (Rattenborg) Hansen was born on April 24, 1936, on a farm near Audubon, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended country school and graduated from Audubon High School. After high school, Rollie joined the United States Army. On May 28, 1955, he was...
Lonnie Lee Benson
Feb 22, 2023
Lonnie Lee Benson Lonnie Lee Benson, son of Edwin and Connie (Elmquist) Benson was born on October 3, 1962 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School before attending Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo, Iowa....
Donald R. Dotzler
Feb 21, 2023
Donald "Donnie" Ralph Dotzler Donald "Donnie" Ralph Dotzler, son of Joe and Leona Dotzler was born on May 21, 1937 in Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Donnie graduated from St. Paul's Catholic School in 1955. After graduation he attended Barber School and barbered in Council Bluffs, Iowa for a short...
Michelle "Shelli" Renae Mortensen
Feb 21, 2023
Michelle Renae Mortensen was born at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa, on March 5,1969. She was a tiny little girl weighing in at 3 1/2 lbs. Shelli was baptized at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan and made her first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA. She attended Concerned in their little pink house at the age...
Richard Raymond Book
Feb 19, 2023
Richard Raymond Book passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the age of 84 on February 19, 2023. Rich was born on December 29, 1938, in Harlan, Iowa to Leo and Leora Book. He excelled in basketball and track in high school, while balancing daily chores on the family farm. Rich attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and...
Twyla Grabill
Feb 19, 2023
Twyla Mae Grabill, daughter of Mamie and Henry Plagmann, was born on August 13, 1931. Twyla attended Center Township Country School and graduated in 1949 from Harlan Community High School. On August 14, 1950 Twyla married Charles Grabill at the Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua. When recently asked, Twyla shared that the thing she was most proud...
Don Bruck
Feb 13, 2023
Father Don Bruck Father Don Bruck was born to Joseph and Orvelyn Bruck on April 27, 1942 at the Behrendt farm north and west of Panama, Iowa. He was the oldest of 3 sons; Marvin and Allen (Punk) and their wives Jan and Bev. He attended country school the first eight years of his education. He then went on to...
Virginia Petersen
Feb 13, 2023
Full Obituary Pending. All Services are Private. Survivors include her sons Craig Petersen, Dennis (Mary) Petersen, grandson, Dylan (Katie) Petersen, great grandsons Jack & Tyler Petersen all of Jacksonville, Iowa.
Alfred "Sonny" Wede Jr.
Feb 11, 2023
Alfred “Sonny” Wede, Jr. Al “Sonny” Wede, Jr. was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa May 9, 1948 to Alfred Wede, Sr. and Velda (Greer) Wede. He attended elementary school in Persia, Iowa and the rest of schooling in Harlan, Iowa. He worked various jobs early on. These were at Mickel’s Restaurant and car garages in Harlan. He then worked full-time...
