Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Alan Dennis Gustafson
Sep 17, 2022
Alan Dennis Gustafson, son of Dennis and Irma (Geissinger) Gustafson was born on June 26, 1962, in Denison, IA. He was a faithful member of Kiron Baptist Church in Kiron, IA, where he was baptized. “Big Al” attended grade school in Kiron, IA and graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1980. He attended Bethel College in St....
Alice Ann Kwapiszeski
Sep 16, 2022
Alice Ann Kwapiszeski was born January 21, 1921, to Henry and Mary Schmitz in Westphalia, Iowa. She died September 16, 2022 at Josie Harper Hospice in Omaha, Nebraska having reached the age of 101 years, eight months, and 16 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Schmitz; husband, Edward Kwapiszeski; granddaughter, Jennifer Kwapiszeski; and son-in-law,...
Gail William Foxhoven
Sep 15, 2022
Gail William Foxhoven, son of Laverne and Odelia (Gaul) Foxhoven was born on July 18, 1947 in Portsmouth, Iowa. As a child, Gail attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Earling, Iowa. After high school, Gail entered the United States Army Reserves, serving his country until his honorable discharge in 1971. He attended Iowa Western Community College Nursing...
Dane Purcell
Sep 11, 2022
Dane Markes Purcell was born to Helen (Ross) and Mark Purcell on November 11, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska. While in high school, Dane followed his passion of music by joining a Christian based band, Faith Sound, sharing music throughout the Midwest. From a young age, Dane was a hard worker. After he graduated from Denison High School in 1997, he...
Paul Schroder
Sep 10, 2022
Paul Robert Schroder was born on August 15, 1933 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Aaron and Mina (Eckert) Schroder. He attended grade school in Council Bluffs and then moved to Hancock, Iowa with his mother. He attended school and graduated from Hancock with the class of 1951. Paul was baptized and confirmed at the Silver Creek EUB Church in Hancock....
Kathryn Young
Sep 10, 2022
Kathryn Jean Young was born on May 1, 1958 in Nebraska City, Ne, to Chesley Thompson and Corene Jarrett. She attended Sunnyside District 12 Country School through 8th grade and then she attended Nebraska City high school, graduating with the class of 1976. She worked various jobs through high school and after graduation, including working at Saint Mary's Hospital where...
Stephen Marshall, Sr.
Sep 10, 2022
Stephen (Steve) Maynard Marshall Sr. the adopted and only child of Irvin and Irma (Snyder) Marshall was born on April 27, 1946, in Sioux City, Iowa. Steve attended Sioux City East High School and graduated with the class of 1964. After graduating high school Stephen attended Iowa State University. On January 11, 1972 Steve married the love of his life,...
Guy Stanley Jones
Sep 9, 2022
Guy Stanley Jones was born on June 20, 1926 in Lohrville, Iowa to Guy Solomon and Nina Elizabeth Engelman Jones. He entered into eternal rest at Elm Crest Senior Living Community facility on September 9, 2022 at the age of 96. At age 4, he moved with his parents and brother, Don, to Audubon, Iowa where his father had a...
Kenneth Kohl
Sep 8, 2022
Kenneth Eugene Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) Kohl, was born on November 27, 1946, in Neola, Iowa. He graduated from Avo-Ha High School in 1964. On June 14, 2007, he was united in marriage to Patti Herrick at the Audubon County Courthouse in Audubon, Iowa. Kenneth started working at the age of 16, when he worked at an...
Donna Dea
Sep 8, 2022
Donna Eileen Dea was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on November 1, 1942, to Richard W. and Esther M. (Paul) Dea. She grew up on a farm two miles south of Avoca, Iowa and attended Newtown Country School through 7th grade. She participated in vocal music and played clarinet in the band. Donna graduated from Avo-Ha High School with the...
Joseph Lawrence Remmes
Sep 7, 2022
Joseph Lawrence Remmes was born in Charter Oak, Iowa to Barney and Verna (Staley) Remmes on March 20, 1938. Joe passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 84. He is survived by brother Fr. Richard of Arcadia, Iowa and sister Catherine of Denison,Iowa; sisters-in-law Marian Remmes, Colleen Schaben, Geri Remmes, and Ruth Remmes, many nieces and nephews....
V. Darlene Arentson
Sep 5, 2022
Vivian Darlene Arentson, 88, of Harlan, the daughter of John and Leafy (Turner) Leader, was born at home in rural Oakland, Iowa, on September 29, 1933. She was an active member in 4-H and attended school in Montgomery County, where she was a feisty, award-winning guard in high school girls 6-on-6 basketball and involved in band and chorus. She was...
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon
Sep 2, 2022
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon, daughter of Fred and Emma (Spahn) Schramm, was born on October 26th, 1922 in Arthur, Iowa. Dorothy was baptized November 26th, 1922 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. She was confirmed on March 21st, 1937 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. Dorothy graduated from the Arthur High School with the...
Raiya Jeanne Christensen
Aug 28, 2022
My name is Raiya but mom and dad like to call me Raiya Jeanne. I was born at 1:24 pm on August 15, 2022 at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and weighed 7lbs and 12 ounces. Although, from the start, I faced many obstacles entering this world, I came into this world welcomed by my loving parents and...
Lois Joan Zacharias
Aug 25, 2022
Lois Joan Zacharias was born January 18, 1927 in Persia, Iowa to John and Emma Gramkow. She was a lifetime member at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. Lois attended country school for most of her childhood. When she started high school, she went to Persia High School. After graduation, she raised her children. Lois raised her three kids...
Darline Walsh
Aug 22, 2022
HER JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN Darline Wickham Walsh was born on August 23, 1926, the daughter of Ervin O. and Jeanette Uhlenhopp Wickham. She died Monday, August 22, 2022, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 95. Darline was born in Dumont, Iowa. She was baptized in the United Brethren Church in Dumont. On April...
Shirley Marie Brensel
Aug 21, 2022
Shirley Marie Brensel, daughter of Raymond and Rosella (Daniel) Kasperbauer was born August 6, 1952. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended school in Gray, Audubon, and Irwin. On November 14, 1970, Shirley was united in marriage to Ricky Ray Brensel. The couple made their home in Irwin. A short time later they...
Phyllis Jean Plumb
Aug 18, 2022
Phyllis Jean Plumb was born on January 12, 1951 to Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Phyllis was born a twin alongside her brother, Philip John Plumb. Phyllis was born into a growing family and would help raise and nurture more siblings in the years to come. Phyllis followed in her parents love for gardening...
Darla Mcginnis
Aug 17, 2022
Full obituary pending Survivors include her children Katrina McKeever of Des Moines, IA; Bradley (Sierra) McGinnis of Mitchellville, IA; 4 grandchildren: Katie and Matthew McKeever; Ryker and Cooper McGinnis; mother Carol Kyle of Avoca, IA; brother Daryl Danker of Charleston, SC
Larry Dean Mikels
Aug 13, 2022
Larry Dean Mikels was born on May 30th, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Edward and Ileine (Ulfers) Mikels. He was baptized and completed his first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. As for school, he would tell everyone he was too good for it as he only managed to make it to sixth grade. Larry would...
Alan Dennis Gustafson
Sep 17, 2022
Alan Dennis Gustafson, son of Dennis and Irma (Geissinger) Gustafson was born on June 26, 1962, in Denison, IA. He was a faithful member of Kiron Baptist Church in Kiron, IA, where he was baptized. “Big Al” attended grade school in Kiron, IA and graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1980. He attended Bethel College in St....
Alice Ann Kwapiszeski
Sep 16, 2022
Alice Ann Kwapiszeski was born January 21, 1921, to Henry and Mary Schmitz in Westphalia, Iowa. She died September 16, 2022 at Josie Harper Hospice in Omaha, Nebraska having reached the age of 101 years, eight months, and 16 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Schmitz; husband, Edward Kwapiszeski; granddaughter, Jennifer Kwapiszeski; and son-in-law,...
Gail William Foxhoven
Sep 15, 2022
Gail William Foxhoven, son of Laverne and Odelia (Gaul) Foxhoven was born on July 18, 1947 in Portsmouth, Iowa. As a child, Gail attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Earling, Iowa. After high school, Gail entered the United States Army Reserves, serving his country until his honorable discharge in 1971. He attended Iowa Western Community College Nursing...
Dane Purcell
Sep 11, 2022
Dane Markes Purcell was born to Helen (Ross) and Mark Purcell on November 11, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska. While in high school, Dane followed his passion of music by joining a Christian based band, Faith Sound, sharing music throughout the Midwest. From a young age, Dane was a hard worker. After he graduated from Denison High School in 1997, he...
Paul Schroder
Sep 10, 2022
Paul Robert Schroder was born on August 15, 1933 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Aaron and Mina (Eckert) Schroder. He attended grade school in Council Bluffs and then moved to Hancock, Iowa with his mother. He attended school and graduated from Hancock with the class of 1951. Paul was baptized and confirmed at the Silver Creek EUB Church in Hancock....
Kathryn Young
Sep 10, 2022
Kathryn Jean Young was born on May 1, 1958 in Nebraska City, Ne, to Chesley Thompson and Corene Jarrett. She attended Sunnyside District 12 Country School through 8th grade and then she attended Nebraska City high school, graduating with the class of 1976. She worked various jobs through high school and after graduation, including working at Saint Mary's Hospital where...
Stephen Marshall, Sr.
Sep 10, 2022
Stephen (Steve) Maynard Marshall Sr. the adopted and only child of Irvin and Irma (Snyder) Marshall was born on April 27, 1946, in Sioux City, Iowa. Steve attended Sioux City East High School and graduated with the class of 1964. After graduating high school Stephen attended Iowa State University. On January 11, 1972 Steve married the love of his life,...
Guy Stanley Jones
Sep 9, 2022
Guy Stanley Jones was born on June 20, 1926 in Lohrville, Iowa to Guy Solomon and Nina Elizabeth Engelman Jones. He entered into eternal rest at Elm Crest Senior Living Community facility on September 9, 2022 at the age of 96. At age 4, he moved with his parents and brother, Don, to Audubon, Iowa where his father had a...
Kenneth Kohl
Sep 8, 2022
Kenneth Eugene Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) Kohl, was born on November 27, 1946, in Neola, Iowa. He graduated from Avo-Ha High School in 1964. On June 14, 2007, he was united in marriage to Patti Herrick at the Audubon County Courthouse in Audubon, Iowa. Kenneth started working at the age of 16, when he worked at an...
Donna Dea
Sep 8, 2022
Donna Eileen Dea was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on November 1, 1942, to Richard W. and Esther M. (Paul) Dea. She grew up on a farm two miles south of Avoca, Iowa and attended Newtown Country School through 7th grade. She participated in vocal music and played clarinet in the band. Donna graduated from Avo-Ha High School with the...
Joseph Lawrence Remmes
Sep 7, 2022
Joseph Lawrence Remmes was born in Charter Oak, Iowa to Barney and Verna (Staley) Remmes on March 20, 1938. Joe passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 84. He is survived by brother Fr. Richard of Arcadia, Iowa and sister Catherine of Denison,Iowa; sisters-in-law Marian Remmes, Colleen Schaben, Geri Remmes, and Ruth Remmes, many nieces and nephews....
V. Darlene Arentson
Sep 5, 2022
Vivian Darlene Arentson, 88, of Harlan, the daughter of John and Leafy (Turner) Leader, was born at home in rural Oakland, Iowa, on September 29, 1933. She was an active member in 4-H and attended school in Montgomery County, where she was a feisty, award-winning guard in high school girls 6-on-6 basketball and involved in band and chorus. She was...
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon
Sep 2, 2022
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon, daughter of Fred and Emma (Spahn) Schramm, was born on October 26th, 1922 in Arthur, Iowa. Dorothy was baptized November 26th, 1922 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. She was confirmed on March 21st, 1937 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. Dorothy graduated from the Arthur High School with the...
Raiya Jeanne Christensen
Aug 28, 2022
My name is Raiya but mom and dad like to call me Raiya Jeanne. I was born at 1:24 pm on August 15, 2022 at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and weighed 7lbs and 12 ounces. Although, from the start, I faced many obstacles entering this world, I came into this world welcomed by my loving parents and...
Lois Joan Zacharias
Aug 25, 2022
Lois Joan Zacharias was born January 18, 1927 in Persia, Iowa to John and Emma Gramkow. She was a lifetime member at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. Lois attended country school for most of her childhood. When she started high school, she went to Persia High School. After graduation, she raised her children. Lois raised her three kids...
Darline Walsh
Aug 22, 2022
HER JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN Darline Wickham Walsh was born on August 23, 1926, the daughter of Ervin O. and Jeanette Uhlenhopp Wickham. She died Monday, August 22, 2022, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 95. Darline was born in Dumont, Iowa. She was baptized in the United Brethren Church in Dumont. On April...
Shirley Marie Brensel
Aug 21, 2022
Shirley Marie Brensel, daughter of Raymond and Rosella (Daniel) Kasperbauer was born August 6, 1952. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended school in Gray, Audubon, and Irwin. On November 14, 1970, Shirley was united in marriage to Ricky Ray Brensel. The couple made their home in Irwin. A short time later they...
Phyllis Jean Plumb
Aug 18, 2022
Phyllis Jean Plumb was born on January 12, 1951 to Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Phyllis was born a twin alongside her brother, Philip John Plumb. Phyllis was born into a growing family and would help raise and nurture more siblings in the years to come. Phyllis followed in her parents love for gardening...
Darla Mcginnis
Aug 17, 2022
Full obituary pending Survivors include her children Katrina McKeever of Des Moines, IA; Bradley (Sierra) McGinnis of Mitchellville, IA; 4 grandchildren: Katie and Matthew McKeever; Ryker and Cooper McGinnis; mother Carol Kyle of Avoca, IA; brother Daryl Danker of Charleston, SC
Larry Dean Mikels
Aug 13, 2022
Larry Dean Mikels was born on May 30th, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Edward and Ileine (Ulfers) Mikels. He was baptized and completed his first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. As for school, he would tell everyone he was too good for it as he only managed to make it to sixth grade. Larry would...
