Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Kenneth "Casey" Christensen
Jan 27, 2022
Kenneth Edwin Christensen known to everyone as Casey was born on May 21, 1936 to Victor and Lucille (Watson) Christensen in Persia Iowa. Casey graduated from Harlan in 1954. He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956 where he was Honorably discharged. On July 7th 1956 he married Evelyn Yvonne Ploughman in Audubon Iowa. To this union...
Bobby June Petsche
Jan 27, 2022
Bobby June Petsche, daughter of George Brown and Pauline (Thornhill) Mahoney, was born June 28, 1937, in Plainview, Texas. At the age of 5, her family moved to Richmond, California, where her parents worked in the shipyard during World War II. Her family then spent a few years following her father's employment around Northern California. June explained these years as...
Marie Coenen
Jan 26, 2022
Marie Coenen, daughter of Joseph and Lena (Haberberger) Block was born August 20, 1928 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s School. On May 23, 1949, Marie was united in marriage to Paul Coenen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa. They were the...
Lois Esen
Jan 25, 2022
Lois Dresen, daughter of James and Rebecca Seidel Brown was born on February 14, 1933 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Lois graduated from the Schuylkill Haven High School in Pennsylvania in 1951. After graduation Lois worked at the Schuylkill Haven High School until 1952. She then went to work at the Pennsylvania Military Dirstrict and worked there until 1955. On November 26,...
Diana Petersen
Jan 22, 2022
Diana Kay Petersen was born on December 18, 1966, in Salina, Kansas, to Jackie and Rosalie (Christensen) Petersen. The family moved to Avoca and Diana graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1985. After graduation she attended Capitol Beauty School in Omaha. She worked as a hairstylist and did community service at the nursing home in Atlantic. Diana...
Joyce Daringer
Jan 22, 2022
Joyce Ann Daringer the daughter of Gordan and Lela Bristol Dent was born March 8, 1932. Joyce attended the Polk and Center Grade and then Harlan High School. She was a life time member at the Redline Church of Christ. She worked as a nurse aide at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa after graduation from high school. On...
Leroy J. Anastasi
Jan 21, 2022
No Services at this time. Leroy Anastasi was born April 1, 1926, in Westphalia, IA. He was the fifth of six children born to Carl and Clara Anastasi. On August 1, 1950 he was married to Gladys Schechinger in Westphalia, IA. Leroy and Gladys proceeded to welcome three daughters to this marriage. He lovingly referred to his three daughters as...
Leo Hough
Jan 20, 2022
Leo Merle Hough (LMH), age 86, passed away peacefully in Omaha, Nebraska on January 20, 2022, at Bergan Mercy Hospital after a recent stroke event. Leo was born on September 1, 1935, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Merle and Ethel (Owen) Hough. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and later served in the United States Army Reserve for eight...
Eric Walton
Jan 19, 2022
Eric Scott Walton was born on September 10, 1976, to Clarence “Butch” and Mary (Meyer) Walton in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in Omaha and attended Millard South High School and graduated with the class of 1994. Eric’s arrival to the Walton Family was a much-anticipated event. He brought so much joy to our family. He was such a good...
Lewis Wilson Kidd
Jan 18, 2022
Lewis Wilson Kidd How do you measure a life? Is it the facts? Lewis Wilson Kidd. Born May, 1957. Died January, 2022. Married Evelyn Smith, 1983. Welcomed Joseph Smith Kidd to the family, 1984. Lived in Texas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Worked managing a donut shop, working in reservations with Marriott, and newspaper delivery among other things. Survived a kidney/pancreas transplant,...
Hugo Dwain Boeck
Jan 18, 2022
Hugo Dwain Boeck, son of Hugo Fred and Juanita (Ramsey) Boeck, was born August 26, 1927 in Crawford county, Iowa. They moved to the Tennant, Iowa area in 1937 where he graduated from Tennant High School in 1945. In June of 1945 he enlisted in the Navy and served in the Pacific aboard the destroyer escort USS Raby D E698....
Jeannette Maassen
Jan 16, 2022
Jeannette M Maassen, daughter of Alfred and Tina (Krummel) Schaaf was born on a farm southeast of Avoca on January 15, 1923. She was the oldest of two children in her family and she spent her entire life in the Avoca and Walnut area. Jeannette was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a lifelong member of the...
Kathryn Kay Schechinger
Jan 16, 2022
Kathryn “Kay” Schechinger was born May 13, 1938 in Neola, Iowa to Albert and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Stangl. Kay attended St. Joseph’s School in Neola, Iowa where she was baptized and confirmed. During her high school years she played basketball and had a paper route. After graduation in 1956, she continued her education at Mercy School of Nursing and graduated in...
Della Holdsworth
Jan 14, 2022
All services are private. Della Roselene Sheer Holdsworth was born August 17, 1927 in Audubon, Iowa to Roscoe and Amanda Peterson Sheer. She was baptized on September 4, 1927 and confirmed on March 29, 1942 in Our Savior Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended County School and graduated from Audubon High School in 1945. On September 4, 1946 she married...
Docia Ann Linde
Jan 12, 2022
Docia Ann Linde Docia Ann Linde the daughter of William Chambers and Matilda McConnell Chambers was born on October 1, 1928 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school at Jackson #3 and graduated for HCS in 1946. Docia worked as a secretary for White & White Law office then got married to Art Linde November 7, 1948. They farmed at Botna...
Beverly Knudtson
Jan 11, 2022
Beverly Ellen (Wendt) Knudtson was born on December 26, 1949, in Harlan, Iowa, to Clarence Sr. And Leta (Schuning) Wendt. She grew up in Avoca and graduated with the class of 1968. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. After graduation, she attended Iowa Western Community College and received her LPN degree. On November...
Bonnie Armentrout Larsen
Jan 11, 2022
Bonnie Armentrout Larsen was born on July 11, 1918 to Moody and Mable Nelson in Harlan, Iowa. Bonnie attended grade school in Tennant, Iowa and then attended Harlan High School. Bonnie was married to Russell Armentrout in Harlan in 1941 at the Bethel Baptist Church, then married Bill Larsen in 1961 in Las Vegas Nevada. Russell and Bonnie’s first born...
Steven Donald Osbahr
Jan 11, 2022
Survivors include his wife Rita Osbahr of Avoca, Iowa; children Chris Osbahr of Harlan, Iowa; Darren (Laurie) Osbahr of Kansas City, Missouri; Joe Osbahr of Avoca, Iowa; step-daughter Teena (Jeff) Schoemann of Avoca, Iowa; step-son Travis (Angie) Hargens of Avoca, Iowa; 3 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 1 brother; 4 sisters; many nieces and nephews, other family and many friends.
Lois Anne Houston
Jan 10, 2022
Lois Anne Houston, of Denison, Iowa, passed away peacefully Monday, January 10, 2022. At the time of her death, she had been blessed with 95 years, 11 months, 1 day. Lois was born in Denison, Iowa on February 9, 1926, to Frank and Lulela (Mundt) Lenz. She graduated from Denison High School in 1943. On April 14th, 1945, Lois married...
Gladys Petersen
Jan 10, 2022
Gladys Petersen, 92, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away peacefully at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa on January 10, 2022. Gladys Anne was born on September 9. 1929, to Helen (Krambeck) and Fred Mickel in Marne, Iowa. They moved to a house in Walnut, where she attended school. During high school, she achieved the highest honor of Worthy Advisor in...
Kenneth "Casey" Christensen
Jan 27, 2022
Kenneth Edwin Christensen known to everyone as Casey was born on May 21, 1936 to Victor and Lucille (Watson) Christensen in Persia Iowa. Casey graduated from Harlan in 1954. He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956 where he was Honorably discharged. On July 7th 1956 he married Evelyn Yvonne Ploughman in Audubon Iowa. To this union...
Bobby June Petsche
Jan 27, 2022
Bobby June Petsche, daughter of George Brown and Pauline (Thornhill) Mahoney, was born June 28, 1937, in Plainview, Texas. At the age of 5, her family moved to Richmond, California, where her parents worked in the shipyard during World War II. Her family then spent a few years following her father's employment around Northern California. June explained these years as...
Marie Coenen
Jan 26, 2022
Marie Coenen, daughter of Joseph and Lena (Haberberger) Block was born August 20, 1928 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s School. On May 23, 1949, Marie was united in marriage to Paul Coenen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa. They were the...
Lois Esen
Jan 25, 2022
Lois Dresen, daughter of James and Rebecca Seidel Brown was born on February 14, 1933 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Lois graduated from the Schuylkill Haven High School in Pennsylvania in 1951. After graduation Lois worked at the Schuylkill Haven High School until 1952. She then went to work at the Pennsylvania Military Dirstrict and worked there until 1955. On November 26,...
Diana Petersen
Jan 22, 2022
Diana Kay Petersen was born on December 18, 1966, in Salina, Kansas, to Jackie and Rosalie (Christensen) Petersen. The family moved to Avoca and Diana graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1985. After graduation she attended Capitol Beauty School in Omaha. She worked as a hairstylist and did community service at the nursing home in Atlantic. Diana...
Joyce Daringer
Jan 22, 2022
Joyce Ann Daringer the daughter of Gordan and Lela Bristol Dent was born March 8, 1932. Joyce attended the Polk and Center Grade and then Harlan High School. She was a life time member at the Redline Church of Christ. She worked as a nurse aide at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa after graduation from high school. On...
Leroy J. Anastasi
Jan 21, 2022
No Services at this time. Leroy Anastasi was born April 1, 1926, in Westphalia, IA. He was the fifth of six children born to Carl and Clara Anastasi. On August 1, 1950 he was married to Gladys Schechinger in Westphalia, IA. Leroy and Gladys proceeded to welcome three daughters to this marriage. He lovingly referred to his three daughters as...
Leo Hough
Jan 20, 2022
Leo Merle Hough (LMH), age 86, passed away peacefully in Omaha, Nebraska on January 20, 2022, at Bergan Mercy Hospital after a recent stroke event. Leo was born on September 1, 1935, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Merle and Ethel (Owen) Hough. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and later served in the United States Army Reserve for eight...
Eric Walton
Jan 19, 2022
Eric Scott Walton was born on September 10, 1976, to Clarence “Butch” and Mary (Meyer) Walton in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in Omaha and attended Millard South High School and graduated with the class of 1994. Eric’s arrival to the Walton Family was a much-anticipated event. He brought so much joy to our family. He was such a good...
Lewis Wilson Kidd
Jan 18, 2022
Lewis Wilson Kidd How do you measure a life? Is it the facts? Lewis Wilson Kidd. Born May, 1957. Died January, 2022. Married Evelyn Smith, 1983. Welcomed Joseph Smith Kidd to the family, 1984. Lived in Texas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Worked managing a donut shop, working in reservations with Marriott, and newspaper delivery among other things. Survived a kidney/pancreas transplant,...
Hugo Dwain Boeck
Jan 18, 2022
Hugo Dwain Boeck, son of Hugo Fred and Juanita (Ramsey) Boeck, was born August 26, 1927 in Crawford county, Iowa. They moved to the Tennant, Iowa area in 1937 where he graduated from Tennant High School in 1945. In June of 1945 he enlisted in the Navy and served in the Pacific aboard the destroyer escort USS Raby D E698....
Jeannette Maassen
Jan 16, 2022
Jeannette M Maassen, daughter of Alfred and Tina (Krummel) Schaaf was born on a farm southeast of Avoca on January 15, 1923. She was the oldest of two children in her family and she spent her entire life in the Avoca and Walnut area. Jeannette was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a lifelong member of the...
Kathryn Kay Schechinger
Jan 16, 2022
Kathryn “Kay” Schechinger was born May 13, 1938 in Neola, Iowa to Albert and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Stangl. Kay attended St. Joseph’s School in Neola, Iowa where she was baptized and confirmed. During her high school years she played basketball and had a paper route. After graduation in 1956, she continued her education at Mercy School of Nursing and graduated in...
Della Holdsworth
Jan 14, 2022
All services are private. Della Roselene Sheer Holdsworth was born August 17, 1927 in Audubon, Iowa to Roscoe and Amanda Peterson Sheer. She was baptized on September 4, 1927 and confirmed on March 29, 1942 in Our Savior Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended County School and graduated from Audubon High School in 1945. On September 4, 1946 she married...
Docia Ann Linde
Jan 12, 2022
Docia Ann Linde Docia Ann Linde the daughter of William Chambers and Matilda McConnell Chambers was born on October 1, 1928 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school at Jackson #3 and graduated for HCS in 1946. Docia worked as a secretary for White & White Law office then got married to Art Linde November 7, 1948. They farmed at Botna...
Beverly Knudtson
Jan 11, 2022
Beverly Ellen (Wendt) Knudtson was born on December 26, 1949, in Harlan, Iowa, to Clarence Sr. And Leta (Schuning) Wendt. She grew up in Avoca and graduated with the class of 1968. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. After graduation, she attended Iowa Western Community College and received her LPN degree. On November...
Bonnie Armentrout Larsen
Jan 11, 2022
Bonnie Armentrout Larsen was born on July 11, 1918 to Moody and Mable Nelson in Harlan, Iowa. Bonnie attended grade school in Tennant, Iowa and then attended Harlan High School. Bonnie was married to Russell Armentrout in Harlan in 1941 at the Bethel Baptist Church, then married Bill Larsen in 1961 in Las Vegas Nevada. Russell and Bonnie’s first born...
Steven Donald Osbahr
Jan 11, 2022
Survivors include his wife Rita Osbahr of Avoca, Iowa; children Chris Osbahr of Harlan, Iowa; Darren (Laurie) Osbahr of Kansas City, Missouri; Joe Osbahr of Avoca, Iowa; step-daughter Teena (Jeff) Schoemann of Avoca, Iowa; step-son Travis (Angie) Hargens of Avoca, Iowa; 3 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 1 brother; 4 sisters; many nieces and nephews, other family and many friends.
Lois Anne Houston
Jan 10, 2022
Lois Anne Houston, of Denison, Iowa, passed away peacefully Monday, January 10, 2022. At the time of her death, she had been blessed with 95 years, 11 months, 1 day. Lois was born in Denison, Iowa on February 9, 1926, to Frank and Lulela (Mundt) Lenz. She graduated from Denison High School in 1943. On April 14th, 1945, Lois married...
Gladys Petersen
Jan 10, 2022
Gladys Petersen, 92, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away peacefully at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa on January 10, 2022. Gladys Anne was born on September 9. 1929, to Helen (Krambeck) and Fred Mickel in Marne, Iowa. They moved to a house in Walnut, where she attended school. During high school, she achieved the highest honor of Worthy Advisor in...
