Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
George T. Schwery
Feb 15, 2022
George Theodore Schwery was born June 25, 1930, in Panama, Iowa, the first born son of Anton and Alexia (Hoffman) Schwery. He died February 15, 2022, at the age of 91, in the company of family and staff in Hansen House, Harlan, Iowa. George and Maxine Book met at the last dance before Lent, and were married January 21, 1956,...
Matthew Summers
Feb 13, 2022
Matthew Bernard Summers, son of Charlie and Judy Summers was born May 6, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1988 and went on to get an associates degree from Iowa Western Community College in 1990. Matt loved playing the guitar and was in the band Dead End with Gary Petersen and Jamie and Jason Burmeister...
Marie Arentson
Feb 12, 2022
Marie Arentson passed away on February 12th, 2022 at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa. Marie Emma Steenbock Arentson and her twin sister Eunice were born to Henry and Meta Ehlers Steenbock on August 8th, 1929 on a farm near Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Persia. Marie attended school in...
Connie Jean Witt
Feb 11, 2022
Connie Jean Witt, the tenth of eleven children, was born to Glen Witt and Blanche Marie (Kruse) Witt Husted on April 18, 1939 in Oskaloosa Iowa. She attended Fremont Early Elementary until the family moved to Illinois. Connie married Lloyd Hagerman in 1953, they divorced in 1957. Following the divorce Connie lived with Zeno (Jiggs) Neubauer for thirty three years...
Emma Lou Mccomb
Feb 11, 2022
Emma Lou McComb, daughter of Henry and Hilda (Gregosches) Schneller, was born May 31, 1932 near Schleswig, Iowa. She was the third of 6 children. Emma was baptized as a baby, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1949 at St. John’s Church near Kiron, Iowa. She spent her youth in the Schleswig and Deloit area, where she attended school....
Paul Kruse
Feb 9, 2022
Paul Harley Kruse, son of Harley Paul and Teresa (Pfeifer) Kruse was born May 13, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan, Iowa and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa, where he’s been a member since the 2nd grade. Paul graduated from Harlan High School with the class of...
V. Gary Olsen
Feb 7, 2022
Vern Gary Olsen (Gary) was born at home in Marquette, Nebraska on August 24, 1937. He was the second child of Fred and Ruby Olsen. His older brother, Fredrick, Jr., died shortly after birth. His childhood adventures in Central City with his younger brother, Ron, shaped his life. It was a life full of family and peppered with the unique...
Ronald Eugene Rose
Feb 7, 2022
Ronald Eugene Rose was born on November 26, 1947 to Eugene and Larene Krieger Rose in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He went to Holcomb Kansas Elementary School and then graduated from Carson High School in Carson Iowa. He later graduated from police academy. Ron was chief of police in Harlan, Iowa and worked for Federal Bureau of Prisons and ended up...
Robert Eugene Kuster
Feb 4, 2022
Robert Eugene Kuster was born on June 10, 1927, in Persia, Iowa to Walter F. and Jean (Gibson) Kuster. He was born the second of four children. He attended rural grade school and then attended Persia High School and graduated in 1945. After graduation he farmed with his dad and brother until he was drafted into the Army in 1950...
Elmer Eldon Denker
Feb 3, 2022
Elmer Eldon Denker, son of Max and Pauline (Thomsen) Denker, was born on August 14, 1925, on a farm in Denison, Iowa. He was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa on March 17, 1940. Elmer graduated from Denison High School in 1943. On August 20, 1945, he entered into the United States Army where he served in WWII...
Gailyn Larry Larsen
Feb 2, 2022
Gailyn Larry Larsen passed away on February 2, 2022 in Boca Raton, Florida at the age of 79. Gailyn was born in Harlan, Iowa on October 17, 1942. He was the son of Ivan Henry Larsen and Alice Louisa (Chipman) Larsen and older brother to Randy, Steven and Diane. He grew up on his family’s farm in Harlan. Gailyn was...
Jeanette L. Chipman
Jan 30, 2022
Jeanette Schechinger Chipman, was born December 2, 1929 in Westphalia, Iowa, to Valentine Sr. and Martha (Schmitz) Schechinger, the seventh of eight children. She attended country school for two years and finished her education at St. Boniface Catholic school. Before graduating in 1948, Jeanette enjoyed playing basketball and going to dances. One night at a dance in Defiance, Jeanette met...
Ellen Marie Linden
Jan 27, 2022
Ellen Marie Linden, daughter of Andrew and Elsie Charlotte (Peterson) Sorensen was born June 19, 1930 on the family farm outside of Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church in Tenant. She attended Tenant High School, graduating with class of 1948. On February 21, 1950, Ellen was united in marriage to Douglas William Linden at the Methodist Church...
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...
George T. Schwery
Feb 15, 2022
George Theodore Schwery was born June 25, 1930, in Panama, Iowa, the first born son of Anton and Alexia (Hoffman) Schwery. He died February 15, 2022, at the age of 91, in the company of family and staff in Hansen House, Harlan, Iowa. George and Maxine Book met at the last dance before Lent, and were married January 21, 1956,...
Matthew Summers
Feb 13, 2022
Matthew Bernard Summers, son of Charlie and Judy Summers was born May 6, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1988 and went on to get an associates degree from Iowa Western Community College in 1990. Matt loved playing the guitar and was in the band Dead End with Gary Petersen and Jamie and Jason Burmeister...
Marie Arentson
Feb 12, 2022
Marie Arentson passed away on February 12th, 2022 at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa. Marie Emma Steenbock Arentson and her twin sister Eunice were born to Henry and Meta Ehlers Steenbock on August 8th, 1929 on a farm near Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Persia. Marie attended school in...
Connie Jean Witt
Feb 11, 2022
Connie Jean Witt, the tenth of eleven children, was born to Glen Witt and Blanche Marie (Kruse) Witt Husted on April 18, 1939 in Oskaloosa Iowa. She attended Fremont Early Elementary until the family moved to Illinois. Connie married Lloyd Hagerman in 1953, they divorced in 1957. Following the divorce Connie lived with Zeno (Jiggs) Neubauer for thirty three years...
Emma Lou Mccomb
Feb 11, 2022
Emma Lou McComb, daughter of Henry and Hilda (Gregosches) Schneller, was born May 31, 1932 near Schleswig, Iowa. She was the third of 6 children. Emma was baptized as a baby, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1949 at St. John’s Church near Kiron, Iowa. She spent her youth in the Schleswig and Deloit area, where she attended school....
Paul Kruse
Feb 9, 2022
Paul Harley Kruse, son of Harley Paul and Teresa (Pfeifer) Kruse was born May 13, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan, Iowa and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa, where he’s been a member since the 2nd grade. Paul graduated from Harlan High School with the class of...
V. Gary Olsen
Feb 7, 2022
Vern Gary Olsen (Gary) was born at home in Marquette, Nebraska on August 24, 1937. He was the second child of Fred and Ruby Olsen. His older brother, Fredrick, Jr., died shortly after birth. His childhood adventures in Central City with his younger brother, Ron, shaped his life. It was a life full of family and peppered with the unique...
Ronald Eugene Rose
Feb 7, 2022
Ronald Eugene Rose was born on November 26, 1947 to Eugene and Larene Krieger Rose in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He went to Holcomb Kansas Elementary School and then graduated from Carson High School in Carson Iowa. He later graduated from police academy. Ron was chief of police in Harlan, Iowa and worked for Federal Bureau of Prisons and ended up...
Robert Eugene Kuster
Feb 4, 2022
Robert Eugene Kuster was born on June 10, 1927, in Persia, Iowa to Walter F. and Jean (Gibson) Kuster. He was born the second of four children. He attended rural grade school and then attended Persia High School and graduated in 1945. After graduation he farmed with his dad and brother until he was drafted into the Army in 1950...
Elmer Eldon Denker
Feb 3, 2022
Elmer Eldon Denker, son of Max and Pauline (Thomsen) Denker, was born on August 14, 1925, on a farm in Denison, Iowa. He was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa on March 17, 1940. Elmer graduated from Denison High School in 1943. On August 20, 1945, he entered into the United States Army where he served in WWII...
Gailyn Larry Larsen
Feb 2, 2022
Gailyn Larry Larsen passed away on February 2, 2022 in Boca Raton, Florida at the age of 79. Gailyn was born in Harlan, Iowa on October 17, 1942. He was the son of Ivan Henry Larsen and Alice Louisa (Chipman) Larsen and older brother to Randy, Steven and Diane. He grew up on his family’s farm in Harlan. Gailyn was...
Jeanette L. Chipman
Jan 30, 2022
Jeanette Schechinger Chipman, was born December 2, 1929 in Westphalia, Iowa, to Valentine Sr. and Martha (Schmitz) Schechinger, the seventh of eight children. She attended country school for two years and finished her education at St. Boniface Catholic school. Before graduating in 1948, Jeanette enjoyed playing basketball and going to dances. One night at a dance in Defiance, Jeanette met...
Ellen Marie Linden
Jan 27, 2022
Ellen Marie Linden, daughter of Andrew and Elsie Charlotte (Peterson) Sorensen was born June 19, 1930 on the family farm outside of Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church in Tenant. She attended Tenant High School, graduating with class of 1948. On February 21, 1950, Ellen was united in marriage to Douglas William Linden at the Methodist Church...
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...
