Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Richard Clede Nelson
Feb 18, 2021
“A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships are built for.” John A. Shedd On February 18, 2021, one week before his 85th birthday, Richard “Dick” Clede Nelson died of natural causes at his home in Carbondale, Colorado. Dick and Barbara, his wife of 65 years, traveled the world together, living and working in San Diego, Boston,...
George Packard
Feb 15, 2021
Services and Full obituary are pending. His survivors include his sisters Marie Watson of Beatrice, NE; Shirley Thummel of Great Bend, KS; his step-children Michael (Steph) Reffitt of Salem, OR; Michelle O'Brien of Ricketts, IA; Daryl (Melissa) Reffitt of Charter Oak, IA
Lois Ann Delph
Feb 13, 2021
Lois Ann Delph died February 13, 2021 at the age of eighty-four, at the Atlantic Specialty Care Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born in Shelby County, Iowa on March 25, 1936. Lois was one of six children born to her parents Ray and Ethel (Cunningham) Delph. She attended Shelby Consolidated School until the 8th grade. She was a babysitter...
Georgena Mary Knott
Feb 11, 2021
Georgena Mary Callahan was born on July 5, 1932 in Minot, North Dakota to Vivian Georgina Kelly and Daniel Anthony Callahan. Georgena was baptized on July 25, 1932 at St. Jerome's Catholic Church in Mohall, North Dakota and made her First Communion at St. Patrick's Church in Iowa Falls, Iowa in June of 1939. She was confirmed in her faith...
Kevin Mcginn
Feb 8, 2021
Kevin John McGinn Kevin McGinn, son of Donald and Eileen McGinn was born March 10, 1956 in Denison, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended Dunlap High School, graduating with the class of 1974. Kevin married Shawn Rae Schneider on March 26, 1977 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in...
Douglas Herman
Feb 5, 2021
Douglas Edward Herman was born on April 30, 1959 in Hebron, Nebraska to Richard E. and Marion (Deepe) Herman Van Cleef. He passed away suddenly on February 5, 2021 at 61 years old. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Carleton, Nebraska. In Doug’s younger years, he was active in the Bruning Livestock 4-H club where...
Roger C. Larson
Jan 31, 2021
Roger Curtis Larson, son of Eugene and Myrtle (Johnson) Larson was born on April 6, 1937. Roger graduated from Kiron, Iowa with the class of 1955. He joined the National Guard after graduation. Roger married Gloria on August 28, 1960. They raised two sons Kevin and Keith in Kiron, Iowa. Roger grew up with farming all around him. That is...
Lawrence Eugene Bergman
Jan 20, 2021
Lawrence Eugene (Gene) Bergman, son of Nels and Ida Bergman, was born May 1, 1927 in Hayes Township in Ida County, Iowa. He attended school in Ida Grove and graduated with the class of 1945. He was the youngest of 8 children with the next oldest sibling being 9 years older. He was the baby of the family and was...
Kenneth John Foxhoven
Jan 16, 2021
Kenneth John Foxhoven, son of Laverne and Odelia (Gaul) Foxhoven was born February 13, 1944 in Woodbine, Iowa. He was baptized at Sacred Heart Church in Woodbine. He attended Cast #4 Country School in Portsmouth, Iowa, St. Peter’s Catholic School in Defiance, then graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School, with the class of 1962. After high school, Ken served in...
Mickalia "Mickey" Ann Williams
Jan 16, 2021
Our mom was a vibrant, loving, extraordinary woman. Born Mickalia Ann Williams, daughter of Otto and Inez (Merritt) Nelson, on May 27, 1938 in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1956. After graduation, she enlisted in the United States Air Force, where she served her country honorably. She was married and returned to Harlan,...
Ted L. Williams
Jan 15, 2021
Ted L. Williams was born on January 17, 1926 to David and Irene (Brown) Williams in Knoxville, Iowa. Ted participated in many sports during his High School days at Knoxville with Track being his favorite. Upon graduation in 1944, Ted joined the Marine Corps and spent many months overseas at various locations during his Military Career. Upon completion of his...
Thelma Nelson
Jan 15, 2021
Thelma Nelson, daughter of Joseph and Helen (Ratigan) Schwarte was born July 16, 1939 near Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. She attended St. Paul’s Catholic School, where she graduated with the class of 1957. Thelma was united in marriage to Garry Smith. To this union five children were born: Tim, Todd, Troy, Trent,...
Rona Bromert
Jan 14, 2021
Rona Jean Bromert was born September 11, 1950 in Denison, Iowa to Leonard and Ruth (Vetter) Riessen. She was an “Iowa girl” always, growing up near Vail where she walked beans on the family farm and played with her sister Lana and many cousins and neighbors. She graduated from Ar-We-Va in 1968 where she made school a learning and fun...
Robert Leroy Stuart
Jan 14, 2021
Robert LeRoy Stuart, son of Cecil and Mary Winona (von Lackum) Stuart, was born on December 17, 1930 in Walnut, Iowa. He was baptized on January 1, 1931 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Walnut. He graduated from Walnut Public School with the class of 1948. After graduation Robert attended Creighton University where he majored in Biology. Bob graduated from...
Richard D. Wittrup
Jan 14, 2021
Richard Derald Wittrup was born in a farmhouse near Marne, Iowa on a rainy Saturday in 1926, the only son and first child of Otis and Ruby Wittrup. The story is that his mother left a cow half milked to give birth in the house on a straw tick. Muddy roads kept the doctor away. Ruby's mother appeared the next...
Ronald Dean Akers
Jan 13, 2021
Ronald Dean Akers, son of Dale and Leita (Richardson) Akers, was born on February 16, 1956 in Lake City, Iowa. He attended Walnut High School. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he was stationed in California and Guam. He was blessed with four children: Ranea, Reita, Cheri, and Ronald Jr. After his...
Betty A. Griffin
Jan 12, 2021
Heaven is for real! Betty Griffin very much lived in this world, loving and serving others, and very much looked forward to spending eternity with Jesus Christ and her husband of 72 years, Joseph Griffin. Betty Almarine Ruberg was born May 15, 1924, to John and Erna Ruberg on a farm southwest of Denison. Beginning her education at the Coon...
Mary Nichols
Jan 12, 2021
Mary Elizabeth (Chapman) Nichols, daughter of William and Pauline (Lane) Chapman was born on March 22nd, 1941 in Prescott, Iowa. She graduated high school from Cromwell, Iowa in the class of 1958 where Mary was chosen as the homecoming queen. Following high school, Mary worked in Creston honing her secretarial and bookkeeping skills while also participating in various community theatre...
Donnabelle John
Jan 10, 2021
Donnabelle, daughter of Almor Ray and Grace Helen (Lenz) Skinner, was born August 7, 1921, in Logan, Iowa. Given the pet nickname Dolly by her father, probably because she was petite and looked like a doll, most relatives still call her by this name rather than Donnabelle. Growing up on a farm helped shape her values, and she often shared...
Helen Bruck
Jan 10, 2021
Helen Magdeline (Graf) Bruck, daughter of Anton and Helen (Book) Graf was born September 3, 1923 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s in Harlan. She attended grade school at Park School in Harlan and attended Mount Loretta Girls School in Council Bluffs grades 9 through 11 and Harlan High School her senior year. She graduated...
Richard Clede Nelson
Feb 18, 2021
“A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships are built for.” John A. Shedd On February 18, 2021, one week before his 85th birthday, Richard “Dick” Clede Nelson died of natural causes at his home in Carbondale, Colorado. Dick and Barbara, his wife of 65 years, traveled the world together, living and working in San Diego, Boston,...
George Packard
Feb 15, 2021
Services and Full obituary are pending. His survivors include his sisters Marie Watson of Beatrice, NE; Shirley Thummel of Great Bend, KS; his step-children Michael (Steph) Reffitt of Salem, OR; Michelle O'Brien of Ricketts, IA; Daryl (Melissa) Reffitt of Charter Oak, IA
Lois Ann Delph
Feb 13, 2021
Lois Ann Delph died February 13, 2021 at the age of eighty-four, at the Atlantic Specialty Care Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born in Shelby County, Iowa on March 25, 1936. Lois was one of six children born to her parents Ray and Ethel (Cunningham) Delph. She attended Shelby Consolidated School until the 8th grade. She was a babysitter...
Georgena Mary Knott
Feb 11, 2021
Georgena Mary Callahan was born on July 5, 1932 in Minot, North Dakota to Vivian Georgina Kelly and Daniel Anthony Callahan. Georgena was baptized on July 25, 1932 at St. Jerome's Catholic Church in Mohall, North Dakota and made her First Communion at St. Patrick's Church in Iowa Falls, Iowa in June of 1939. She was confirmed in her faith...
Kevin Mcginn
Feb 8, 2021
Kevin John McGinn Kevin McGinn, son of Donald and Eileen McGinn was born March 10, 1956 in Denison, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended Dunlap High School, graduating with the class of 1974. Kevin married Shawn Rae Schneider on March 26, 1977 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in...
Douglas Herman
Feb 5, 2021
Douglas Edward Herman was born on April 30, 1959 in Hebron, Nebraska to Richard E. and Marion (Deepe) Herman Van Cleef. He passed away suddenly on February 5, 2021 at 61 years old. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Carleton, Nebraska. In Doug’s younger years, he was active in the Bruning Livestock 4-H club where...
Roger C. Larson
Jan 31, 2021
Roger Curtis Larson, son of Eugene and Myrtle (Johnson) Larson was born on April 6, 1937. Roger graduated from Kiron, Iowa with the class of 1955. He joined the National Guard after graduation. Roger married Gloria on August 28, 1960. They raised two sons Kevin and Keith in Kiron, Iowa. Roger grew up with farming all around him. That is...
Lawrence Eugene Bergman
Jan 20, 2021
Lawrence Eugene (Gene) Bergman, son of Nels and Ida Bergman, was born May 1, 1927 in Hayes Township in Ida County, Iowa. He attended school in Ida Grove and graduated with the class of 1945. He was the youngest of 8 children with the next oldest sibling being 9 years older. He was the baby of the family and was...
Kenneth John Foxhoven
Jan 16, 2021
Kenneth John Foxhoven, son of Laverne and Odelia (Gaul) Foxhoven was born February 13, 1944 in Woodbine, Iowa. He was baptized at Sacred Heart Church in Woodbine. He attended Cast #4 Country School in Portsmouth, Iowa, St. Peter’s Catholic School in Defiance, then graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School, with the class of 1962. After high school, Ken served in...
Mickalia "Mickey" Ann Williams
Jan 16, 2021
Our mom was a vibrant, loving, extraordinary woman. Born Mickalia Ann Williams, daughter of Otto and Inez (Merritt) Nelson, on May 27, 1938 in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1956. After graduation, she enlisted in the United States Air Force, where she served her country honorably. She was married and returned to Harlan,...
Ted L. Williams
Jan 15, 2021
Ted L. Williams was born on January 17, 1926 to David and Irene (Brown) Williams in Knoxville, Iowa. Ted participated in many sports during his High School days at Knoxville with Track being his favorite. Upon graduation in 1944, Ted joined the Marine Corps and spent many months overseas at various locations during his Military Career. Upon completion of his...
Thelma Nelson
Jan 15, 2021
Thelma Nelson, daughter of Joseph and Helen (Ratigan) Schwarte was born July 16, 1939 near Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. She attended St. Paul’s Catholic School, where she graduated with the class of 1957. Thelma was united in marriage to Garry Smith. To this union five children were born: Tim, Todd, Troy, Trent,...
Rona Bromert
Jan 14, 2021
Rona Jean Bromert was born September 11, 1950 in Denison, Iowa to Leonard and Ruth (Vetter) Riessen. She was an “Iowa girl” always, growing up near Vail where she walked beans on the family farm and played with her sister Lana and many cousins and neighbors. She graduated from Ar-We-Va in 1968 where she made school a learning and fun...
Robert Leroy Stuart
Jan 14, 2021
Robert LeRoy Stuart, son of Cecil and Mary Winona (von Lackum) Stuart, was born on December 17, 1930 in Walnut, Iowa. He was baptized on January 1, 1931 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Walnut. He graduated from Walnut Public School with the class of 1948. After graduation Robert attended Creighton University where he majored in Biology. Bob graduated from...
Richard D. Wittrup
Jan 14, 2021
Richard Derald Wittrup was born in a farmhouse near Marne, Iowa on a rainy Saturday in 1926, the only son and first child of Otis and Ruby Wittrup. The story is that his mother left a cow half milked to give birth in the house on a straw tick. Muddy roads kept the doctor away. Ruby's mother appeared the next...
Ronald Dean Akers
Jan 13, 2021
Ronald Dean Akers, son of Dale and Leita (Richardson) Akers, was born on February 16, 1956 in Lake City, Iowa. He attended Walnut High School. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he was stationed in California and Guam. He was blessed with four children: Ranea, Reita, Cheri, and Ronald Jr. After his...
Betty A. Griffin
Jan 12, 2021
Heaven is for real! Betty Griffin very much lived in this world, loving and serving others, and very much looked forward to spending eternity with Jesus Christ and her husband of 72 years, Joseph Griffin. Betty Almarine Ruberg was born May 15, 1924, to John and Erna Ruberg on a farm southwest of Denison. Beginning her education at the Coon...
Mary Nichols
Jan 12, 2021
Mary Elizabeth (Chapman) Nichols, daughter of William and Pauline (Lane) Chapman was born on March 22nd, 1941 in Prescott, Iowa. She graduated high school from Cromwell, Iowa in the class of 1958 where Mary was chosen as the homecoming queen. Following high school, Mary worked in Creston honing her secretarial and bookkeeping skills while also participating in various community theatre...
Donnabelle John
Jan 10, 2021
Donnabelle, daughter of Almor Ray and Grace Helen (Lenz) Skinner, was born August 7, 1921, in Logan, Iowa. Given the pet nickname Dolly by her father, probably because she was petite and looked like a doll, most relatives still call her by this name rather than Donnabelle. Growing up on a farm helped shape her values, and she often shared...
Helen Bruck
Jan 10, 2021
Helen Magdeline (Graf) Bruck, daughter of Anton and Helen (Book) Graf was born September 3, 1923 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s in Harlan. She attended grade school at Park School in Harlan and attended Mount Loretta Girls School in Council Bluffs grades 9 through 11 and Harlan High School her senior year. She graduated...
