Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Donna Taylor
Nov 18, 2020
Donna Lee Taylor, daughter of Bill and Ruby Terrell (Stevens), was born January 22, 1946 in Omaha Nebraska. She grew up in Council Bluffs and moved to Harlan as a young girl and graduated from Harlan High School. Donna was a resident at Elm Crest Assisted Living in Harlan Iowa for the past 16 months. She married Ron Taylor on...
Richard M Mikels
Nov 16, 2020
Richard Mathias Mikels was born on March 2, 1930 to Matt and Genevieve (Fuhs) Mikels. He was born at his farm home located northwest of Portsmouth, Iowa on the Harrison and Shelby County line. He told us his head was in one county and his butt was in the other. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church...
Dejoy Finken
Nov 16, 2020
DeJoy Finken, daughter of Thomas Armond and Delilah (Utley) Ogden was born on May 1, 1926 in Delta, Utah. She attended school in Delta, Utah where she graduated from high school. She attended a year of college in Ceda City, Utah. After meeting Victor Finken at a PW Camp in Ogden, Utah, they were united in marriage on August 8,...
Jensen, Dorothy
Nov 14, 2020
Dorothy Ann Jensen, daughter of John and Erna Ruberg, was born on Nov 26, 1933, on a farm near Denison. She was the youngest of 4 children and was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison. She attended Coon Grove Country School, Lutheran Parochial school, and graduated from Denison High School in 1951. From a young age, Dorothy...
Linda Jane Larsen
Nov 14, 2020
Linda Jane Larsen passed away on November 14, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida surrounded by her beloved husband, Gailyn, and children, Andrea and Jeffrey. Linda was born in Schenectady, New York on April 9, 1943. She was the daughter of Robert Charles and Mary Lou Booth. Linda was a proud graduate of the Harlan High School and the University of...
Margaret L Wiig
Nov 13, 2020
Margaret Lucile Batten, the daughter of James and Margaret (Marshall) Batten, was born November 25, 1924 in Chariton, Iowa. Later in her teens she moved to Hiteman, Iowa where she attended high school. Margaret enjoyed dancing and roller skating. Many times she would say, “I would rather go dancing than eat any day.” Margaret came to Harlan to be with...
William "Bill" Griffith
Nov 12, 2020
William J. “Bill” Griffith was born January 15, 1944 in Walnut, Iowa to William Lyle and Elsie Marie (Rihner) Griffith. He was one of seven children. He graduated from Walnut High School in 1961. Bill worked at Olsen Motors in Walnut, Iowa from 1961-1968. He then managed the Texaco Station by the interstate in Walnut from 1968-1972. Bill then worked...
Ruth Koch
Nov 8, 2020
Ruth Rose Koch, daughter of Henry John and Mary Rosa (Wilwerding) Langenfeld, was born May 17, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received Holy Communion, and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, where she remained a lifetime member. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in 1948. On June 17, 1952, Ruth was united in marriage to...
Rogena "Jean" Schmidt
Nov 8, 2020
Rogena May (Meier) Schmidt was born on May 9, 1930 to Fred and Edna (Dobernacker) Meier, on a farm west of Persia. She was baptized at a relative’s home in Harlan on January 11, 1931. She one of ten children born to her parents. She attended country school close to the farm and graduated from Persia High School with the...
Lyro Ann Knights
Nov 8, 2020
Lyro Ann (Barnum) Knights was born on May 5, 1931 near Woodbine, Iowa to Floyd Barnum & Bernese (Schneider) Barnum. She graduated from Logan High School in 1949. On June 25, 1949 she married Gordon Dale Knights. They were married for 59 years. They were blessed with five children Peggy, Gail, Rita, William, & Janae. Lyro & Gordon lived in...
Dale Crane
Nov 7, 2020
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association at the following address: American Parkinson Disease Association PO Box 61420 Staten Island, NY 10306 Dale Crane, the son of Joseph Beldon and Rosa (Swayze) Crane, was born September 4, 1919 on a farm west of Vail, Iowa. While in high school, Dale’s family moved...
Victor Thorton Bird
Nov 6, 2020
Victor Thorton Bird III, son of Victor Bird II and Dorothy (Book) Bird, was born October 28, 1945 in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he graduated. After high school, he enlisted into the United States Navy. After his honorable discharge, Rick drove truck over the road. He then worked as a diesel...
Kathryn Curnyn
Nov 5, 2020
Kathryn M. Curnyn was born December 3, 1933 to Henry and Catharina (Muhlbauer) Riesselman in Halbur, IA. She attended school in Halbur and graduated from St. Angela Academy in 1951. After school she worked for the bank in Halbur, IA. She married Gordon Podey on November 30, 1952 at St. Augustine Church in Halbur, IA. They moved to a farm...
Lynn Harold Jacobsen
Oct 29, 2020
Lynn Harold Jacobsen, son of Harold and Orpha (Kay) Jacobsen Sick, was born on September 19, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at Hancock Methodist Church. He attended grade school at Hancock and Avoca before moving to California from 1962 to 1966. This is where he graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, California. He married...
Bernice Bissen
Oct 21, 2020
Private Family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, October 24, 2020 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Bernice Ann Bissen, daughter of Joseph and Antoinette (Blum) Kenkel, was born November 14, 1925 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, graduating with the...
David Niziol
Oct 20, 2020
David Joseph Niziol passed away on October 20, 2020 at the Dunlap Care Center, Dunlap, IA. David was the son of JoAnn (Weir) and Albert Niziol, and was born on February 6, 1971. He had attained the age of 49 years 8 months and 14 days. David was a lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers and Iowa Hawkeye fan. He never met a...
Gary Parkhurst
Oct 19, 2020
Gary Lee Parkhurst, the son of Alvin Kent Parkhurst and Marilyn Elaine Laver, was born February 22, 1945 in the hospital in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at the Old Park School and junior high in Harlan, and high school at Elk Kimballton Community School in Elk Horn, Iowa. Gary was never married. After high school, Gary enlisted in...
Betty Lortz
Oct 18, 2020
Betty Jane Drewelow, the daughter of Wellington and June (Blanchard) Drewelow, was born on December 22, 1921 in Wesley, Iowa. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she grew up. She enjoyed going to movies at the Orpheum Theatre and riding the city street cars to go places. Betty graduated from Omaha North High School with...
Edwin C. Briggs
Oct 16, 2020
Edwin C. Briggs, age 60, of Denison passed away on October 16, 2020 at the Denison Care Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. A private family interment will be held on Monday, October 19, 2020 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens in Denison, Iowa. Edwin is survived by his mom...
Edwin Schaben
Oct 14, 2020
Edwin Henry Schaben, son of Anton and Edith (Kobold) Schaben was born on April 28, 1933 in Defiance, Iowa. Edwin went to school in Defiance at St. Paul’s and graduated in 1951. Edwin married his wife Rita on January 8, 1953 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He served in the Army in 1954 and was discharged in 1956. Edwin moved to Panama...
Donna Taylor
Nov 18, 2020
Donna Lee Taylor, daughter of Bill and Ruby Terrell (Stevens), was born January 22, 1946 in Omaha Nebraska. She grew up in Council Bluffs and moved to Harlan as a young girl and graduated from Harlan High School. Donna was a resident at Elm Crest Assisted Living in Harlan Iowa for the past 16 months. She married Ron Taylor on...
Richard M Mikels
Nov 16, 2020
Richard Mathias Mikels was born on March 2, 1930 to Matt and Genevieve (Fuhs) Mikels. He was born at his farm home located northwest of Portsmouth, Iowa on the Harrison and Shelby County line. He told us his head was in one county and his butt was in the other. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church...
Dejoy Finken
Nov 16, 2020
DeJoy Finken, daughter of Thomas Armond and Delilah (Utley) Ogden was born on May 1, 1926 in Delta, Utah. She attended school in Delta, Utah where she graduated from high school. She attended a year of college in Ceda City, Utah. After meeting Victor Finken at a PW Camp in Ogden, Utah, they were united in marriage on August 8,...
Jensen, Dorothy
Nov 14, 2020
Dorothy Ann Jensen, daughter of John and Erna Ruberg, was born on Nov 26, 1933, on a farm near Denison. She was the youngest of 4 children and was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison. She attended Coon Grove Country School, Lutheran Parochial school, and graduated from Denison High School in 1951. From a young age, Dorothy...
Linda Jane Larsen
Nov 14, 2020
Linda Jane Larsen passed away on November 14, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida surrounded by her beloved husband, Gailyn, and children, Andrea and Jeffrey. Linda was born in Schenectady, New York on April 9, 1943. She was the daughter of Robert Charles and Mary Lou Booth. Linda was a proud graduate of the Harlan High School and the University of...
Margaret L Wiig
Nov 13, 2020
Margaret Lucile Batten, the daughter of James and Margaret (Marshall) Batten, was born November 25, 1924 in Chariton, Iowa. Later in her teens she moved to Hiteman, Iowa where she attended high school. Margaret enjoyed dancing and roller skating. Many times she would say, “I would rather go dancing than eat any day.” Margaret came to Harlan to be with...
William "Bill" Griffith
Nov 12, 2020
William J. “Bill” Griffith was born January 15, 1944 in Walnut, Iowa to William Lyle and Elsie Marie (Rihner) Griffith. He was one of seven children. He graduated from Walnut High School in 1961. Bill worked at Olsen Motors in Walnut, Iowa from 1961-1968. He then managed the Texaco Station by the interstate in Walnut from 1968-1972. Bill then worked...
Ruth Koch
Nov 8, 2020
Ruth Rose Koch, daughter of Henry John and Mary Rosa (Wilwerding) Langenfeld, was born May 17, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received Holy Communion, and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, where she remained a lifetime member. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in 1948. On June 17, 1952, Ruth was united in marriage to...
Rogena "Jean" Schmidt
Nov 8, 2020
Rogena May (Meier) Schmidt was born on May 9, 1930 to Fred and Edna (Dobernacker) Meier, on a farm west of Persia. She was baptized at a relative’s home in Harlan on January 11, 1931. She one of ten children born to her parents. She attended country school close to the farm and graduated from Persia High School with the...
Lyro Ann Knights
Nov 8, 2020
Lyro Ann (Barnum) Knights was born on May 5, 1931 near Woodbine, Iowa to Floyd Barnum & Bernese (Schneider) Barnum. She graduated from Logan High School in 1949. On June 25, 1949 she married Gordon Dale Knights. They were married for 59 years. They were blessed with five children Peggy, Gail, Rita, William, & Janae. Lyro & Gordon lived in...
Dale Crane
Nov 7, 2020
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association at the following address: American Parkinson Disease Association PO Box 61420 Staten Island, NY 10306 Dale Crane, the son of Joseph Beldon and Rosa (Swayze) Crane, was born September 4, 1919 on a farm west of Vail, Iowa. While in high school, Dale’s family moved...
Victor Thorton Bird
Nov 6, 2020
Victor Thorton Bird III, son of Victor Bird II and Dorothy (Book) Bird, was born October 28, 1945 in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he graduated. After high school, he enlisted into the United States Navy. After his honorable discharge, Rick drove truck over the road. He then worked as a diesel...
Kathryn Curnyn
Nov 5, 2020
Kathryn M. Curnyn was born December 3, 1933 to Henry and Catharina (Muhlbauer) Riesselman in Halbur, IA. She attended school in Halbur and graduated from St. Angela Academy in 1951. After school she worked for the bank in Halbur, IA. She married Gordon Podey on November 30, 1952 at St. Augustine Church in Halbur, IA. They moved to a farm...
Lynn Harold Jacobsen
Oct 29, 2020
Lynn Harold Jacobsen, son of Harold and Orpha (Kay) Jacobsen Sick, was born on September 19, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at Hancock Methodist Church. He attended grade school at Hancock and Avoca before moving to California from 1962 to 1966. This is where he graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, California. He married...
Bernice Bissen
Oct 21, 2020
Private Family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, October 24, 2020 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Bernice Ann Bissen, daughter of Joseph and Antoinette (Blum) Kenkel, was born November 14, 1925 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, graduating with the...
David Niziol
Oct 20, 2020
David Joseph Niziol passed away on October 20, 2020 at the Dunlap Care Center, Dunlap, IA. David was the son of JoAnn (Weir) and Albert Niziol, and was born on February 6, 1971. He had attained the age of 49 years 8 months and 14 days. David was a lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers and Iowa Hawkeye fan. He never met a...
Gary Parkhurst
Oct 19, 2020
Gary Lee Parkhurst, the son of Alvin Kent Parkhurst and Marilyn Elaine Laver, was born February 22, 1945 in the hospital in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at the Old Park School and junior high in Harlan, and high school at Elk Kimballton Community School in Elk Horn, Iowa. Gary was never married. After high school, Gary enlisted in...
Betty Lortz
Oct 18, 2020
Betty Jane Drewelow, the daughter of Wellington and June (Blanchard) Drewelow, was born on December 22, 1921 in Wesley, Iowa. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she grew up. She enjoyed going to movies at the Orpheum Theatre and riding the city street cars to go places. Betty graduated from Omaha North High School with...
Edwin C. Briggs
Oct 16, 2020
Edwin C. Briggs, age 60, of Denison passed away on October 16, 2020 at the Denison Care Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. A private family interment will be held on Monday, October 19, 2020 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens in Denison, Iowa. Edwin is survived by his mom...
Edwin Schaben
Oct 14, 2020
Edwin Henry Schaben, son of Anton and Edith (Kobold) Schaben was born on April 28, 1933 in Defiance, Iowa. Edwin went to school in Defiance at St. Paul’s and graduated in 1951. Edwin married his wife Rita on January 8, 1953 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He served in the Army in 1954 and was discharged in 1956. Edwin moved to Panama...
