Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
Ervin Pauley
Oct 11, 2020
In lieu of flowers please send memorials to: Denison Livestock Auction P.O. Box 14 Denison, Iowa 51442. These memorials will be donated to Erv’s favorite charities. Ervin Herman Pauley Ervin Herman Pauley, son of Bernard and Gertrude (Weise) Pauley, was born on July 21, 1929 in Panama, Iowa. He attended school in Defiance at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School...
Bernice E. Ehlers
Oct 9, 2020
Bernice Elizabeth Ehlers, daughter of Adolph and Dorthea (Groepper) Ehlers, was born on February 21, 1922 in Minden, Iowa. She graduated from Lexington High School and then went to beauty school in Des Moines. While in beauty school she lived with her sister Alma. She was a longtime member of Shelby Presbyterian Church. After beauty school, Bernice would follow construction...
Diane Lynn Garrison
Oct 8, 2020
Diana (Diane) Lynn Garrison, age 63, of Ashland, NE, died October 8, 2020 at her home with her husband and family by her side. Diane married the love of her life, Tom Garrison on August 9th, 2008. Her dad affectionately gave her the nick name "Joke" or Jokey as this was his nickname in the service. Diane's passion was teaching,...
Dale Reese
Oct 7, 2020
Dale John Reese Dale John Reese, the son of Hugo and Lillian (Cassens) Reese, was born on August 11, 1937 in Schleswig, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at what is now the United Church of Christ in Schleswig. Dale attended school in Schleswig and graduated with the class of 1955. He then entered the Air Force and was stationed...
Roy Voggesser
Oct 4, 2020
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either of the following: Donna Reed Foundation 1305 Broadway Denison, Iowa 51442 United Presbyterian Church 205 N. 24th Street Denison, Iowa 51442 Harrison County Humane Society 106 N. 5th Ave Logan, Iowa 51546 Due to the recent pandemic, the family has chosen to have a private graveside service at Tarkio Home...
John Smejkal
Oct 3, 2020
John Anton Smejkal, the son of John and Elise (Grassau) Smejkal, was born on November 11, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was raised in southern Omaha and went to South High graduating in 1950. After high school, he was recruited to play Double-A baseball. After some time he decided to come back home and work in Omaha for food brokering...
Dearliss Gustafson
Sep 29, 2020
DeArliss Ann Swanson, the daughter of Leslie and Berniece (Larson) Swanson, was born on December 11, 1931 in Kiron, Iowa. She attended Kiron country school and high school. While going through school, DeArliss played basketball for the high school girls’ varsity basketball team. She graduated with the class of 1949. DeArliss then attended National Business Training College in Sioux City...
Kent Allen Morgan
Sep 29, 2020
Kent Allen Morgan, the son of Victor and Barbara (Janssen) Morgan was born on March 6, 1957 in Davenport, Iowa. Soon after, he moved to a farm in rural Harlan. Kent started helping his dad farm at a very young age. When he was seven, Kent began driving tractors on the farm. Farming was in his blood. Kent went through...
Jonathan Ray "Jon" Pauley
Sep 26, 2020
Jonathan Ray "Jon" Pauley, age 57 of Defiance and formerly of Panama, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison. a graveside service will be held Friday, October 2, 2020 at 11 AM at St. Mary's Cemetery in Panama. A fellowship gathering will follow the service at the Panama Fire Hall from 11;30 AM...
Gordon D. Larson
Sep 22, 2020
Gordon Larson, the son of Eugene and Myrtle (Johnson) Larson, was born on September 15, 1933 in Kiron, Iowa. He was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in Kiron. Gordon went through school in Kiron, graduating from Kiron High School with the class of 1951. On October 18, 1953, Gordon married Audrey Weifenbach in Ida Grove, Iowa. They...
Agnes Goodner
Sep 19, 2020
Agnes Irene (Klaus) Goodner passed away on a beautiful fall day at the Exira Care Center on Saturday, September 19, 2020. She was 94. She will be laid to rest at Harlan Cemetery beside her husband Max, who preceded her in death in 2013. Agnes was born on July 29, 1926, to Henry and Marie (Seils) Klaus in Ute, Iowa....
Ardeth P Cose
Sep 18, 2020
*Masks will be required for the visitation and the service.** **Live Stream of the service will be available on the Pauley Jones website.** Ardeth P. Brown, the daughter of Jesse Martin Brown and Francis Pearl (Hutchinson) Brown, was born on October 29, 1928 in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She grew up in a house nine miles out of Missouri Valley near...
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...
Ervin Pauley
Oct 11, 2020
In lieu of flowers please send memorials to: Denison Livestock Auction P.O. Box 14 Denison, Iowa 51442. These memorials will be donated to Erv’s favorite charities. Ervin Herman Pauley Ervin Herman Pauley, son of Bernard and Gertrude (Weise) Pauley, was born on July 21, 1929 in Panama, Iowa. He attended school in Defiance at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School...
Bernice E. Ehlers
Oct 9, 2020
Bernice Elizabeth Ehlers, daughter of Adolph and Dorthea (Groepper) Ehlers, was born on February 21, 1922 in Minden, Iowa. She graduated from Lexington High School and then went to beauty school in Des Moines. While in beauty school she lived with her sister Alma. She was a longtime member of Shelby Presbyterian Church. After beauty school, Bernice would follow construction...
Diane Lynn Garrison
Oct 8, 2020
Diana (Diane) Lynn Garrison, age 63, of Ashland, NE, died October 8, 2020 at her home with her husband and family by her side. Diane married the love of her life, Tom Garrison on August 9th, 2008. Her dad affectionately gave her the nick name "Joke" or Jokey as this was his nickname in the service. Diane's passion was teaching,...
Dale Reese
Oct 7, 2020
Dale John Reese Dale John Reese, the son of Hugo and Lillian (Cassens) Reese, was born on August 11, 1937 in Schleswig, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at what is now the United Church of Christ in Schleswig. Dale attended school in Schleswig and graduated with the class of 1955. He then entered the Air Force and was stationed...
Roy Voggesser
Oct 4, 2020
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either of the following: Donna Reed Foundation 1305 Broadway Denison, Iowa 51442 United Presbyterian Church 205 N. 24th Street Denison, Iowa 51442 Harrison County Humane Society 106 N. 5th Ave Logan, Iowa 51546 Due to the recent pandemic, the family has chosen to have a private graveside service at Tarkio Home...
John Smejkal
Oct 3, 2020
John Anton Smejkal, the son of John and Elise (Grassau) Smejkal, was born on November 11, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was raised in southern Omaha and went to South High graduating in 1950. After high school, he was recruited to play Double-A baseball. After some time he decided to come back home and work in Omaha for food brokering...
Dearliss Gustafson
Sep 29, 2020
DeArliss Ann Swanson, the daughter of Leslie and Berniece (Larson) Swanson, was born on December 11, 1931 in Kiron, Iowa. She attended Kiron country school and high school. While going through school, DeArliss played basketball for the high school girls’ varsity basketball team. She graduated with the class of 1949. DeArliss then attended National Business Training College in Sioux City...
Kent Allen Morgan
Sep 29, 2020
Kent Allen Morgan, the son of Victor and Barbara (Janssen) Morgan was born on March 6, 1957 in Davenport, Iowa. Soon after, he moved to a farm in rural Harlan. Kent started helping his dad farm at a very young age. When he was seven, Kent began driving tractors on the farm. Farming was in his blood. Kent went through...
Jonathan Ray "Jon" Pauley
Sep 26, 2020
Jonathan Ray "Jon" Pauley, age 57 of Defiance and formerly of Panama, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison. a graveside service will be held Friday, October 2, 2020 at 11 AM at St. Mary's Cemetery in Panama. A fellowship gathering will follow the service at the Panama Fire Hall from 11;30 AM...
Gordon D. Larson
Sep 22, 2020
Gordon Larson, the son of Eugene and Myrtle (Johnson) Larson, was born on September 15, 1933 in Kiron, Iowa. He was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in Kiron. Gordon went through school in Kiron, graduating from Kiron High School with the class of 1951. On October 18, 1953, Gordon married Audrey Weifenbach in Ida Grove, Iowa. They...
Agnes Goodner
Sep 19, 2020
Agnes Irene (Klaus) Goodner passed away on a beautiful fall day at the Exira Care Center on Saturday, September 19, 2020. She was 94. She will be laid to rest at Harlan Cemetery beside her husband Max, who preceded her in death in 2013. Agnes was born on July 29, 1926, to Henry and Marie (Seils) Klaus in Ute, Iowa....
Ardeth P Cose
Sep 18, 2020
*Masks will be required for the visitation and the service.** **Live Stream of the service will be available on the Pauley Jones website.** Ardeth P. Brown, the daughter of Jesse Martin Brown and Francis Pearl (Hutchinson) Brown, was born on October 29, 1928 in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She grew up in a house nine miles out of Missouri Valley near...
