Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Joyce Thraen
Jul 20, 2020
Joyce Maxine Thraen, daughter of William and Loretta (Woerdehoff) Koster, was born August 13, 1941 in Breda, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Breda and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Armstrong, Iowa. She attended grade school in Dolliver, Iowa and graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa with the class of 1959. On...
Joyce Lavonne Christensen
Jul 14, 2020
Joyce LaVonne (Mitten) Christensen was born December 3, 1929, to Clayton and Johanna (Christensen) Mitten in her parents’ home near Kirkman, Iowa. Joyce attended country school, Polk #9 School District of Kirkman, Iowa, completing the 8th grade and then stayed home to care for her ailing mother. Joyce met the love of her life, Virgil LeRoy Christensen, when the Mitten...
Steven J. Bladt
Jul 14, 2020
Steven James Bladt was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 23, 1950. He was the eldest son of Donald and Pauline Bladt. Steve attended Shelby-Tennant High School and graduated with the class of 1969. He went on to Iowa Western Community College for mechanics. After college he went to work for John Deere in Avoca. He then worked for...
Clarice Andersen
Jul 12, 2020
Clarice Ladell (she hated that middle name) Axland was born on a farm South and East of Irwin on June 6, 1931. First born to Theodore, a pipe smoking salty kind of guy and Thelma who was the best scratch cook on a wood fired stove in the area. Thelma had a sister named Gertie who impacted the three children...
Richard Matthias Wilwerding
Jul 9, 2020
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in honor of Richard to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church or the Earling Volunteer Fire Department. Richard Matthias Wilwerding, the oldest son of Peter A. and Anna (Leuschen) Wilwerding, was born on October 3, 1942, on the family acreage near Earling, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Earling, where he...
Francis Nicholas Kenkel
Jul 7, 2020
Francis was born September 29, 1920 to Nicholas and Mary Eckerman Kenkel of Defiance, Iowa. Francis passed away on July 7, 2020 having attained the age of 99 years, 9 months, and 8 days. Francis stayed close to home in the Defiance area. In 1950 Francis married Mary Ann Buman and they settled north of Defiance on a farm and...
Shirley Guyett
Jul 6, 2020
Shirley May (Peterson) Guyett, the daughter of Orville and Blanche (Fish) Peterson was born on March 6, 1926 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended the Harlan school district, graduating with the class of 1944. Shirley married the love of her life, Bernard “Bud” Guyett, on February 14, 1952 at the Congo Church in Harlan to Rev. E.J. Arnold. Bud preceded her...
James Crawford
Jul 3, 2020
*In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in honor of Jim to a charity of your choice.* James (Jim) Darrell Crawford was born on May 23rd, 1948 to Helen and William Crawford in Maysville, KY. Growing up on the family tobacco farm, Jim established a strong work ethic and commitment to family. He lived in Orangeburg, KY until...
Ruth Ann Barry
Jun 30, 2020
Ruth Ann Barry, daughter of Alfred and Leta (Morrison) Nielsen was born December 19, 1932 on a farm northeast of Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Salem Evangelical Church in Defiance. She attended school at the Defiance Public School and then graduated from Irwin High School in 1950. Ruth Ann went on to Simpson College in Indianola...
Melissa Ann Jensen
Jun 29, 2020
Melissa Ann Crouch was born in Denison, Iowa, August 28, 1989, the daughter of Keith and Brenda Crouch. Melissa was raised in Deloit, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Denison High School in 2007. Melissa passed away unexpectedly on June 29, 2020 in Lake View, Iowa at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 1 day. Melissa resided in...
Amond Gary Ohms
Jun 28, 2020
Amond Gary Ohms, son of Henry and Minnie (Christensen) Ohms, was born January 1, 1931 at their home in Omaha. He graduated from Technical High School in January 1949, then worked on his aunt and uncle's farm near Jacksonville, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1951 and served aboard the USS Calvert as a machinist mate for...
Maxine Langenfeld
Jun 27, 2020
Maxine Marie Langenfeld, 98, formally of Defiance and Johnston Iowa, passed away peacefully on June 27 at Rowley Masonic Home , in Perry Iowa. Maxine was born in Defiance Iowa in 1922 and graduated from Central High School in Omaha Nebraska in 1939. She taught English in the Iowa school system for 46 years from 1944 until her retirement in...
Carrie Laurene Rees
Jun 27, 2020
Carrie Laurene Rees was born on April 8, 1924, to Jorgen and Anna (Hansen) Bonnesen in Verdigre, Nebraska. She graduated in May of 1941 and received her RN Degree from Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa. On October 6, 1951, Carrie was united into marriage to Daniel Rees at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas. Two...
Harold Jens
Jun 26, 2020
Harold Frederick Jens, son of Herbert and Cora (Miller) Jens, was born on March 25, 1934 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was one of three children. He graduated from Hancock High school in 1952. After graduation, Harold was drafted into the United States Army. He served between the Korean and Vietnam war where he spent time in Germany. After his honorable...
David North
Jun 26, 2020
David Samuel North was born October 11, 1959, in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. David moved to Iowa at the age of eleven. At the age of six, David told his father exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up. He told his Dad that he wanted to be a knife maker, learn martial arts, and work in Chinese Medicine....
Marilyn Eleanor Wittrup
Jun 26, 2020
Marilyn Eleanor Wittrup was born in Harlan, Iowa on Sunday, February 23, 1930, the daughter and first child of Gordon and Agnes (Jorgensen) Sorenson. She attended what was then Laurel School and Harlan High School, from which she graduated in 1948. Marilyn was an accomplished musician from an early age, taking advantage of the need to practice during dish washing...
Aquinata T. Gross
Jun 25, 2020
Aquinata Theresa (Kaufman) Gross, 100, was born October 29, 1919 to August and Mary (Schneider) Kaufman at her rural home near Westphalia, Iowa. The eighth of twelve children, she was named after her paternal aunt, Sister Aquinata OSF, of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, and was honored to claim St. Thomas Aquinas as her patron saint. Her name was soon shortened, and she...
Lynn Arthur Baughman
Jun 23, 2020
Lynn Arthur Baughman, son of William Clarence and Loretta Eudene (Rasmussen) Baughman, was born March 9, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at the Kirkman Methodist Church. Growing up Lynn was always available to help his parents on their farm, he was a member of 4H. He attended Irwin Kirkman High School, graduating with the class of 1978. He...
Joyce Thraen
Jul 20, 2020
Joyce Maxine Thraen, daughter of William and Loretta (Woerdehoff) Koster, was born August 13, 1941 in Breda, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Breda and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Armstrong, Iowa. She attended grade school in Dolliver, Iowa and graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa with the class of 1959. On...
Joyce Lavonne Christensen
Jul 14, 2020
Joyce LaVonne (Mitten) Christensen was born December 3, 1929, to Clayton and Johanna (Christensen) Mitten in her parents’ home near Kirkman, Iowa. Joyce attended country school, Polk #9 School District of Kirkman, Iowa, completing the 8th grade and then stayed home to care for her ailing mother. Joyce met the love of her life, Virgil LeRoy Christensen, when the Mitten...
Steven J. Bladt
Jul 14, 2020
Steven James Bladt was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 23, 1950. He was the eldest son of Donald and Pauline Bladt. Steve attended Shelby-Tennant High School and graduated with the class of 1969. He went on to Iowa Western Community College for mechanics. After college he went to work for John Deere in Avoca. He then worked for...
Clarice Andersen
Jul 12, 2020
Clarice Ladell (she hated that middle name) Axland was born on a farm South and East of Irwin on June 6, 1931. First born to Theodore, a pipe smoking salty kind of guy and Thelma who was the best scratch cook on a wood fired stove in the area. Thelma had a sister named Gertie who impacted the three children...
Richard Matthias Wilwerding
Jul 9, 2020
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in honor of Richard to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church or the Earling Volunteer Fire Department. Richard Matthias Wilwerding, the oldest son of Peter A. and Anna (Leuschen) Wilwerding, was born on October 3, 1942, on the family acreage near Earling, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Earling, where he...
Francis Nicholas Kenkel
Jul 7, 2020
Francis was born September 29, 1920 to Nicholas and Mary Eckerman Kenkel of Defiance, Iowa. Francis passed away on July 7, 2020 having attained the age of 99 years, 9 months, and 8 days. Francis stayed close to home in the Defiance area. In 1950 Francis married Mary Ann Buman and they settled north of Defiance on a farm and...
Shirley Guyett
Jul 6, 2020
Shirley May (Peterson) Guyett, the daughter of Orville and Blanche (Fish) Peterson was born on March 6, 1926 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended the Harlan school district, graduating with the class of 1944. Shirley married the love of her life, Bernard “Bud” Guyett, on February 14, 1952 at the Congo Church in Harlan to Rev. E.J. Arnold. Bud preceded her...
James Crawford
Jul 3, 2020
*In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in honor of Jim to a charity of your choice.* James (Jim) Darrell Crawford was born on May 23rd, 1948 to Helen and William Crawford in Maysville, KY. Growing up on the family tobacco farm, Jim established a strong work ethic and commitment to family. He lived in Orangeburg, KY until...
Ruth Ann Barry
Jun 30, 2020
Ruth Ann Barry, daughter of Alfred and Leta (Morrison) Nielsen was born December 19, 1932 on a farm northeast of Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Salem Evangelical Church in Defiance. She attended school at the Defiance Public School and then graduated from Irwin High School in 1950. Ruth Ann went on to Simpson College in Indianola...
Melissa Ann Jensen
Jun 29, 2020
Melissa Ann Crouch was born in Denison, Iowa, August 28, 1989, the daughter of Keith and Brenda Crouch. Melissa was raised in Deloit, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Denison High School in 2007. Melissa passed away unexpectedly on June 29, 2020 in Lake View, Iowa at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 1 day. Melissa resided in...
Amond Gary Ohms
Jun 28, 2020
Amond Gary Ohms, son of Henry and Minnie (Christensen) Ohms, was born January 1, 1931 at their home in Omaha. He graduated from Technical High School in January 1949, then worked on his aunt and uncle's farm near Jacksonville, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1951 and served aboard the USS Calvert as a machinist mate for...
Maxine Langenfeld
Jun 27, 2020
Maxine Marie Langenfeld, 98, formally of Defiance and Johnston Iowa, passed away peacefully on June 27 at Rowley Masonic Home , in Perry Iowa. Maxine was born in Defiance Iowa in 1922 and graduated from Central High School in Omaha Nebraska in 1939. She taught English in the Iowa school system for 46 years from 1944 until her retirement in...
Carrie Laurene Rees
Jun 27, 2020
Carrie Laurene Rees was born on April 8, 1924, to Jorgen and Anna (Hansen) Bonnesen in Verdigre, Nebraska. She graduated in May of 1941 and received her RN Degree from Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa. On October 6, 1951, Carrie was united into marriage to Daniel Rees at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas. Two...
Harold Jens
Jun 26, 2020
Harold Frederick Jens, son of Herbert and Cora (Miller) Jens, was born on March 25, 1934 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was one of three children. He graduated from Hancock High school in 1952. After graduation, Harold was drafted into the United States Army. He served between the Korean and Vietnam war where he spent time in Germany. After his honorable...
David North
Jun 26, 2020
David Samuel North was born October 11, 1959, in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. David moved to Iowa at the age of eleven. At the age of six, David told his father exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up. He told his Dad that he wanted to be a knife maker, learn martial arts, and work in Chinese Medicine....
Marilyn Eleanor Wittrup
Jun 26, 2020
Marilyn Eleanor Wittrup was born in Harlan, Iowa on Sunday, February 23, 1930, the daughter and first child of Gordon and Agnes (Jorgensen) Sorenson. She attended what was then Laurel School and Harlan High School, from which she graduated in 1948. Marilyn was an accomplished musician from an early age, taking advantage of the need to practice during dish washing...
Aquinata T. Gross
Jun 25, 2020
Aquinata Theresa (Kaufman) Gross, 100, was born October 29, 1919 to August and Mary (Schneider) Kaufman at her rural home near Westphalia, Iowa. The eighth of twelve children, she was named after her paternal aunt, Sister Aquinata OSF, of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, and was honored to claim St. Thomas Aquinas as her patron saint. Her name was soon shortened, and she...
Lynn Arthur Baughman
Jun 23, 2020
Lynn Arthur Baughman, son of William Clarence and Loretta Eudene (Rasmussen) Baughman, was born March 9, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at the Kirkman Methodist Church. Growing up Lynn was always available to help his parents on their farm, he was a member of 4H. He attended Irwin Kirkman High School, graduating with the class of 1978. He...
