Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Aj "Big Country" Sieh
Aug 13, 2020
Alan Frederick Sieh, Jr., known to his family and peers as "AJ or Big Country" was born on September 26, 1999, to Alan and Bobbi (Pendgraft) Sieh, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. He attended school in Avoca and graduated from AHSTW High School with the class of 2018. AJ participated...
Lavonne Pearl Bargenquast
Aug 11, 2020
Lavonne Pearl (Comstock) Bargenquast, daughter of William and Eva (Burger) Comstock, was born on October 24, 1925 in Tennant, Iowa. She attended grade school in Kirkman, Iowa and in Hastings, Nebraska. Lavonne met Leo Bargenquast in the late 1930s when they were both going to school in Kirkman, Iowa. Years later while Leo was on leave from the Navy, they...
Arletha June Hockett
Aug 9, 2020
Arletha June Hockett, daughter of Percy and Hazel (Dewey) Blair, was born the third of four children on May 15, 1928 in Shelby County, Iowa. While in high school she worked at Pexton Drug Store in Harlan. She graduated from Harlan High School, with the class of 1946. On August 2, 1946, Arletha was united in marriage to James Hockett...
Timothy Earl Jacobsen
Aug 9, 2020
Timothy Earl Jacobsen, the son of Roger and Linda (Baldwin) Jacobsen, was born April 16, 1980 in Harlan, Iowa. He was a lifelong citizen of Harlan; attending grade school in Harlan, playing football, and graduating high school. Tim did leav for just a couple of years when he went to Iowa Central in Fort Dodge, Iowa to play football and...
Michael Elliot Wellman
Aug 7, 2020
Michael Elliot Wellman, son of David and Durinda (Lacy) Wellman, was born December 17, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska. At the age of 4 months old, Michael was diagnosed with menegitis, he was a fighter all his life. He attended IKM High School, graduating with the class of 1992. Michael worked at Concerned, Inc. for over 25 years. When he was...
Darlene Justice
Aug 5, 2020
Darlene Alice (Petersen) Justice, the daughter of Jurgen and Alice (Mesenbrink) Petersen, was born on a farm outside of Schleswig, Iowa on April 7, 1933. She attended Morgan Township Schools up until the 8th grade. She met the love of her life, Russel Justice, on the dance floor of a community dance. Darlene and Russel married on February 19, 1956...
Roger Dean Erb
Aug 4, 2020
Roger Dean Erb, son of Allyn and Thelma (Wetzel) Erb, was born on January 26, 1961. He was the youngest of 6 siblings. He grew up on the family farm helping his dad and brothers. Roger played football while attending Irwin-Kirkman High School and while attending Iowa Central Community College. After college, he continued to work on the farm and...
Roger Frank Ewert
Aug 3, 2020
Roger Frank Ewert was the firstborn son of Frank Ewert and Agnes Elizabeth Coby Ewert on April 19, 1942, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. Roger spent his growing-up years in Crystal Lake, Illinois playing baseball and other sports, riding his bike, and reading in a tree. He was baptized and confirmed at the Crystal Lake Methodist Church. He graduated...
Lavonne Irene Anderson
Jul 31, 2020
LaVonne Irene Anderson was born on April 19, 1931 in Shelby County. She was the daughter of Albert and Mabel (Christensen) Sorensen. She was one of three children. During special meetings in September of 1943, the Holy Spirit convicted her of her need to accept Christ as her Savior. She was baptized in October of 1943. She attended a one-room...
Bueal Franklin Hedstrom
Jul 26, 2020
After 90 years on this earth, Bueal Franklin Hedstrom transitioned from his hospice bed at Odebolt Specialty Care into the arms of Jesus on July 26, 2020, with family by his side. Born on October 29, 1929, which was Black Tuesday and the beginning of the Great Depression, in Ida County, Iowa, he lived his entire life in the Kiron,...
Marie Wordekemper
Jul 26, 2020
*Social Distancing standards will be observed during both the visitation and the service.* *Live Stream will be available On Thursday for the service on the homepage at www.pauleyjones.com .* Marie Katherine Wordekemper, daughter of Bernhard and Emma (Hollander) Petersen, was born August 25, 1932 south of Denison, Iowa. She attended and was confirmed at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church...
Daniel Ryan Pedersen
Jul 25, 2020
Daniel “Danny” Ryan Pedersen was born on March 29, 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO, to Lee and Pam (Hockel) Pedersen. He was the youngest of three children. He attended school in Colorado until the family moved to Harlan in 1994. Danny continued his education in the Harlan Community Schools and received his diploma in 2003. As a young child, Danny...
Betty Lou Fokken
Jul 24, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her husband John Fokken of Irwin, IA; children Julie (George) Bernstein of West Chester, PA; Tracy (Kurt) Pattee of Omaha, NE; Todd (Kathy) Fokken of Papillion, NE; John Fokken of Irwin, IA; 6 grandchildren; brothers John (Anita) Morrison of Chariton, IA; Lonnie "Junior" Morrison of Kellogg, IA. Services are pending and will be held at...
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...
Aj "Big Country" Sieh
Aug 13, 2020
Alan Frederick Sieh, Jr., known to his family and peers as "AJ or Big Country" was born on September 26, 1999, to Alan and Bobbi (Pendgraft) Sieh, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. He attended school in Avoca and graduated from AHSTW High School with the class of 2018. AJ participated...
Lavonne Pearl Bargenquast
Aug 11, 2020
Lavonne Pearl (Comstock) Bargenquast, daughter of William and Eva (Burger) Comstock, was born on October 24, 1925 in Tennant, Iowa. She attended grade school in Kirkman, Iowa and in Hastings, Nebraska. Lavonne met Leo Bargenquast in the late 1930s when they were both going to school in Kirkman, Iowa. Years later while Leo was on leave from the Navy, they...
Arletha June Hockett
Aug 9, 2020
Arletha June Hockett, daughter of Percy and Hazel (Dewey) Blair, was born the third of four children on May 15, 1928 in Shelby County, Iowa. While in high school she worked at Pexton Drug Store in Harlan. She graduated from Harlan High School, with the class of 1946. On August 2, 1946, Arletha was united in marriage to James Hockett...
Timothy Earl Jacobsen
Aug 9, 2020
Timothy Earl Jacobsen, the son of Roger and Linda (Baldwin) Jacobsen, was born April 16, 1980 in Harlan, Iowa. He was a lifelong citizen of Harlan; attending grade school in Harlan, playing football, and graduating high school. Tim did leav for just a couple of years when he went to Iowa Central in Fort Dodge, Iowa to play football and...
Michael Elliot Wellman
Aug 7, 2020
Michael Elliot Wellman, son of David and Durinda (Lacy) Wellman, was born December 17, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska. At the age of 4 months old, Michael was diagnosed with menegitis, he was a fighter all his life. He attended IKM High School, graduating with the class of 1992. Michael worked at Concerned, Inc. for over 25 years. When he was...
Darlene Justice
Aug 5, 2020
Darlene Alice (Petersen) Justice, the daughter of Jurgen and Alice (Mesenbrink) Petersen, was born on a farm outside of Schleswig, Iowa on April 7, 1933. She attended Morgan Township Schools up until the 8th grade. She met the love of her life, Russel Justice, on the dance floor of a community dance. Darlene and Russel married on February 19, 1956...
Roger Dean Erb
Aug 4, 2020
Roger Dean Erb, son of Allyn and Thelma (Wetzel) Erb, was born on January 26, 1961. He was the youngest of 6 siblings. He grew up on the family farm helping his dad and brothers. Roger played football while attending Irwin-Kirkman High School and while attending Iowa Central Community College. After college, he continued to work on the farm and...
Roger Frank Ewert
Aug 3, 2020
Roger Frank Ewert was the firstborn son of Frank Ewert and Agnes Elizabeth Coby Ewert on April 19, 1942, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. Roger spent his growing-up years in Crystal Lake, Illinois playing baseball and other sports, riding his bike, and reading in a tree. He was baptized and confirmed at the Crystal Lake Methodist Church. He graduated...
Lavonne Irene Anderson
Jul 31, 2020
LaVonne Irene Anderson was born on April 19, 1931 in Shelby County. She was the daughter of Albert and Mabel (Christensen) Sorensen. She was one of three children. During special meetings in September of 1943, the Holy Spirit convicted her of her need to accept Christ as her Savior. She was baptized in October of 1943. She attended a one-room...
Bueal Franklin Hedstrom
Jul 26, 2020
After 90 years on this earth, Bueal Franklin Hedstrom transitioned from his hospice bed at Odebolt Specialty Care into the arms of Jesus on July 26, 2020, with family by his side. Born on October 29, 1929, which was Black Tuesday and the beginning of the Great Depression, in Ida County, Iowa, he lived his entire life in the Kiron,...
Marie Wordekemper
Jul 26, 2020
*Social Distancing standards will be observed during both the visitation and the service.* *Live Stream will be available On Thursday for the service on the homepage at www.pauleyjones.com .* Marie Katherine Wordekemper, daughter of Bernhard and Emma (Hollander) Petersen, was born August 25, 1932 south of Denison, Iowa. She attended and was confirmed at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church...
Daniel Ryan Pedersen
Jul 25, 2020
Daniel “Danny” Ryan Pedersen was born on March 29, 1985 in Colorado Springs, CO, to Lee and Pam (Hockel) Pedersen. He was the youngest of three children. He attended school in Colorado until the family moved to Harlan in 1994. Danny continued his education in the Harlan Community Schools and received his diploma in 2003. As a young child, Danny...
Betty Lou Fokken
Jul 24, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her husband John Fokken of Irwin, IA; children Julie (George) Bernstein of West Chester, PA; Tracy (Kurt) Pattee of Omaha, NE; Todd (Kathy) Fokken of Papillion, NE; John Fokken of Irwin, IA; 6 grandchildren; brothers John (Anita) Morrison of Chariton, IA; Lonnie "Junior" Morrison of Kellogg, IA. Services are pending and will be held at...
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...
