Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Donald Buman
Apr 5, 2020
Donald Buman was born on April 22, 1929 in the farm home built by his father Will Buman near Tennant IA. He grew up in this house and later raised his own family there. He attended the Tennant Consolidated Schools and graduated from high school in 1946. Donald went right to work on the family farm with his father. His...
David "Hairy" Andersen
Apr 3, 2020
David Michael Andersen, son of Gerald “Andy” Andersen and Gladys (Ohlinger) Andersen, was born on January 31, 1957 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attend grade school in Defiance and Westphalia. He graduated from Irwin High School. He attended Iowa Western Community College receiving his degree in auto mechanics. Hairy was united into marriage with Teresa Coon on December 11, 1992 in...
Lila Gustafson
Apr 3, 2020
Lila Gustafson, 93 years, of Kiron died April 3, 2020 at Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven, Iowa. Lila was born to Clarence and Bessie (Bruce) Clauson on a farm northeast of Deloit, Iowa. After several years the family moved to Kiron where she attended school and graduated in 1944. After graduation she attended Buena Vista College and taught at...
Ruth Mae Sorensen
Apr 2, 2020
Her life was full of light and marked by laughter. Ruth Mae Sorensen was born on November 11, 1926, to Arthur Stephen and Nina Knudsen. On August 19, 1947, Ruth married Dale Eldon Sorensen at Bethel Baptist Church. Dale used to tell the story of the day he met Ruth. He went to Bethel Baptist Church for a BYF youth...
Roxann Jean Oliver
Mar 31, 2020
A Memorial Service for Roxann Oliver will be held at a later date. Burial will be at the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan, Iowa. Survivors include her husband Roosevelt Oliver, children Amy (Tim) Sorensen, Crystal Oliver and Sheneka Oliver all of Harlan, IA; granddaughter Summer Sorensen; siblings Randall Study of Chicago, IL; Karen Berego of Nebraska City, NE; Jason Study of...
Dean Leroy Adams
Mar 30, 2020
*A Private Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date.* Dean Leroy Adams, born on May 15, 1948, passed away March 30, 2020. Dean was born to Victor Lee Adams and Harriet Pamela (Smith) Adams in Manilla, Iowa. The family later moved to the Denison, Iowa area in Crawford County where Dean attended start up Special Education class....
Norma Elizabeth Schmitz
Mar 27, 2020
Norma Elizabeth Schmitz, the daughter of Mathias and Mary Frances (Baumann) Leuschen, was born on November 24, 1922 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Norma graduated high school in 1940 from St. Boniface. On November 17, 1948, Norma married Francis "Frank" Schmitz at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. He preceded...
Helen Marie Leinen
Mar 27, 2020
Helen Marie Leinen was born on March 4th, 1933 to Carl and Marie (Feldman) Kramer in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, graduating with the class of 1951. On January 26, 1955, Helen was united in marriage to Bernard Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. They became parents...
Edwin Robert Lippincott
Mar 26, 2020
Edwin Robert Lippincott, son of Howard and Barbara (Derra) Lippincott, was born on November 30, 1943 in Hastings, Nebraska. He grew up in Blair, Nebraska and graduated from Blair High School with the class of 1961. He attended Wayne State college and was awarded a Bachelor’s of Arts and Education Degree in 1966. He was united into marriage on April...
Betty Jean Holtz
Mar 23, 2020
Betty Jean Holtz, the daughter of Walter and Henrietta (Ingwers) Scheel, was born on her family farm east of Corley on March 14, 1932. She attended Fairview No. 1 country school and graduated from Harlan High School in 1949. Following high school, Betty worked for a lawyer’s office. She met the love of her life, Delno “Bud” Holtz, while at...
Dennis Zang
Mar 22, 2020
No Services are planned at this time. Survivors include his wife Pamela Zang of Harlan, Iowa; son Joseph (Molly Jacobsen) Zang of Harlan; brother Matt Zang; and sister Mary Zang of Chaptico, Maryland.
Larry Hansen
Mar 20, 2020
Private Family Graveside Service will be planned at a later date. Survivors include his brother LaVerne (Janice) Hansen of Harlan, Iowa; Laurie (Richard) Schaben of Harlan.
Freda Faye Nielsen
Mar 19, 2020
Freda Faye Nielsen, was born in Bosworth, Missouri on October 17, 1935 to Paul Muller and Verlee (Dewey) Muller. "Faye", as she was known as by her family and friends, along with her twin sister Maye, joined their sisters Marjorie, Dorene and Louise to complete their family and Faye wasn't hesitant to remind them that she was the youngest! When...
Roland John Wegner
Mar 14, 2020
Roland John Wegner, son of Paul and Marcella (Oppold) Wegner, was born June 1, 1931 in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. He was offered a full college scholarship in vocal but after graduation he made the decision to stay home and help his...
Frances M. Hansen
Mar 13, 2020
Frances M. (Maassen) Hansen was born April 30, 1923 on a farm near Corley, Iowa to Julius Maassen and Ida (Scheel) Maassen. She went to Fairview No. 5 country school. She graduated from Harlan High School in 1940. After high school she worked for 5 years for the REC in Harlan. She met Dale W. Hansen at a dance in...
Eleanor Mae Hemminger
Mar 12, 2020
Eleanor Mae Hemminger was born January 24, 1928, to Ellsworth and Sadie (Deitchler) Jones in Silver City, Iowa. On January 24, 1945, she married Dale Keith McClure (of Malvern, Iowa) in Glenwood, Iowa. They had one son, Gary, and lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, for 45 years. In 1990, Keith and Eleanor moved to Harlan, Iowa, to live close to...
Lyle Petersen
Mar 11, 2020
Lyle Gerhart Petersen, son of Gerhart and Grace Gaer Petersen, was born May 23, 1929 west of Redline, Iowa. He received his education in Jackson #7 and #9 Shelby County Rural Schools. A true child of the great depression, Lyle was born into a family struggling to provide the bare necessities of life. At one time they were literally down...
Marion Cornilsen
Mar 9, 2020
Marion Cornilsen, daughter of Tom and Margaret (Ehlers) Jannsen, was born October 24, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. She was baptized and confirmed. She attended Chicago Elementary, Grant Township Country School, Calamus School in Calamus, Iowa; and graduated from Elwood High School in Elwood, Iowa with the class of 1947. On November 11, 1951, Marion was united in marriage to Howard...
Marjorie Kay Reese
Mar 6, 2020
Marjorie Kay Reese, daughter of Oscar and Helen (Johannsen) Harder was born on February 23, 1938 in Battle Creek, Iowa. She was baptized at the Battle Creek Lutheran Church on March 28, 1938, and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa in 1953. She attended school in Schleswig and graduated with the class of 1956. On November 9th of...
Donald Buman
Apr 5, 2020
Donald Buman was born on April 22, 1929 in the farm home built by his father Will Buman near Tennant IA. He grew up in this house and later raised his own family there. He attended the Tennant Consolidated Schools and graduated from high school in 1946. Donald went right to work on the family farm with his father. His...
David "Hairy" Andersen
Apr 3, 2020
David Michael Andersen, son of Gerald “Andy” Andersen and Gladys (Ohlinger) Andersen, was born on January 31, 1957 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attend grade school in Defiance and Westphalia. He graduated from Irwin High School. He attended Iowa Western Community College receiving his degree in auto mechanics. Hairy was united into marriage with Teresa Coon on December 11, 1992 in...
Lila Gustafson
Apr 3, 2020
Lila Gustafson, 93 years, of Kiron died April 3, 2020 at Ruthven Community Care Center in Ruthven, Iowa. Lila was born to Clarence and Bessie (Bruce) Clauson on a farm northeast of Deloit, Iowa. After several years the family moved to Kiron where she attended school and graduated in 1944. After graduation she attended Buena Vista College and taught at...
Ruth Mae Sorensen
Apr 2, 2020
Her life was full of light and marked by laughter. Ruth Mae Sorensen was born on November 11, 1926, to Arthur Stephen and Nina Knudsen. On August 19, 1947, Ruth married Dale Eldon Sorensen at Bethel Baptist Church. Dale used to tell the story of the day he met Ruth. He went to Bethel Baptist Church for a BYF youth...
Roxann Jean Oliver
Mar 31, 2020
A Memorial Service for Roxann Oliver will be held at a later date. Burial will be at the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan, Iowa. Survivors include her husband Roosevelt Oliver, children Amy (Tim) Sorensen, Crystal Oliver and Sheneka Oliver all of Harlan, IA; granddaughter Summer Sorensen; siblings Randall Study of Chicago, IL; Karen Berego of Nebraska City, NE; Jason Study of...
Dean Leroy Adams
Mar 30, 2020
*A Private Family Graveside Service will be held at a later date.* Dean Leroy Adams, born on May 15, 1948, passed away March 30, 2020. Dean was born to Victor Lee Adams and Harriet Pamela (Smith) Adams in Manilla, Iowa. The family later moved to the Denison, Iowa area in Crawford County where Dean attended start up Special Education class....
Norma Elizabeth Schmitz
Mar 27, 2020
Norma Elizabeth Schmitz, the daughter of Mathias and Mary Frances (Baumann) Leuschen, was born on November 24, 1922 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Norma graduated high school in 1940 from St. Boniface. On November 17, 1948, Norma married Francis "Frank" Schmitz at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. He preceded...
Helen Marie Leinen
Mar 27, 2020
Helen Marie Leinen was born on March 4th, 1933 to Carl and Marie (Feldman) Kramer in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, graduating with the class of 1951. On January 26, 1955, Helen was united in marriage to Bernard Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. They became parents...
Edwin Robert Lippincott
Mar 26, 2020
Edwin Robert Lippincott, son of Howard and Barbara (Derra) Lippincott, was born on November 30, 1943 in Hastings, Nebraska. He grew up in Blair, Nebraska and graduated from Blair High School with the class of 1961. He attended Wayne State college and was awarded a Bachelor’s of Arts and Education Degree in 1966. He was united into marriage on April...
Betty Jean Holtz
Mar 23, 2020
Betty Jean Holtz, the daughter of Walter and Henrietta (Ingwers) Scheel, was born on her family farm east of Corley on March 14, 1932. She attended Fairview No. 1 country school and graduated from Harlan High School in 1949. Following high school, Betty worked for a lawyer’s office. She met the love of her life, Delno “Bud” Holtz, while at...
Dennis Zang
Mar 22, 2020
No Services are planned at this time. Survivors include his wife Pamela Zang of Harlan, Iowa; son Joseph (Molly Jacobsen) Zang of Harlan; brother Matt Zang; and sister Mary Zang of Chaptico, Maryland.
Larry Hansen
Mar 20, 2020
Private Family Graveside Service will be planned at a later date. Survivors include his brother LaVerne (Janice) Hansen of Harlan, Iowa; Laurie (Richard) Schaben of Harlan.
Freda Faye Nielsen
Mar 19, 2020
Freda Faye Nielsen, was born in Bosworth, Missouri on October 17, 1935 to Paul Muller and Verlee (Dewey) Muller. "Faye", as she was known as by her family and friends, along with her twin sister Maye, joined their sisters Marjorie, Dorene and Louise to complete their family and Faye wasn't hesitant to remind them that she was the youngest! When...
Roland John Wegner
Mar 14, 2020
Roland John Wegner, son of Paul and Marcella (Oppold) Wegner, was born June 1, 1931 in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. He was offered a full college scholarship in vocal but after graduation he made the decision to stay home and help his...
Frances M. Hansen
Mar 13, 2020
Frances M. (Maassen) Hansen was born April 30, 1923 on a farm near Corley, Iowa to Julius Maassen and Ida (Scheel) Maassen. She went to Fairview No. 5 country school. She graduated from Harlan High School in 1940. After high school she worked for 5 years for the REC in Harlan. She met Dale W. Hansen at a dance in...
Eleanor Mae Hemminger
Mar 12, 2020
Eleanor Mae Hemminger was born January 24, 1928, to Ellsworth and Sadie (Deitchler) Jones in Silver City, Iowa. On January 24, 1945, she married Dale Keith McClure (of Malvern, Iowa) in Glenwood, Iowa. They had one son, Gary, and lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, for 45 years. In 1990, Keith and Eleanor moved to Harlan, Iowa, to live close to...
Lyle Petersen
Mar 11, 2020
Lyle Gerhart Petersen, son of Gerhart and Grace Gaer Petersen, was born May 23, 1929 west of Redline, Iowa. He received his education in Jackson #7 and #9 Shelby County Rural Schools. A true child of the great depression, Lyle was born into a family struggling to provide the bare necessities of life. At one time they were literally down...
Marion Cornilsen
Mar 9, 2020
Marion Cornilsen, daughter of Tom and Margaret (Ehlers) Jannsen, was born October 24, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. She was baptized and confirmed. She attended Chicago Elementary, Grant Township Country School, Calamus School in Calamus, Iowa; and graduated from Elwood High School in Elwood, Iowa with the class of 1947. On November 11, 1951, Marion was united in marriage to Howard...
Marjorie Kay Reese
Mar 6, 2020
Marjorie Kay Reese, daughter of Oscar and Helen (Johannsen) Harder was born on February 23, 1938 in Battle Creek, Iowa. She was baptized at the Battle Creek Lutheran Church on March 28, 1938, and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa in 1953. She attended school in Schleswig and graduated with the class of 1956. On November 9th of...
