Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Lois Jean Blair
Feb 28, 2020
Lois Jean Blair, the daughter of Glenn and Maude (Chase) Ray, was born on October 14th, 1929 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended Harlan High School. On March 4th 1947, Lois was united in marriage to Robert Dale Blair in Troy, Kansas. To this union four children were born: Craig, Keith, Debra and Lori. Lois and Robert lived in various places...
Harold "Woots" Hoffmann Sr.
Feb 27, 2020
Harold “Woots” Hoffmann Sr. (83), born April 18, 1936 in Panama, Iowa, went to the big farm in the sky on February 27th, 2020. We are unclear if it was the record low farm markets or the stress of the presidential impeachment that set him on his downhill course. Throughout the course of his illness he was surrounded by his...
Dorothy Ann Eggerss
Feb 26, 2020
Dorothy Allen Eggerss was born in Malvern, Iowa on April 3, 1929 to Dale and Alta Thiessen Allen. When she was 5 years old, her family moved to Avoca, where Dorothy lived her entire life. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church (now Trinity Lutheran), graduated first in her class from Avoca High School in 1946, and earned...
Marjorie Ann Whited
Feb 25, 2020
Marjorie Ann, daughter of Henry Ferdinand and Lillian Helen Dethlefs Mohr was born on October 6, 1927 in Iowa Township, Crawford County Iowa. She was raised in Manning and graduated from Manning High School in 1945. She was employed at Al Martens Ben Franklin during high school and until her marriage to John Bertin Whited on September 10, 1947. They...
Max E. Bornholdt
Feb 21, 2020
Max Eugene Bornholdt, son of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt, was born April 22, 1939 in Audubon County, Iowa. He was baptized in the Presbyterian Church. He attended country school for three years until going to school in Walnut, Iowa. He was a state qualifier in track. On February 14, 1960, Max was united in marriage to Joan Armstrong at...
Lowell J. Harper
Feb 17, 2020
Lowell James Harper, son of Harlan and Joan (Parsons) Harper, was born September 21, 1931 in Ames, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at First United Methodist Church in Ames. He attended grade and middle school at Milford School east of Ames and graduated from Ames High School in 1949 then attended Iowa State University where he was in the...
Juana "Kelly" Bray
Feb 17, 2020
Juana Kellene "Kelly" Barbee Bray, daughter of JG "Jack" and Betty Janice (Perrin) Barbee, was born May 21, 1961 in Tulia, Texas. She attended Tulia School District where she graduated in 1979. She later went to college and received her Associates Degree in Business Management at Amarillo College in 2003. On July 21, 1982, Kelly was united in marriage to...
Michael F. Wilson
Feb 16, 2020
Michael Franklin Wilson, son of Milo Clinton and Imogene Nadine (Young) Wilson, was born July 7, 1955 in Texas City, Texas. He was the fourth child with two older brothers and one sister. The family lived in south Texas until 1963 when they relocated to Houston, Texas, where Michael attended grade school and graduated from Steve F. Austin High School....
Phyllis Ann Simonsen
Feb 16, 2020
Phyllis Ann Sievers was born on the family farm near Walnut, Iowa, on August 9, 1935 to Bill and Ardelle (Palmer) Sievers. She attended a one-room country school before moving to town and attending Walnut Community School, Iowa State University, New York School of Interior Design, and University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received a master's degree from University of...
Judith Ann Cochran
Feb 13, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children Mitch (Andrea) Cochran of GA; Kelly Cochran of Harlan, IA; Rhonda (Jeff) Sorensen of Loveland, CO; 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; sisters Pat Gaer of Harlan, IA; Sharon (Ronald) Higgenbotham of CA; Donna Dewey of WA
Andrew Nelson
Feb 13, 2020
Full Obituary Pending. Survivors include his wife Virginia Nelson of Denison, IA; Daughter Beverly (Brent) Huldeen of Greenwood, IN; Grandchildren Mitch (Erin) Nelson; Sarah (Fiancé Jerry Rafferty) Strauss; Philip (Suzi) Huldeen; Ruth (Philip) Jensen; Great grandchildren Brenna & Laney Nelson; Elias & Lucy Strauss; Roger & Micah Jensen; Elsie Huldeen
William Barrett
Feb 13, 2020
William Galen Barrett, Jr. Was born on June 7, 1942 to Dorcas and William Barrett, Sr. In Omaha, Nebraska. He passed away on February 13, 2020 in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of seventy-seven years, eight months and six days. He was baptized at Tennant Methodist Church. He attended the Tennant School grades 1-11, and graduated from Shelby-Tennant High School...
James Joseph Mercil
Feb 12, 2020
James (Jimmy Joe) Mercil, formally from Glasgow, Montana passed away at his home in Apopka, Florida on February 12, 2020. He was born in Glasgow, Montana on July 29, 1961 to Sandra and Robery Mercil. He was raised in Glasgow on the Blanchard Dairy Farm before he moved to Apopka, Florida where he got married to his wife Toni Mercil...
Margaret Christine Maassen
Feb 8, 2020
Margaret Christine Maassen, was one of ten children born to her parents, Rudy and Grace (Garrison) Schueman, on April 20, 1929 in Avoca, Iowa. She was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church and attended school in Avoca. Margaret met Robert William Maassen when he returned home from WWII and were united into marriage on April 13, 1949. They had...
Jeffrey Dean Stehr
Feb 4, 2020
Jeffrey Dean Stehr was born on May 26, 1955, to Donald and Sharon (Winey) Stehr. He grew up in Denison, Iowa and attended the Denison public schools. In high school he enjoyed playing football as a lineman. During the last few weeks of football his senior year he practiced as a running back. This is how he broke his leg....
Luella Jean Hansen
Feb 3, 2020
Luella Jean (Madden) Hansen, 88, passed away February 3, 2020, surrounded by family at Peace Haven Retirement Home. She was born January 17, 1932 in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Ella and Frank Madden. Luella attended School in Avoca, Iowa. She met her husband, Donald Hansen, at a polka dance in the Old German Hall in Walnut, Iowa. Luella didn't...
Philip Ward Madson
Feb 2, 2020
Philip Ward Madson, son of Peter and Lona (Jensen) Madson, was born on December 27, 1923 in Rural Shelby County near Avoca, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Altamont Baptist Church in rural Harlan. He remained a lifetime member. Phil attended Fairview Township #6 country school through the 8th grade and then graduated from Harlan High School in 1940....
Edna Lucille Paulsen
Feb 2, 2020
Edna Lucille (Nelson) Paulsen was born on October 27, 1921, to LeRoy and Edna E. (Jensen) Nelson at the family home located just north of Fiscus in Polk Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was the fourth child born to this family. She died at Elm Crest Retirement Community on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the age of 98 years, 3...
Doris "Jeanie" Mertz
Jan 30, 2020
Doris “Jeanie” Mertz returned to her heavenly home January 30, 2020. Her loving husband, Laverne, was by her side. She was a resident of Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca, Iowa. Jeanie was the youngest of seven children born to Charles and Amanda (Hochuli) Schneider on September 4, 1923 in Anaheim, California. Her father died when she was only 18 months...
Donna May Bylund
Jan 27, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children DeAnna (David) Woeppel of Waterloo, NE; Cynthia Mandelkow of Colorado Springs, CO; William (Reva) Bylund of Avoca, IA; Barb Bylund of Avoca, IA; grandchildren Rachel (Ron), Angela, Nick, Kelsey (Ryan) and Josh; great grandchildren Brayden, Colton, Caitlyn, Brian, Andrew, Calvin, Kadence, Kasey, Charley; great-great grandchild Regan; brother Richard Teter of New Mexico; sisters...
Lois Jean Blair
Feb 28, 2020
Lois Jean Blair, the daughter of Glenn and Maude (Chase) Ray, was born on October 14th, 1929 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended Harlan High School. On March 4th 1947, Lois was united in marriage to Robert Dale Blair in Troy, Kansas. To this union four children were born: Craig, Keith, Debra and Lori. Lois and Robert lived in various places...
Harold "Woots" Hoffmann Sr.
Feb 27, 2020
Harold “Woots” Hoffmann Sr. (83), born April 18, 1936 in Panama, Iowa, went to the big farm in the sky on February 27th, 2020. We are unclear if it was the record low farm markets or the stress of the presidential impeachment that set him on his downhill course. Throughout the course of his illness he was surrounded by his...
Dorothy Ann Eggerss
Feb 26, 2020
Dorothy Allen Eggerss was born in Malvern, Iowa on April 3, 1929 to Dale and Alta Thiessen Allen. When she was 5 years old, her family moved to Avoca, where Dorothy lived her entire life. She was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church (now Trinity Lutheran), graduated first in her class from Avoca High School in 1946, and earned...
Marjorie Ann Whited
Feb 25, 2020
Marjorie Ann, daughter of Henry Ferdinand and Lillian Helen Dethlefs Mohr was born on October 6, 1927 in Iowa Township, Crawford County Iowa. She was raised in Manning and graduated from Manning High School in 1945. She was employed at Al Martens Ben Franklin during high school and until her marriage to John Bertin Whited on September 10, 1947. They...
Max E. Bornholdt
Feb 21, 2020
Max Eugene Bornholdt, son of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt, was born April 22, 1939 in Audubon County, Iowa. He was baptized in the Presbyterian Church. He attended country school for three years until going to school in Walnut, Iowa. He was a state qualifier in track. On February 14, 1960, Max was united in marriage to Joan Armstrong at...
Lowell J. Harper
Feb 17, 2020
Lowell James Harper, son of Harlan and Joan (Parsons) Harper, was born September 21, 1931 in Ames, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at First United Methodist Church in Ames. He attended grade and middle school at Milford School east of Ames and graduated from Ames High School in 1949 then attended Iowa State University where he was in the...
Juana "Kelly" Bray
Feb 17, 2020
Juana Kellene "Kelly" Barbee Bray, daughter of JG "Jack" and Betty Janice (Perrin) Barbee, was born May 21, 1961 in Tulia, Texas. She attended Tulia School District where she graduated in 1979. She later went to college and received her Associates Degree in Business Management at Amarillo College in 2003. On July 21, 1982, Kelly was united in marriage to...
Michael F. Wilson
Feb 16, 2020
Michael Franklin Wilson, son of Milo Clinton and Imogene Nadine (Young) Wilson, was born July 7, 1955 in Texas City, Texas. He was the fourth child with two older brothers and one sister. The family lived in south Texas until 1963 when they relocated to Houston, Texas, where Michael attended grade school and graduated from Steve F. Austin High School....
Phyllis Ann Simonsen
Feb 16, 2020
Phyllis Ann Sievers was born on the family farm near Walnut, Iowa, on August 9, 1935 to Bill and Ardelle (Palmer) Sievers. She attended a one-room country school before moving to town and attending Walnut Community School, Iowa State University, New York School of Interior Design, and University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received a master's degree from University of...
Judith Ann Cochran
Feb 13, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children Mitch (Andrea) Cochran of GA; Kelly Cochran of Harlan, IA; Rhonda (Jeff) Sorensen of Loveland, CO; 4 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; sisters Pat Gaer of Harlan, IA; Sharon (Ronald) Higgenbotham of CA; Donna Dewey of WA
Andrew Nelson
Feb 13, 2020
Full Obituary Pending. Survivors include his wife Virginia Nelson of Denison, IA; Daughter Beverly (Brent) Huldeen of Greenwood, IN; Grandchildren Mitch (Erin) Nelson; Sarah (Fiancé Jerry Rafferty) Strauss; Philip (Suzi) Huldeen; Ruth (Philip) Jensen; Great grandchildren Brenna & Laney Nelson; Elias & Lucy Strauss; Roger & Micah Jensen; Elsie Huldeen
William Barrett
Feb 13, 2020
William Galen Barrett, Jr. Was born on June 7, 1942 to Dorcas and William Barrett, Sr. In Omaha, Nebraska. He passed away on February 13, 2020 in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of seventy-seven years, eight months and six days. He was baptized at Tennant Methodist Church. He attended the Tennant School grades 1-11, and graduated from Shelby-Tennant High School...
James Joseph Mercil
Feb 12, 2020
James (Jimmy Joe) Mercil, formally from Glasgow, Montana passed away at his home in Apopka, Florida on February 12, 2020. He was born in Glasgow, Montana on July 29, 1961 to Sandra and Robery Mercil. He was raised in Glasgow on the Blanchard Dairy Farm before he moved to Apopka, Florida where he got married to his wife Toni Mercil...
Margaret Christine Maassen
Feb 8, 2020
Margaret Christine Maassen, was one of ten children born to her parents, Rudy and Grace (Garrison) Schueman, on April 20, 1929 in Avoca, Iowa. She was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church and attended school in Avoca. Margaret met Robert William Maassen when he returned home from WWII and were united into marriage on April 13, 1949. They had...
Jeffrey Dean Stehr
Feb 4, 2020
Jeffrey Dean Stehr was born on May 26, 1955, to Donald and Sharon (Winey) Stehr. He grew up in Denison, Iowa and attended the Denison public schools. In high school he enjoyed playing football as a lineman. During the last few weeks of football his senior year he practiced as a running back. This is how he broke his leg....
Luella Jean Hansen
Feb 3, 2020
Luella Jean (Madden) Hansen, 88, passed away February 3, 2020, surrounded by family at Peace Haven Retirement Home. She was born January 17, 1932 in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Ella and Frank Madden. Luella attended School in Avoca, Iowa. She met her husband, Donald Hansen, at a polka dance in the Old German Hall in Walnut, Iowa. Luella didn't...
Philip Ward Madson
Feb 2, 2020
Philip Ward Madson, son of Peter and Lona (Jensen) Madson, was born on December 27, 1923 in Rural Shelby County near Avoca, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Altamont Baptist Church in rural Harlan. He remained a lifetime member. Phil attended Fairview Township #6 country school through the 8th grade and then graduated from Harlan High School in 1940....
Edna Lucille Paulsen
Feb 2, 2020
Edna Lucille (Nelson) Paulsen was born on October 27, 1921, to LeRoy and Edna E. (Jensen) Nelson at the family home located just north of Fiscus in Polk Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was the fourth child born to this family. She died at Elm Crest Retirement Community on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the age of 98 years, 3...
Doris "Jeanie" Mertz
Jan 30, 2020
Doris “Jeanie” Mertz returned to her heavenly home January 30, 2020. Her loving husband, Laverne, was by her side. She was a resident of Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca, Iowa. Jeanie was the youngest of seven children born to Charles and Amanda (Hochuli) Schneider on September 4, 1923 in Anaheim, California. Her father died when she was only 18 months...
Donna May Bylund
Jan 27, 2020
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children DeAnna (David) Woeppel of Waterloo, NE; Cynthia Mandelkow of Colorado Springs, CO; William (Reva) Bylund of Avoca, IA; Barb Bylund of Avoca, IA; grandchildren Rachel (Ron), Angela, Nick, Kelsey (Ryan) and Josh; great grandchildren Brayden, Colton, Caitlyn, Brian, Andrew, Calvin, Kadence, Kasey, Charley; great-great grandchild Regan; brother Richard Teter of New Mexico; sisters...
