Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Leonard Joseph Graeve
Dec 26, 2019
Leonard Joseph Graeve, son of Henry and Rose (Mueller) Graeve, was born November 1, 1925 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. After graduation, Leonard was drafted into the United States Army on October 9, 1950. He earned several medals including Korean Service Medals...
Helen Marie Roenfeld
Dec 23, 2019
Helen Marie Roenfeld, daughter of Nels and Dora (Knutsen) Nielsen, was born August 29, 1924 on her parent’s farm in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was baptized at Jacksonville Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended Jackson #4 Country School and graduated from Harlan High School in 1942. She worked at...
Teresa Jans
Dec 22, 2019
Survivors include her brothers Michael Blum; Bruce (Carolyn) Blum; nieces and nephews Mikayla, Alex, and Jenna Blum all of Harlan, IA A Celebration of Life Luncheon will follow the graveside service at the American Legion in Harlan, Iowa.
Virginia Inez Atkinson
Dec 17, 2019
Virginia I. Lind Atkinson, age 98, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. She was born to George R. and Ethel M. Lind on October 31, 1921 in Goodrich Township, Crawford County, Iowa. Virginia graduated from Denison High School in northwest Iowa. In high school Virginia worked for a family in Denison, receiving room and...
Eldon Riesgaard
Dec 16, 2019
I was born Tuesday, January 22, 1929 on a cold frosty day. Five miles northeast of Exira on the ridge road. I was the fourth boy born to five boys. Six years passed and the school bells began to ring, so off to a rural Greeley #8 school taught by Miss Green (Kindergarten), Miss Anciaux (1st and 2nd grade), Miss...
Janice Leanne Weihs
Dec 15, 2019
Janice Leanne Weihs, daughter of Richard and Opal (Daughtery) Brown, was born November 19, 1936 in Fraser, Iowa. She attended Sacred Heart Elementary School in Boone, Iowa then graduated from Boone High School. She received her LPN at College of Mercy Nursing School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On February 15, 1958, Janice was united in marriage to Lawrence J. Weihs,...
Marilyn Gray
Dec 6, 2019
Marilyn Joann Gray (Pie), daughter of Dan and Jesse Petersen, was born Dec. 15 1932 in Poplar. She had two sisters, Verda and Flossie, and one brother, Ronald. She attended Jacksonville School #1. She married and had three children, Doug, Don, and Donita. They resided in Harlan and Marilyn worked at the Chicken Hut. On May 15, 1963 she married...
Susan Warren
Dec 5, 2019
All services will be private. Susan died at her home in Audubon, Iowa on Thursday, December 5, 2019 attaining the age of sixty-four year, five months, and twenty-five days. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Warren, Frances Smith, and step-father Gene Smith. She is survived by her children Katrina Black of Torrington, Wyoming; William Black and Jamie...
Diane Andersen
Dec 5, 2019
Diane Marie Andersen, daughter of Alma and Howard Rasmussen, was born on June 11, 1939. She attended country school at Center Township through 8th grade; then went to high school in Harlan. She pursued her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse, attending nurses training in Wheatland in Oak Park, Illinois and then graduating from Jenny Edmundson. Diane worked at Children’s...
Norma Jean Jacobsen
Dec 2, 2019
All service are private. Survivors include step daughter Pat Ferry of Johnston, IA; step grandchildren; step great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and many friends.
Dean Anderson
Dec 2, 2019
Private services will be held at a later date. Survivors include his sons; David Anderson and Jamie Anderson both of Harlan, IA; granddaughters, Kelsey Tetzlaff of Harlan, IA and Kylie Tetzlaff of Omaha, NE; great grandchildren Ellen Hedglin and Jaelynn Wallace; Sister Deanna (Gary) Krummel of Avoca, IA and sister-in-law Kathy Anderson of Harlan, IA.
Patricia K. Ratigan
Nov 28, 2019
Patricia Kay (Patty) Ratigan passed away peacefully on November 28, 2019 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Patty is survived by her sister, Janet Block of Bellevue, NE, brothers Jim (Joyce) Omaha, NE, Gary (Marcy) Ankeny, IA, Denny Yutan, NE, and Tom (Lori) Omaha, NE. along with her nieces and nephews and their families. Patty was preceded...
Stanley Nichols
Nov 23, 2019
Stanley Russell Nichols, son of Stacy and Frances (Stewart) Nichols, Jr. was born on July 24, 1939 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He attended school in Boxholm, Iowa where he graduated with the class of 1957 from Boxholm High School. Stan also went on to attend Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa. Stanley also served his country honorably in the United States...
Earl Nutter And Joyce Pedersen
Nov 18, 2019
Earl Eugene Nutter, the son of Allen and Alice (Lewis) Nutter, was born on April 17, 1929 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While he was growing up, Earl quit school and lied about his age so he could join the military. He joined the United States Marine Corps serving during the end of World War II and a few years after. Earl...
Dorothy A. Lefeber
Nov 14, 2019
Dorothy Ann Lefeber, daughter of Melvin and Loretta (Schmitz) Branstetter was born June 6, 1930 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. After the death of her mother, at the age of fourteen, Dorothy stayed home to take over household chores while her...
Cletus H. Schmitz
Nov 11, 2019
Cletus Herbert Schmitz, son of Marcella Pauley and Nicholas Schmitz, was born on a farm near Panama, Iowa, the second eldest in a family of eleven. The family moved to a farm near Harlan where Cletus attended and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic High School with the class of 1959. Cletus played basketball in highschool and baseball with the Westphalia...
Gene Franklin Aikman
Nov 10, 2019
Gene Franklin Aikman, the son of Myron and Irene (Petersen) Aikman, was born on March 27, 1938 at home in Lincoln Township, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church on November 25, 1939 and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Gene went to grade school at West of Irwin Grade School and High School in Audubon. At...
Roselee Sievers
Nov 9, 2019
Roselee Sievers, daughter of Richard Zimmerman and Donna Walters, was born on January 6, 1956 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Roselee and her family moved around when she was a little girl and settled in Walnut, Iowa where she obtained her GED. She was united into marriage on May 17, 1980 to Walter Sievers at the United Church of Christ in...
Duane Jon "Dewey" Carroll
Nov 6, 2019
Duane was born October 10, 1957 in Shelby County, Iowa as the son of Wilbur Carroll and Dorothy (Schultz) Carroll. He graduated from AvoHa Community School in 1976, playing football, baseball and basketball for the AvoHa Vikings. He attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa receiving a degree in Tool and Dye. He was self-employed as a farmer...
Sandra R. Mahlberg
Nov 1, 2019
Sandra Rae Mahlberg, daughter of Joseph and Irene (Leinen) Mahlberg, was born on June 30, 1945 near Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School both in Earling. Sandy remained at home helping her parents after her schooling. She went on to work at Concerned in Harlan where...
Leonard Joseph Graeve
Dec 26, 2019
Leonard Joseph Graeve, son of Henry and Rose (Mueller) Graeve, was born November 1, 1925 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. After graduation, Leonard was drafted into the United States Army on October 9, 1950. He earned several medals including Korean Service Medals...
Helen Marie Roenfeld
Dec 23, 2019
Helen Marie Roenfeld, daughter of Nels and Dora (Knutsen) Nielsen, was born August 29, 1924 on her parent’s farm in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was baptized at Jacksonville Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended Jackson #4 Country School and graduated from Harlan High School in 1942. She worked at...
Teresa Jans
Dec 22, 2019
Survivors include her brothers Michael Blum; Bruce (Carolyn) Blum; nieces and nephews Mikayla, Alex, and Jenna Blum all of Harlan, IA A Celebration of Life Luncheon will follow the graveside service at the American Legion in Harlan, Iowa.
Virginia Inez Atkinson
Dec 17, 2019
Virginia I. Lind Atkinson, age 98, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. She was born to George R. and Ethel M. Lind on October 31, 1921 in Goodrich Township, Crawford County, Iowa. Virginia graduated from Denison High School in northwest Iowa. In high school Virginia worked for a family in Denison, receiving room and...
Eldon Riesgaard
Dec 16, 2019
I was born Tuesday, January 22, 1929 on a cold frosty day. Five miles northeast of Exira on the ridge road. I was the fourth boy born to five boys. Six years passed and the school bells began to ring, so off to a rural Greeley #8 school taught by Miss Green (Kindergarten), Miss Anciaux (1st and 2nd grade), Miss...
Janice Leanne Weihs
Dec 15, 2019
Janice Leanne Weihs, daughter of Richard and Opal (Daughtery) Brown, was born November 19, 1936 in Fraser, Iowa. She attended Sacred Heart Elementary School in Boone, Iowa then graduated from Boone High School. She received her LPN at College of Mercy Nursing School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On February 15, 1958, Janice was united in marriage to Lawrence J. Weihs,...
Marilyn Gray
Dec 6, 2019
Marilyn Joann Gray (Pie), daughter of Dan and Jesse Petersen, was born Dec. 15 1932 in Poplar. She had two sisters, Verda and Flossie, and one brother, Ronald. She attended Jacksonville School #1. She married and had three children, Doug, Don, and Donita. They resided in Harlan and Marilyn worked at the Chicken Hut. On May 15, 1963 she married...
Susan Warren
Dec 5, 2019
All services will be private. Susan died at her home in Audubon, Iowa on Thursday, December 5, 2019 attaining the age of sixty-four year, five months, and twenty-five days. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Warren, Frances Smith, and step-father Gene Smith. She is survived by her children Katrina Black of Torrington, Wyoming; William Black and Jamie...
Diane Andersen
Dec 5, 2019
Diane Marie Andersen, daughter of Alma and Howard Rasmussen, was born on June 11, 1939. She attended country school at Center Township through 8th grade; then went to high school in Harlan. She pursued her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse, attending nurses training in Wheatland in Oak Park, Illinois and then graduating from Jenny Edmundson. Diane worked at Children’s...
Norma Jean Jacobsen
Dec 2, 2019
All service are private. Survivors include step daughter Pat Ferry of Johnston, IA; step grandchildren; step great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and many friends.
Dean Anderson
Dec 2, 2019
Private services will be held at a later date. Survivors include his sons; David Anderson and Jamie Anderson both of Harlan, IA; granddaughters, Kelsey Tetzlaff of Harlan, IA and Kylie Tetzlaff of Omaha, NE; great grandchildren Ellen Hedglin and Jaelynn Wallace; Sister Deanna (Gary) Krummel of Avoca, IA and sister-in-law Kathy Anderson of Harlan, IA.
Patricia K. Ratigan
Nov 28, 2019
Patricia Kay (Patty) Ratigan passed away peacefully on November 28, 2019 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Patty is survived by her sister, Janet Block of Bellevue, NE, brothers Jim (Joyce) Omaha, NE, Gary (Marcy) Ankeny, IA, Denny Yutan, NE, and Tom (Lori) Omaha, NE. along with her nieces and nephews and their families. Patty was preceded...
Stanley Nichols
Nov 23, 2019
Stanley Russell Nichols, son of Stacy and Frances (Stewart) Nichols, Jr. was born on July 24, 1939 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He attended school in Boxholm, Iowa where he graduated with the class of 1957 from Boxholm High School. Stan also went on to attend Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa. Stanley also served his country honorably in the United States...
Earl Nutter And Joyce Pedersen
Nov 18, 2019
Earl Eugene Nutter, the son of Allen and Alice (Lewis) Nutter, was born on April 17, 1929 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While he was growing up, Earl quit school and lied about his age so he could join the military. He joined the United States Marine Corps serving during the end of World War II and a few years after. Earl...
Dorothy A. Lefeber
Nov 14, 2019
Dorothy Ann Lefeber, daughter of Melvin and Loretta (Schmitz) Branstetter was born June 6, 1930 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. After the death of her mother, at the age of fourteen, Dorothy stayed home to take over household chores while her...
Cletus H. Schmitz
Nov 11, 2019
Cletus Herbert Schmitz, son of Marcella Pauley and Nicholas Schmitz, was born on a farm near Panama, Iowa, the second eldest in a family of eleven. The family moved to a farm near Harlan where Cletus attended and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic High School with the class of 1959. Cletus played basketball in highschool and baseball with the Westphalia...
Gene Franklin Aikman
Nov 10, 2019
Gene Franklin Aikman, the son of Myron and Irene (Petersen) Aikman, was born on March 27, 1938 at home in Lincoln Township, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church on November 25, 1939 and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Gene went to grade school at West of Irwin Grade School and High School in Audubon. At...
Roselee Sievers
Nov 9, 2019
Roselee Sievers, daughter of Richard Zimmerman and Donna Walters, was born on January 6, 1956 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Roselee and her family moved around when she was a little girl and settled in Walnut, Iowa where she obtained her GED. She was united into marriage on May 17, 1980 to Walter Sievers at the United Church of Christ in...
Duane Jon "Dewey" Carroll
Nov 6, 2019
Duane was born October 10, 1957 in Shelby County, Iowa as the son of Wilbur Carroll and Dorothy (Schultz) Carroll. He graduated from AvoHa Community School in 1976, playing football, baseball and basketball for the AvoHa Vikings. He attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa receiving a degree in Tool and Dye. He was self-employed as a farmer...
Sandra R. Mahlberg
Nov 1, 2019
Sandra Rae Mahlberg, daughter of Joseph and Irene (Leinen) Mahlberg, was born on June 30, 1945 near Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School both in Earling. Sandy remained at home helping her parents after her schooling. She went on to work at Concerned in Harlan where...
