Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
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...
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...
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...
