Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Dale John Ruha
Aug 17, 2019
Military Rites will take place at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Survivors include his wife Patricia Ruha of Harlan, IA; children John Ruha of Lytle Creek, CA; Barbara Ruha of Rosemont, MN; brothers Michael Ruha of Louisville, CO; Dennis Ruha of Plymouth, MN.
Vonda Lorraine Koch
Aug 17, 2019
Vonda Schories Koch was born on April 5, 1929 on a farm in Harrison County to her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Ronfeldt) Schories. She was the fourth of eight children. She attended country school by Portsmouth, Iowa and graduated from Tennant High School in Tennant, Iowa in 1947. In her Junior and Senior years, Vonda played on the basketball team....
Norman "Gene" Wiig
Aug 15, 2019
Norman E. ("Gene") Wiig was born to Margaret (Batten) and Norman M. Wiig on June 20th, 1945, in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. He attended school and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Community School in Irwin, Iowa. On April 15, 1964 Gene was united in marriage to Julienne Kaufman at St. Boniface...
Dorothy Joan Alff
Aug 10, 2019
Dorothy Joan Alff was born on December 22, 1932, on a farm by Neola, Iowa to John and Marian Osborn. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. She attended first grade in Shelby, Iowa until March 1st when they moved to Avoca. She finished first grade in Avoca and graduated from Avoca High School...
Janice Ann Illingworth
Aug 10, 2019
Janice Ann (Volk) Illingworth was born March 31, 1944, to John Volk Sr. and Goldie (Ludwig) Volk in Algona, Iowa. She spent her youth residing in foster homes. Janice attended school until the eighth grade and then moved in with her sister, Dolores, and her brother-in-law to begin caring for her nieces and nephews. In 1972, Janice became a mother,...
Laverne John Schuning
Aug 9, 2019
LaVerne LeRoy "John" Schuning, son of Lloyd and Ella (Neve) Schuning, was born on June 14, 1935 in Avoca, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. He attended school in Avoca. At age 17, he left high school and joined the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He spent 14 months in Korea and...
Brett Allen Petersen
Aug 9, 2019
Brett Allen Petersen, son of George and Karma (Strandskov) Petersen, was born March 6, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended Laurel School in Harlan and graduated from Harlan Community High School. After high school, he attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and South West Iowa Community College...
Pauline Myrna Mogensen
Aug 5, 2019
Survivors include her children Lynn (Dave) Hall of Morrison, Colorado; Terri Sutton of Anchorage, Alaska; Randy Mogensen of Avoca, Iowa; 3 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren
Loretta Doonan Petersen
Jul 25, 2019
Loretta J. Doonan Petersen, daughter of Abner Earl and Gladys Olivia (Worden) Abel, was born September 4, 1922 in Silver City, Iowa. She was baptized into the Methodist faith and attended and graduated from Walnut Community Schools in Walnut, Iowa. In 1941, Loretta was united in marriage to Gaylord Doonan at the Monroe Methodist Church in rural Shelby County, Iowa....
Raleigh Ernest Woltmann
Jul 25, 2019
Raleigh Ernest Woltmann was born June 20, 1924, to Ernest and Irene (Jens) Woltmann in Shelby County, Iowa. When he was five, the family moved to a farm west of Avoca where Raleigh farmed with his father, and later his son until he was in his late eighties. He attended country school at Township Number One with his sister, Corrinne...
Betty Jean Boeck
Jul 24, 2019
Betty Jean Boeck, daughter of Anna Margrete (Laugesen) and Nels Hansen Olsen, was born on February 7, 1926 at the family farm west of Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at home at the age of four by the Immanuel Lutheran Church minister out of Harlan. Betty attended the Lincoln Township Number 4 country school, a one room school that had...
Eileen Elenor Pauley
Jul 20, 2019
Eileen Elenor Pauley, the daughter of Anthony and Elenor (Thraen) Schleimer, was born on a farm in Panama on April 29, 1943. She attended country school and St. Mary’s High School in Panama, graduating with the class of 1960. After high school, Eileen was employed at the A.S.C.S. office in Harlan and also worked at Mickel’s Café in Harlan. On...
Donna Sorensen
Jul 19, 2019
Donna C. Kersten Sorensen, 92, of Harlan IA passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019, surrounded by her children at the home of her daughter Nancy Kersten Carlson of Moorhead, IA. Donna was born on October 13, 1926 to William A. Lockling and Laura Bell (Piercy) Lockling at Sandy Point on the Missouri River. She graduated from Modale High School...
Robert Rold
Jul 17, 2019
Robert Dale Rold, the son of Christian and Esther Larsen Rold, was born on June 14, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church where he remained an active, lifelong member. Bob attended school in Harlan, Iowa but graduated from Monrovia, California in 1952. On June 6, 1954, Bob married Phyllis Verlee Nielsen. Five children were born...
Alan "Skip" Carlsen
Jul 13, 2019
Alan “Skip” Benedict Carlsen, son of Floyd and Mildred (Benedict) Carlsen, was born April 14, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at Bethel Lutheran Church in Omaha. While growing up, Skip spent most of his childhood summers staying and helping on his aunt’s and uncles farms in rural Nebraska. He attended Omaha Central High School, where he graduated with...
Delores Mary Monahan
Jul 13, 2019
Delores Mary Monahan, daughter of Peter and Hilda (Bintner) Kurtenback, was born on May 24, 1939 in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wiota, Iowa. She attended grade school in Wiota, Iowa and graduated from high school at Mount Loretto in Council Bluffs. After graduation, Delores attended Mercy School of Nursing in Council...
Gary "Bandit" Gubbels
Jul 9, 2019
Gary “Bandit” Lee Gubbels, son of Nicholas “Nickie” and Marge (Fahn) Gubbels, was born on April 29, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized, received his first holy communion and was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Gary started his education at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama and continued it in Harlan where he graduated from...
Helen Miller
Jul 8, 2019
Helen Elizabeth Miller was born February 6, 1934, the daughter of Nicholas Springman, Sr. and Anna (Kloewer) Springman in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, where she remained a lifetime member. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Portsmouth, where she graduated in 1952. After graduation, she lived in Harlan, and was...
Joann Mildred Lees
Jul 6, 2019
JoAnn Mildred Lees, daughter of Earl and Dorothy (Huff) Shelby, was born on June 16, 1941 in Ingraham Township near Silver City, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mineola, Iowa and attended Country School near Silver City and Stanton, Iowa and graduated from Treynor High School with the class of 1958. After graduation she...
John B. Whited
Jul 4, 2019
John Bertin Whited was born at East Boyer Township, Crawford County, Iowa October 6, 1924, the son of John G. Whited and Alice Sophie Mesenbrink Whited Petersen. He was raised in Denison and attended Denison schools until he entered the Navy in April of 1943. He served his country in New Caledonia and the Marshall Islands until his discharge in...
Dale John Ruha
Aug 17, 2019
Military Rites will take place at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Survivors include his wife Patricia Ruha of Harlan, IA; children John Ruha of Lytle Creek, CA; Barbara Ruha of Rosemont, MN; brothers Michael Ruha of Louisville, CO; Dennis Ruha of Plymouth, MN.
Vonda Lorraine Koch
Aug 17, 2019
Vonda Schories Koch was born on April 5, 1929 on a farm in Harrison County to her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Ronfeldt) Schories. She was the fourth of eight children. She attended country school by Portsmouth, Iowa and graduated from Tennant High School in Tennant, Iowa in 1947. In her Junior and Senior years, Vonda played on the basketball team....
Norman "Gene" Wiig
Aug 15, 2019
Norman E. ("Gene") Wiig was born to Margaret (Batten) and Norman M. Wiig on June 20th, 1945, in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. He attended school and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Community School in Irwin, Iowa. On April 15, 1964 Gene was united in marriage to Julienne Kaufman at St. Boniface...
Dorothy Joan Alff
Aug 10, 2019
Dorothy Joan Alff was born on December 22, 1932, on a farm by Neola, Iowa to John and Marian Osborn. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. She attended first grade in Shelby, Iowa until March 1st when they moved to Avoca. She finished first grade in Avoca and graduated from Avoca High School...
Janice Ann Illingworth
Aug 10, 2019
Janice Ann (Volk) Illingworth was born March 31, 1944, to John Volk Sr. and Goldie (Ludwig) Volk in Algona, Iowa. She spent her youth residing in foster homes. Janice attended school until the eighth grade and then moved in with her sister, Dolores, and her brother-in-law to begin caring for her nieces and nephews. In 1972, Janice became a mother,...
Laverne John Schuning
Aug 9, 2019
LaVerne LeRoy "John" Schuning, son of Lloyd and Ella (Neve) Schuning, was born on June 14, 1935 in Avoca, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. He attended school in Avoca. At age 17, he left high school and joined the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He spent 14 months in Korea and...
Brett Allen Petersen
Aug 9, 2019
Brett Allen Petersen, son of George and Karma (Strandskov) Petersen, was born March 6, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended Laurel School in Harlan and graduated from Harlan Community High School. After high school, he attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and South West Iowa Community College...
Pauline Myrna Mogensen
Aug 5, 2019
Survivors include her children Lynn (Dave) Hall of Morrison, Colorado; Terri Sutton of Anchorage, Alaska; Randy Mogensen of Avoca, Iowa; 3 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren
Loretta Doonan Petersen
Jul 25, 2019
Loretta J. Doonan Petersen, daughter of Abner Earl and Gladys Olivia (Worden) Abel, was born September 4, 1922 in Silver City, Iowa. She was baptized into the Methodist faith and attended and graduated from Walnut Community Schools in Walnut, Iowa. In 1941, Loretta was united in marriage to Gaylord Doonan at the Monroe Methodist Church in rural Shelby County, Iowa....
Raleigh Ernest Woltmann
Jul 25, 2019
Raleigh Ernest Woltmann was born June 20, 1924, to Ernest and Irene (Jens) Woltmann in Shelby County, Iowa. When he was five, the family moved to a farm west of Avoca where Raleigh farmed with his father, and later his son until he was in his late eighties. He attended country school at Township Number One with his sister, Corrinne...
Betty Jean Boeck
Jul 24, 2019
Betty Jean Boeck, daughter of Anna Margrete (Laugesen) and Nels Hansen Olsen, was born on February 7, 1926 at the family farm west of Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at home at the age of four by the Immanuel Lutheran Church minister out of Harlan. Betty attended the Lincoln Township Number 4 country school, a one room school that had...
Eileen Elenor Pauley
Jul 20, 2019
Eileen Elenor Pauley, the daughter of Anthony and Elenor (Thraen) Schleimer, was born on a farm in Panama on April 29, 1943. She attended country school and St. Mary’s High School in Panama, graduating with the class of 1960. After high school, Eileen was employed at the A.S.C.S. office in Harlan and also worked at Mickel’s Café in Harlan. On...
Donna Sorensen
Jul 19, 2019
Donna C. Kersten Sorensen, 92, of Harlan IA passed away on Friday, July 19, 2019, surrounded by her children at the home of her daughter Nancy Kersten Carlson of Moorhead, IA. Donna was born on October 13, 1926 to William A. Lockling and Laura Bell (Piercy) Lockling at Sandy Point on the Missouri River. She graduated from Modale High School...
Robert Rold
Jul 17, 2019
Robert Dale Rold, the son of Christian and Esther Larsen Rold, was born on June 14, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church where he remained an active, lifelong member. Bob attended school in Harlan, Iowa but graduated from Monrovia, California in 1952. On June 6, 1954, Bob married Phyllis Verlee Nielsen. Five children were born...
Alan "Skip" Carlsen
Jul 13, 2019
Alan “Skip” Benedict Carlsen, son of Floyd and Mildred (Benedict) Carlsen, was born April 14, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at Bethel Lutheran Church in Omaha. While growing up, Skip spent most of his childhood summers staying and helping on his aunt’s and uncles farms in rural Nebraska. He attended Omaha Central High School, where he graduated with...
Delores Mary Monahan
Jul 13, 2019
Delores Mary Monahan, daughter of Peter and Hilda (Bintner) Kurtenback, was born on May 24, 1939 in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wiota, Iowa. She attended grade school in Wiota, Iowa and graduated from high school at Mount Loretto in Council Bluffs. After graduation, Delores attended Mercy School of Nursing in Council...
Gary "Bandit" Gubbels
Jul 9, 2019
Gary “Bandit” Lee Gubbels, son of Nicholas “Nickie” and Marge (Fahn) Gubbels, was born on April 29, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized, received his first holy communion and was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Gary started his education at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama and continued it in Harlan where he graduated from...
Helen Miller
Jul 8, 2019
Helen Elizabeth Miller was born February 6, 1934, the daughter of Nicholas Springman, Sr. and Anna (Kloewer) Springman in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, where she remained a lifetime member. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Portsmouth, where she graduated in 1952. After graduation, she lived in Harlan, and was...
Joann Mildred Lees
Jul 6, 2019
JoAnn Mildred Lees, daughter of Earl and Dorothy (Huff) Shelby, was born on June 16, 1941 in Ingraham Township near Silver City, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mineola, Iowa and attended Country School near Silver City and Stanton, Iowa and graduated from Treynor High School with the class of 1958. After graduation she...
John B. Whited
Jul 4, 2019
John Bertin Whited was born at East Boyer Township, Crawford County, Iowa October 6, 1924, the son of John G. Whited and Alice Sophie Mesenbrink Whited Petersen. He was raised in Denison and attended Denison schools until he entered the Navy in April of 1943. He served his country in New Caledonia and the Marshall Islands until his discharge in...
