Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Clyde Ellis Kohl
May 8, 2019
Clyde E. Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) was born on November 29, 1938 in Koch Ridge, Arkansas. He was baptized at the Christian Church and attended church in both Harlan and Audubon over the years. Clyde went to 11 schools throughout his childhood; starting in Arkansas and finishing in Oakland. On June 11, 1960 Clyde was united in...
Kenneth Thielen
May 6, 2019
Kenneth Louis Thielen, son of Bernard Joseph and Viola Crescentia (Stoll) Thielen, was born February 12, 1935 in Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at Polk Township #9 Country School, Park Elementary and junior high and high school at Harlan Community School. After high school, he attended...
Wilfred Weihs
May 4, 2019
Wilfred Casper Weihs, son of Anton and Catherine (Stinn) Weihs, was born on March 27, 1923 on the family farm in Grove Township near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance and was an active Catholic throughout his life. Wilfred acquired his alias nickname, Tub, as a small child. He attended Grove Township...
Donald "Slim" Keith Langer
May 4, 2019
Donald Keith "Slim" Langer was born to Esther (Jacobsen) and Milton Langer on October 7, 1929 at their home in Minden, Iowa. He attended country schools in Minden, Walnut, Avoca and Hancock. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. He played football and baseball, and his high school football coach nicknamed him "Slim." One of his classmates, Betty Carroll,...
Dale L. Feser
Apr 27, 2019
Dale Leo Feser was born July 25, 1952 in Manning, Iowa, the second son of Leo and Bernice (Schulte) Feser. Dale attended both Elementary and High School in Irwin, Iowa. He was the right hand to his mother in helping on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa. Dale was very shy and quiet as a teen. He loved animals, and...
Jeffery Otis Stokes
Apr 21, 2019
Jeffery Otis Stokes Romans 5 begins: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our...
Leora Larene Torres
Apr 17, 2019
Leora Larene Kuhr Torres was born on February 3, 1916 to Fred and Ida (Sorensen) Kuhr in Walnut, Iowa. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Walnut High School in 1933. Leora met her husband, Joseph Torres, on the dance floor in Corley, Iowa and married him on October 5, 1940. They enjoyed sixty-two years of marriage until...
Arlene Esther Davis
Apr 14, 2019
Arlene Esther Pattee Davis was born on the Rock Ranch southeast of Hancock, Iowa on November 20, 1924. She grew up on the ranch, attending country school and then graduating from Hancock High School at age 16 in 1941 and earned the honor of All State in basketball her senior year (which her daughters just discovered a couple of weeks...
James Allen "Jim" Ahrenholtz
Apr 13, 2019
Jim Ahrenholtz Lived a beautiful, full and loving life. On December 26th, 1938 Jim was born into the amazing family of Peter and Sallie (Jedele) Ahrenholtz on the family farm near Defiance. When he was young the family moved to the farm south of Denison where he grew up with three brothers and four sisters who certainly kept their parents...
Christopher Eugene Madsen
Apr 9, 2019
Chris Madsen, son of Robert and Nancy (Alfers) Madsen was born on March 21, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up in Persia, Iowa and attended school in Tri-Center. On August 17, 2002, Chris was united in marriage to Roxanne (Harper) Madsen. To this union, two boys were born: Adam and Jared “JJ”. Chris and Roxanne were later divorced...
Jerry Lee Hansen
Apr 9, 2019
Jerry Lee Hansen was born on the family farm in rural Kimballton, Iowa. He was born to Bertha (Jacobsen) and Hans T. Hansen on March 7, 1940. In the one-room school of Jackson #6, Jerry received his education. He learned many life lessons by working for numerous neighboring farmers and driving truck for E.A. Greve as a young man. On...
Orrin D. Plagmann
Apr 6, 2019
Orrin Dale Plagmann, son of Henry J. and Mamie (Frank) Plagmann, was born September 10, 1936 on his family farm. He attended Lincoln #7 country school before graduating from Harlan High School in 1954. On August 18, 1958, Orrin was united in marriage to Irma Block in Denison, Iowa. Three children were born to this union, two sons Dale and...
Carla Annette Johnk
Apr 4, 2019
Carla Annette Johnk, daughter of John Kenneth “Bud” and Audrey Maxine (Rosenow) Carroll was born August 10, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. As a child, she attended the Trinity Lutheran Church and later became a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Carla graduated from Walnut High...
Betty Specht
Apr 4, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Specht, daughter of Anton and Elizabeth (Bock) Kloewer, was born February 21, 1942 in Rural Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. Betty was married to Ronald Specht and blessed with two children Kelly and Sherrie. They later divorced....
Phyllis Ann Monahan
Apr 3, 2019
Phyllis Ann Monahan was born to Ural and Evelyn (Bissen) Smith on September 28, 1942 near Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended country school through 8th grade, the graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Panama, Iowa in 1960. She graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Council...
Richard W. "Rick" Brodersen
Apr 1, 2019
Richard William ‘Rick’ Brodersen was born on November 28, 1943, at Council Bluffs IA to Hans Victor and Gertrude Milburn Brodersen. He was a past-due delivery weighing in at 11 or 12 pounds! Rick was the youngest of seven children, 3 sons, 4 daughters. They lived on Oakwood Farm, four miles northwest of Denison. His early love was horses, which...
Zita Ann Bruck
Mar 30, 2019
Zita Bruck Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children Rick (Barbara) Bruck of Manilla, IA; Margaret (Marlin) Petersen of Kirkman, IA; Rose (Quinten) Christensen of Harlan, IA; Wayne (Linda Bentzen) Bruck of Defiance, IA; Marilyn (Dan) Martin of Harlan; Randy (Debbie) Bruck of Manilla; Steve (Karla Moeller) Bruck of Harlan; Eric (Patti) Bruck of Storm Lake, IA; Cheryl Petsche (Terry...
Norma Elaine Price
Mar 29, 2019
Norma Elaine Price was born on August 25, 1931, in Lewis, IA., to Cleve and Ethel (Wiechert) Billings. She was the second youngest of ten children born to the Billings family. Norma spent her childhood working on the family farm, tending to livestock, and their large family gardens that were planted to feed Cleve and Ethel's growing family during the...
Jacob C. Hastert
Mar 29, 2019
Jacob C. Hastert Full Obituary Pending Survivors include his children Robert (Tammy) Hastert of Harlan, IA; Richard (Deborah) Hastert of Harlan; William (June) Hastert of Harlan; Linda (Randy) Terpstra of Hawarden, IA; Timothy Hastert of Harlan; Mary (Stu) Oden of Wahoo, NE; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; siblings Anna Rueschenberg of Westphalia, IA; Rita Finken of Harlan; Joe (Georgianna) Hastert...
Clyde Ellis Kohl
May 8, 2019
Clyde E. Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) was born on November 29, 1938 in Koch Ridge, Arkansas. He was baptized at the Christian Church and attended church in both Harlan and Audubon over the years. Clyde went to 11 schools throughout his childhood; starting in Arkansas and finishing in Oakland. On June 11, 1960 Clyde was united in...
Kenneth Thielen
May 6, 2019
Kenneth Louis Thielen, son of Bernard Joseph and Viola Crescentia (Stoll) Thielen, was born February 12, 1935 in Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at Polk Township #9 Country School, Park Elementary and junior high and high school at Harlan Community School. After high school, he attended...
Wilfred Weihs
May 4, 2019
Wilfred Casper Weihs, son of Anton and Catherine (Stinn) Weihs, was born on March 27, 1923 on the family farm in Grove Township near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance and was an active Catholic throughout his life. Wilfred acquired his alias nickname, Tub, as a small child. He attended Grove Township...
Donald "Slim" Keith Langer
May 4, 2019
Donald Keith "Slim" Langer was born to Esther (Jacobsen) and Milton Langer on October 7, 1929 at their home in Minden, Iowa. He attended country schools in Minden, Walnut, Avoca and Hancock. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. He played football and baseball, and his high school football coach nicknamed him "Slim." One of his classmates, Betty Carroll,...
Dale L. Feser
Apr 27, 2019
Dale Leo Feser was born July 25, 1952 in Manning, Iowa, the second son of Leo and Bernice (Schulte) Feser. Dale attended both Elementary and High School in Irwin, Iowa. He was the right hand to his mother in helping on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa. Dale was very shy and quiet as a teen. He loved animals, and...
Jeffery Otis Stokes
Apr 21, 2019
Jeffery Otis Stokes Romans 5 begins: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our...
Leora Larene Torres
Apr 17, 2019
Leora Larene Kuhr Torres was born on February 3, 1916 to Fred and Ida (Sorensen) Kuhr in Walnut, Iowa. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Walnut High School in 1933. Leora met her husband, Joseph Torres, on the dance floor in Corley, Iowa and married him on October 5, 1940. They enjoyed sixty-two years of marriage until...
Arlene Esther Davis
Apr 14, 2019
Arlene Esther Pattee Davis was born on the Rock Ranch southeast of Hancock, Iowa on November 20, 1924. She grew up on the ranch, attending country school and then graduating from Hancock High School at age 16 in 1941 and earned the honor of All State in basketball her senior year (which her daughters just discovered a couple of weeks...
James Allen "Jim" Ahrenholtz
Apr 13, 2019
Jim Ahrenholtz Lived a beautiful, full and loving life. On December 26th, 1938 Jim was born into the amazing family of Peter and Sallie (Jedele) Ahrenholtz on the family farm near Defiance. When he was young the family moved to the farm south of Denison where he grew up with three brothers and four sisters who certainly kept their parents...
Christopher Eugene Madsen
Apr 9, 2019
Chris Madsen, son of Robert and Nancy (Alfers) Madsen was born on March 21, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up in Persia, Iowa and attended school in Tri-Center. On August 17, 2002, Chris was united in marriage to Roxanne (Harper) Madsen. To this union, two boys were born: Adam and Jared “JJ”. Chris and Roxanne were later divorced...
Jerry Lee Hansen
Apr 9, 2019
Jerry Lee Hansen was born on the family farm in rural Kimballton, Iowa. He was born to Bertha (Jacobsen) and Hans T. Hansen on March 7, 1940. In the one-room school of Jackson #6, Jerry received his education. He learned many life lessons by working for numerous neighboring farmers and driving truck for E.A. Greve as a young man. On...
Orrin D. Plagmann
Apr 6, 2019
Orrin Dale Plagmann, son of Henry J. and Mamie (Frank) Plagmann, was born September 10, 1936 on his family farm. He attended Lincoln #7 country school before graduating from Harlan High School in 1954. On August 18, 1958, Orrin was united in marriage to Irma Block in Denison, Iowa. Three children were born to this union, two sons Dale and...
Carla Annette Johnk
Apr 4, 2019
Carla Annette Johnk, daughter of John Kenneth “Bud” and Audrey Maxine (Rosenow) Carroll was born August 10, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. As a child, she attended the Trinity Lutheran Church and later became a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Carla graduated from Walnut High...
Betty Specht
Apr 4, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Specht, daughter of Anton and Elizabeth (Bock) Kloewer, was born February 21, 1942 in Rural Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. Betty was married to Ronald Specht and blessed with two children Kelly and Sherrie. They later divorced....
Phyllis Ann Monahan
Apr 3, 2019
Phyllis Ann Monahan was born to Ural and Evelyn (Bissen) Smith on September 28, 1942 near Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended country school through 8th grade, the graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Panama, Iowa in 1960. She graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Council...
Richard W. "Rick" Brodersen
Apr 1, 2019
Richard William ‘Rick’ Brodersen was born on November 28, 1943, at Council Bluffs IA to Hans Victor and Gertrude Milburn Brodersen. He was a past-due delivery weighing in at 11 or 12 pounds! Rick was the youngest of seven children, 3 sons, 4 daughters. They lived on Oakwood Farm, four miles northwest of Denison. His early love was horses, which...
Zita Ann Bruck
Mar 30, 2019
Zita Bruck Full Obituary Pending Survivors include her children Rick (Barbara) Bruck of Manilla, IA; Margaret (Marlin) Petersen of Kirkman, IA; Rose (Quinten) Christensen of Harlan, IA; Wayne (Linda Bentzen) Bruck of Defiance, IA; Marilyn (Dan) Martin of Harlan; Randy (Debbie) Bruck of Manilla; Steve (Karla Moeller) Bruck of Harlan; Eric (Patti) Bruck of Storm Lake, IA; Cheryl Petsche (Terry...
Norma Elaine Price
Mar 29, 2019
Norma Elaine Price was born on August 25, 1931, in Lewis, IA., to Cleve and Ethel (Wiechert) Billings. She was the second youngest of ten children born to the Billings family. Norma spent her childhood working on the family farm, tending to livestock, and their large family gardens that were planted to feed Cleve and Ethel's growing family during the...
Jacob C. Hastert
Mar 29, 2019
Jacob C. Hastert Full Obituary Pending Survivors include his children Robert (Tammy) Hastert of Harlan, IA; Richard (Deborah) Hastert of Harlan; William (June) Hastert of Harlan; Linda (Randy) Terpstra of Hawarden, IA; Timothy Hastert of Harlan; Mary (Stu) Oden of Wahoo, NE; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; siblings Anna Rueschenberg of Westphalia, IA; Rita Finken of Harlan; Joe (Georgianna) Hastert...
