Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Mary Ellen Sutliff
Feb 23, 2019
Mary Ellen (Winn) Sutliff, the daughter of Iver and Minnie (Lampher) Winn, was born on January 8, 1923 in Willows, CA. She grew up in California and graduated as a part of the class of 1941 from Princeton High School in Princeton, CA, a little town north of Sacramento. Right out of high school, Mary Ellen married the late Ralph...
Merlin Roy Jensen
Feb 18, 2019
Merlin Roy Jensen, age 82, of Grand Island, Nebraska, formerly of Avoca, Iowa passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the VA Alzheimer’s Nursing Care in Grand Island, where he spent his last few years. Merlin was born on September 4, 1936 to Lyle and Roma (Prior) Jensen of Avoca. He was the oldest of six children. He attended Southside...
Shirley Welker
Feb 16, 2019
Shirley Louise Welker, daughter of Isidore and Meritta Madeline (Hendricks) Schwarte, was born on November 12,1950 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church and attended school in Harlan and while in school worked for Moran’s Cleaning. Shirley graduated from Harlan Community High School with the class of 1969 and then attended cosmetology school for...
Margaret "Helen" Dieter
Feb 11, 2019
We have received word that Margaret Ellen Lally Dieter of Cedar Falls, Iowa died peacefully on 11th day of February, 2019, at the Western Home Deery Suites in Cedar Falls. She was surrounded by her loving and admiring family. She had attained the age of 96 years, 1 month and 19 days. Born December, 23, 1922 at the Lally family...
Jane Clara Goetzinger
Feb 7, 2019
Jane Clara Goetzinger, daughter of Edmund Nicholas and Sylvia Pauline (Gubbels) Goeser, was born January 30, 1946 in the Westphalia, Iowa area where she spent her entire life. She was baptized, received her first holy communion and was confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. In 1964, she graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School where she received the God,...
Merlene Bill Brue
Feb 5, 2019
Dale “Bill” Merlene Brue, son of Carl and Mathilda (Knudson) Brue, was born on April 30, 1929 on a farm southeast of Manilla, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Bill attended the Irwin Consolidated School and graduated with the class of 1946. On March 22, 1951 he was inducted into the United...
James George O'Keefe
Feb 5, 2019
James O'Keefe All Services will be held at a later date. Survivors include his wife Phyllis O'Keefe of Elk Horn, IA; son James J. O'Keefe of Portland, OR; stepson Howard Kurtz of Manassas, VA; stepdaughter Jennifer Kurtz of Houston, TX; mother Pauline O'Keefe of Huntley, WY; sister Barbara (Joe) Straining of Paradise Valley, AZ
Mary Lou Maack
Feb 4, 2019
The bond between a mother and daughter is a bond that cannot be separated. Louise and Mary shared a bond like no other, from the time Louise gave birth to Mary, to the time God called them both home. Louise was born December 6, 1920 to Charles and Caroline (Petersen) Groth in Denison. She was a lifelong member of United...
Louise E. Maack
Feb 2, 2019
The bond between a mother and daughter is a bond that cannot be separated. Louise and Mary shared a bond like no other, from the time Louise gave birth to Mary, to the time God called them both home. Louise was born December 6, 1920 to Charles and Caroline (Petersen) Groth in Denison. She was a lifelong member of United...
Rosemary Hahn
Feb 1, 2019
Rosemary Hahn, daughter of Margaret Carmelita (Denning) and Francis Luke Green, was born on October 22, 1930 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. When Rosemary started grade school, she would ride her horse into Neola to school, she also attended Beebeetown Elementary school and then continued her education at St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Neola where she graduated with the class of...
Penny Baker Hulsebus
Jan 31, 2019
Penny Baker was born March 31, 1966, in Denison, Iowa, the daughter of Martin and Sheila (Thompson) Baker. She grew up in Woodbine, Iowa, moving for a short period of time to Omaha, Nebraska, where she was baptized. Penny graduated from Woodbine High School. On August 5, 1995, Penny married Daryl Hulsebus at the United Methodist Church in Woodbine. Following...
Maxine Mary Schwery
Jan 30, 2019
Maxine Mary Schwery, daughter of Raymond and Sidonia (Schmitz) Book, was born January 21, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and attended Harlan High School, where she graduated with the class of 1952. After graduation, she worked at Wigness Implement in Harlan, Iowa as a bookkeeper. On January 21, 1956,...
Leroy Meyer Petersen
Jan 28, 2019
Leroy Meyer Petersen, 93, widower of Marilyn Maassen Petersen, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019. He was born August 29, 1926 in Audubon County, Iowa to Albert and Ida (Meyer) Petersen. He was a farmer, a member of Calvary Christian Church where he served as deacon and elder, Men’s Prayer Group, and Calvary Care Small Groups, and a member of...
Nicholas Joseph Gross
Jan 23, 2019
Nicholas Joseph Gross June 17, 1964 - Harlan, Iowa January 23, 2019 - Glenwood, Iowa Nick was the thirteenth and last child of Aquinata and Emil Gross. Nick was born with Down’s Syndrome. He attended Concerned, Inc. in Harlan, Iowa from the mid 1970's until 1992. During this time, he was cared for at home by his siblings and his...
Garrett Thomas Carroll
Jan 22, 2019
Garrett Thomas Carroll was born on April 16, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa. He was the firstborn child of Wray and Ann (Turner) Carroll. He surprised his parents when he was born with Down Syndrome. Garrett also developed Autism a few years later. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa on May 28, 1994. At age three, he...
Glenna M. Bone
Jan 20, 2019
Glenna Marie Bone, daughter of William Delmer and Gladys Marie (Howard) Hoberecht, was born on May 3, 1930 in Great Bend, Kansas. She was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church and attended school in Great Bend, graduating from Great Bend High School with the class of 1948. She was also a member of the Eastern Star in Great Bend. On...
Richard Morris Norgaard
Jan 16, 2019
Richard Morris Norgaard was born on October 13, 1929 in Harlan, Iowa to Jens and Anna Norgaard, one of seven children. He died on January 16, 2019 at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 3 days. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1950 where he ran track, played football, and was on the state mile relay team...
Flora Belle Olbertz
Jan 14, 2019
Flora Belle Yvonne (Skarin) Olbertz was born April 9, 1936, in Kiron, Iowa, the daughter of David and Florence (Bilsten) Skarin. Flora was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Free Church in Kiron and attended Kiron Community Schools, graduating with the class of 1954. After high school, Flora met Merlin Olbertz and the two moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Flora and...
Scott J. Schramm
Jan 9, 2019
Scott Jeffrey Schramm was born at Crawford County Memorial Hospital on April 12, 1961 to Walter Edward and Shirley Ann (Ehrichs) Schramm. He was baptized in Faith on May 3, 1961 and confirmed on April 4, 1982, both at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison. He attended Sunday School as a child for Sunday Bible Class and Fellowship Club as an...
Phyllis Jean Krohn
Jan 9, 2019
Phyllis Jean Krohn was born on February 23, 1938 in Shelby County, Iowa. She was born on her grandparent’s farm, where Lance Scott resides today. She was the daughter of Ivan and Vera (Scott) Woltmann. Phyllis was the eldest of four children. When she was 12 years old, her father suddenly passed away from meningitis. Phyllis then took on the...
Mary Ellen Sutliff
Feb 23, 2019
Mary Ellen (Winn) Sutliff, the daughter of Iver and Minnie (Lampher) Winn, was born on January 8, 1923 in Willows, CA. She grew up in California and graduated as a part of the class of 1941 from Princeton High School in Princeton, CA, a little town north of Sacramento. Right out of high school, Mary Ellen married the late Ralph...
Merlin Roy Jensen
Feb 18, 2019
Merlin Roy Jensen, age 82, of Grand Island, Nebraska, formerly of Avoca, Iowa passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the VA Alzheimer’s Nursing Care in Grand Island, where he spent his last few years. Merlin was born on September 4, 1936 to Lyle and Roma (Prior) Jensen of Avoca. He was the oldest of six children. He attended Southside...
Shirley Welker
Feb 16, 2019
Shirley Louise Welker, daughter of Isidore and Meritta Madeline (Hendricks) Schwarte, was born on November 12,1950 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church and attended school in Harlan and while in school worked for Moran’s Cleaning. Shirley graduated from Harlan Community High School with the class of 1969 and then attended cosmetology school for...
Margaret "Helen" Dieter
Feb 11, 2019
We have received word that Margaret Ellen Lally Dieter of Cedar Falls, Iowa died peacefully on 11th day of February, 2019, at the Western Home Deery Suites in Cedar Falls. She was surrounded by her loving and admiring family. She had attained the age of 96 years, 1 month and 19 days. Born December, 23, 1922 at the Lally family...
Jane Clara Goetzinger
Feb 7, 2019
Jane Clara Goetzinger, daughter of Edmund Nicholas and Sylvia Pauline (Gubbels) Goeser, was born January 30, 1946 in the Westphalia, Iowa area where she spent her entire life. She was baptized, received her first holy communion and was confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. In 1964, she graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School where she received the God,...
Merlene Bill Brue
Feb 5, 2019
Dale “Bill” Merlene Brue, son of Carl and Mathilda (Knudson) Brue, was born on April 30, 1929 on a farm southeast of Manilla, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Bill attended the Irwin Consolidated School and graduated with the class of 1946. On March 22, 1951 he was inducted into the United...
James George O'Keefe
Feb 5, 2019
James O'Keefe All Services will be held at a later date. Survivors include his wife Phyllis O'Keefe of Elk Horn, IA; son James J. O'Keefe of Portland, OR; stepson Howard Kurtz of Manassas, VA; stepdaughter Jennifer Kurtz of Houston, TX; mother Pauline O'Keefe of Huntley, WY; sister Barbara (Joe) Straining of Paradise Valley, AZ
Mary Lou Maack
Feb 4, 2019
The bond between a mother and daughter is a bond that cannot be separated. Louise and Mary shared a bond like no other, from the time Louise gave birth to Mary, to the time God called them both home. Louise was born December 6, 1920 to Charles and Caroline (Petersen) Groth in Denison. She was a lifelong member of United...
Louise E. Maack
Feb 2, 2019
The bond between a mother and daughter is a bond that cannot be separated. Louise and Mary shared a bond like no other, from the time Louise gave birth to Mary, to the time God called them both home. Louise was born December 6, 1920 to Charles and Caroline (Petersen) Groth in Denison. She was a lifelong member of United...
Rosemary Hahn
Feb 1, 2019
Rosemary Hahn, daughter of Margaret Carmelita (Denning) and Francis Luke Green, was born on October 22, 1930 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. When Rosemary started grade school, she would ride her horse into Neola to school, she also attended Beebeetown Elementary school and then continued her education at St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Neola where she graduated with the class of...
Penny Baker Hulsebus
Jan 31, 2019
Penny Baker was born March 31, 1966, in Denison, Iowa, the daughter of Martin and Sheila (Thompson) Baker. She grew up in Woodbine, Iowa, moving for a short period of time to Omaha, Nebraska, where she was baptized. Penny graduated from Woodbine High School. On August 5, 1995, Penny married Daryl Hulsebus at the United Methodist Church in Woodbine. Following...
Maxine Mary Schwery
Jan 30, 2019
Maxine Mary Schwery, daughter of Raymond and Sidonia (Schmitz) Book, was born January 21, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and attended Harlan High School, where she graduated with the class of 1952. After graduation, she worked at Wigness Implement in Harlan, Iowa as a bookkeeper. On January 21, 1956,...
Leroy Meyer Petersen
Jan 28, 2019
Leroy Meyer Petersen, 93, widower of Marilyn Maassen Petersen, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019. He was born August 29, 1926 in Audubon County, Iowa to Albert and Ida (Meyer) Petersen. He was a farmer, a member of Calvary Christian Church where he served as deacon and elder, Men’s Prayer Group, and Calvary Care Small Groups, and a member of...
Nicholas Joseph Gross
Jan 23, 2019
Nicholas Joseph Gross June 17, 1964 - Harlan, Iowa January 23, 2019 - Glenwood, Iowa Nick was the thirteenth and last child of Aquinata and Emil Gross. Nick was born with Down’s Syndrome. He attended Concerned, Inc. in Harlan, Iowa from the mid 1970's until 1992. During this time, he was cared for at home by his siblings and his...
Garrett Thomas Carroll
Jan 22, 2019
Garrett Thomas Carroll was born on April 16, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa. He was the firstborn child of Wray and Ann (Turner) Carroll. He surprised his parents when he was born with Down Syndrome. Garrett also developed Autism a few years later. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa on May 28, 1994. At age three, he...
Glenna M. Bone
Jan 20, 2019
Glenna Marie Bone, daughter of William Delmer and Gladys Marie (Howard) Hoberecht, was born on May 3, 1930 in Great Bend, Kansas. She was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church and attended school in Great Bend, graduating from Great Bend High School with the class of 1948. She was also a member of the Eastern Star in Great Bend. On...
Richard Morris Norgaard
Jan 16, 2019
Richard Morris Norgaard was born on October 13, 1929 in Harlan, Iowa to Jens and Anna Norgaard, one of seven children. He died on January 16, 2019 at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 3 days. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1950 where he ran track, played football, and was on the state mile relay team...
Flora Belle Olbertz
Jan 14, 2019
Flora Belle Yvonne (Skarin) Olbertz was born April 9, 1936, in Kiron, Iowa, the daughter of David and Florence (Bilsten) Skarin. Flora was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Free Church in Kiron and attended Kiron Community Schools, graduating with the class of 1954. After high school, Flora met Merlin Olbertz and the two moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Flora and...
Scott J. Schramm
Jan 9, 2019
Scott Jeffrey Schramm was born at Crawford County Memorial Hospital on April 12, 1961 to Walter Edward and Shirley Ann (Ehrichs) Schramm. He was baptized in Faith on May 3, 1961 and confirmed on April 4, 1982, both at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison. He attended Sunday School as a child for Sunday Bible Class and Fellowship Club as an...
Phyllis Jean Krohn
Jan 9, 2019
Phyllis Jean Krohn was born on February 23, 1938 in Shelby County, Iowa. She was born on her grandparent’s farm, where Lance Scott resides today. She was the daughter of Ivan and Vera (Scott) Woltmann. Phyllis was the eldest of four children. When she was 12 years old, her father suddenly passed away from meningitis. Phyllis then took on the...
