Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Bernice C. Stracke
Jan 9, 2019
Bernice Crescentia Stracke, daughter of Henry and Agnes (Stoll) Coenen, was born May 8, 1918 on her family farm in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She was the oldest of her five siblings, went to country school and then attended St. Boniface School, where she graduated with the class of 1937....
Ronnie Carter
Jan 6, 2019
Ronnie Lynn Carter, 70, passed away from this life and into eternity on January 6, 2019. He was born on May 9, 1948 in Harlan, Iowa to Francis and Alma Gene Carter. He was the oldest of three children. Ronnie was a boy from north Harlan with a competitive spirit. From a young age, he stayed busy in the summer...
Glennola Rae Neve
Jan 2, 2019
Glennola R. Neve, daughter of Glenn and Florence (Warner) Nelson was born July 21, 1934 in Albion, Nebraska. She was the oldest of five siblings. She graduated from Avoca High School. On June 1, 1952 Glennola was united in marriage to Milo Neve at the Glenn Nelson home in Avoca, Iowa. To this union, four children were born: Kevin, Greg,...
Lucy Ann Knauss
Dec 27, 2018
Lucy Ann Knauss, daughter of John and Elaine (Thielen) Wendt was born on December 13, 1953 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa, where she remained a life long member. She attended grade school in Portsmouth and graduated from Harlan Community High School in Harlan, Iowa. On July 15, 1972, Lucy...
Frederick "Fred" Olsen
Dec 26, 2018
Frederick Edward Olsen, son of Stellan and Iva (Bird) Olsen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on February 14, 1939. He attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1957. After graduation for high school, Fred enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country for 4 ½ years. He was honorably discharged and returned to Harlan and trained to...
Floyd Henry Feser
Dec 25, 2018
Floyd Henry Feser, the son of William J. and Anna (Greiner) Feser was born on September 9, 1917 near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and made his first communion and was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attended grade school in rural Shelby County and graduated from St. Mary’s...
Vaughn Gross
Dec 25, 2018
Vaughn J. Gross, son of John and Anneliese (Lörwald) Gross was born on May 13, 1954 in Manning, Iowa. He was the oldest of three children born. Vaughn lived his entire life in Earling, Iowa; being baptized at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended grade school at Saint Joseph’s Catholic School and high school in Harlan. In his...
Leona Hollrah
Dec 12, 2018
Leona Louise Baak was born June 4, 1924 to Ernst and Erma Baak in Ricketts, IA. She entered her eternal home on December 12, 2018 at the age of 94. Leona was baptized on June 16, 1924 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, R.R., Charter Oak, IA. She was confirmed there on June 20, 1937. She attended grade school in Ricketts, IA...
Elmer Heimerman
Dec 11, 2018
Elmer Heimerman, age 89 of Boone and formerly of Harlan, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be Friday, December 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Boone, Iowa, with Rev. Brian Hughes officiating. Fellowship and a luncheon will follow the service. Friends may...
Jay Peterson
Dec 11, 2018
Jay Allan Peterson, son Eugene “Dane” and Bonnie (Herkenrath) Peterson was born October 15, 1956 in Saint Louis, Missouri. The family moved to Harlan, Iowa in the early 60's. Jay attended St. Michael’s Elementary School and Harlan Community High School. After completing school and steady employment in the Harlan area, Jay joined his father in the family business at Peterson...
Wayne Wingert
Dec 6, 2018
Wayne Henry Wingert was born in Phoenix, AZ at 6:41pm on March 1st, 1954 to Carmella and Leo Wingert. He passed away on December 6, 2018 after complications from a heart procedure at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN at the age of 64. When Wayne was 10 his family moved to Portsmouth, IA. In his early days he helped...
Frances M. Johansen
Dec 1, 2018
Frances (Juel) Johansen daughter of Chris and Anna Marie (Hartvigsen) Juel, was born December 1, 1920 and passed away at the age of 98. She was born and raised in Kimballton area and was one of six children. Her Mother passed away when she was two years old, she lived with her Grandmother Juel until she was five. When it...
Leona Graves
Dec 1, 2018
Leona Bea Graves, daughter of Cleveland Roy and Vergie Bell (Wooden) Sandage, was born April 24, 1928, in Ridgeway, MO, where she grew up with two older sisters, and two older and two younger brothers. She attended grade school at Eagleville, MO, and graduated from Harlan High School. Next, she attended a Normal Teacher's College and taught country school near...
Urban Bernard Henscheid
Nov 28, 2018
Urban (Urbie) Bernard Henscheid was born November 2, 1927 in Westphalia, IA. He is preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Marie (Mueller) Henscheid, his wife Therese M. (Lickteig) Henscheid, brothers Jeron and Virgil, and sisters Verena, Marie, Sally and Iona. He has one surviving sister - Jane (Henscheid), married to Leo Rau. He married the love of his...
Forrest "Pete" Petersen
Nov 26, 2018
Forrest M. "Pete" Petersen, the son of Marius P and Minnie (Nelsen) Petersen was born on April 7, 1923 in Harlan, Iowa. When he was a small child they moved to Elk Horn and later Lake View, Iowa. He attended school in Elk Horn and then Lake View. After graduating high school from Lake View, he enlisted in the United...
Joseph John Peterson
Nov 24, 2018
Joseph “Joe” Peterson, son of John P. and Josephine (Sandbothe) Peterson was born on March 26, 1934 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was one of twelve children born. Joe was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended Catholic and Cass #4 country school. Joe had two children, Richard “Dick” and Vicky. After he lost his son in 1976,...
Steven Pagel
Nov 23, 2018
Steven “Steve” William Pagel, the son of Arthur and Helen (Godberson) Pagel, was born on September 7, 1950 in Denison, IA. He graduated from Denison High School and then attended Midwestern College before it disbanded in 1970. Steve was an active man who enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on his Camaro’s motor and he enjoyed many other things in life also....
Milo Dean Neve
Nov 22, 2018
Milo D. Neve, son of Henry and Anna (Hinrichsen) Neve was born on January 20, 1928 in Avoca, Iowa. He was one of fourteen children born. Milo was baptized and confirmed at the German Lutheran Church in Avoca. He graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1945. After graduation, Milo enlisted in the United States Navy on July...
Bonnie K. Axland
Nov 18, 2018
Bonnie Kaye Axland, daughter of Frank and Margaret (Gaer) West, was born November 18, 1941 in Kirkman, Iowa. She was confirmed at United Methodist Church in Irwin, Iowa. She attended school in Irwin, where she graduated from I-K-M High School. On August 9, 1959, Bonnie was united in marriage to Larry Axland at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin. Four...
Francis Paul Croghan
Nov 17, 2018
Francis Paul Croghan, son of Peter and Adelaide (Gaul) Croghan, was born September 11, 1963 in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, where he also attended grade school at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa. Frank was later drawn to Colorado where he settled in...
Bernice C. Stracke
Jan 9, 2019
Bernice Crescentia Stracke, daughter of Henry and Agnes (Stoll) Coenen, was born May 8, 1918 on her family farm in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She was the oldest of her five siblings, went to country school and then attended St. Boniface School, where she graduated with the class of 1937....
Ronnie Carter
Jan 6, 2019
Ronnie Lynn Carter, 70, passed away from this life and into eternity on January 6, 2019. He was born on May 9, 1948 in Harlan, Iowa to Francis and Alma Gene Carter. He was the oldest of three children. Ronnie was a boy from north Harlan with a competitive spirit. From a young age, he stayed busy in the summer...
Glennola Rae Neve
Jan 2, 2019
Glennola R. Neve, daughter of Glenn and Florence (Warner) Nelson was born July 21, 1934 in Albion, Nebraska. She was the oldest of five siblings. She graduated from Avoca High School. On June 1, 1952 Glennola was united in marriage to Milo Neve at the Glenn Nelson home in Avoca, Iowa. To this union, four children were born: Kevin, Greg,...
Lucy Ann Knauss
Dec 27, 2018
Lucy Ann Knauss, daughter of John and Elaine (Thielen) Wendt was born on December 13, 1953 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa, where she remained a life long member. She attended grade school in Portsmouth and graduated from Harlan Community High School in Harlan, Iowa. On July 15, 1972, Lucy...
Frederick "Fred" Olsen
Dec 26, 2018
Frederick Edward Olsen, son of Stellan and Iva (Bird) Olsen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on February 14, 1939. He attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1957. After graduation for high school, Fred enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country for 4 ½ years. He was honorably discharged and returned to Harlan and trained to...
Floyd Henry Feser
Dec 25, 2018
Floyd Henry Feser, the son of William J. and Anna (Greiner) Feser was born on September 9, 1917 near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and made his first communion and was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. He attended grade school in rural Shelby County and graduated from St. Mary’s...
Vaughn Gross
Dec 25, 2018
Vaughn J. Gross, son of John and Anneliese (Lörwald) Gross was born on May 13, 1954 in Manning, Iowa. He was the oldest of three children born. Vaughn lived his entire life in Earling, Iowa; being baptized at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. He attended grade school at Saint Joseph’s Catholic School and high school in Harlan. In his...
Leona Hollrah
Dec 12, 2018
Leona Louise Baak was born June 4, 1924 to Ernst and Erma Baak in Ricketts, IA. She entered her eternal home on December 12, 2018 at the age of 94. Leona was baptized on June 16, 1924 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, R.R., Charter Oak, IA. She was confirmed there on June 20, 1937. She attended grade school in Ricketts, IA...
Elmer Heimerman
Dec 11, 2018
Elmer Heimerman, age 89 of Boone and formerly of Harlan, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be Friday, December 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Boone, Iowa, with Rev. Brian Hughes officiating. Fellowship and a luncheon will follow the service. Friends may...
Jay Peterson
Dec 11, 2018
Jay Allan Peterson, son Eugene “Dane” and Bonnie (Herkenrath) Peterson was born October 15, 1956 in Saint Louis, Missouri. The family moved to Harlan, Iowa in the early 60's. Jay attended St. Michael’s Elementary School and Harlan Community High School. After completing school and steady employment in the Harlan area, Jay joined his father in the family business at Peterson...
Wayne Wingert
Dec 6, 2018
Wayne Henry Wingert was born in Phoenix, AZ at 6:41pm on March 1st, 1954 to Carmella and Leo Wingert. He passed away on December 6, 2018 after complications from a heart procedure at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN at the age of 64. When Wayne was 10 his family moved to Portsmouth, IA. In his early days he helped...
Frances M. Johansen
Dec 1, 2018
Frances (Juel) Johansen daughter of Chris and Anna Marie (Hartvigsen) Juel, was born December 1, 1920 and passed away at the age of 98. She was born and raised in Kimballton area and was one of six children. Her Mother passed away when she was two years old, she lived with her Grandmother Juel until she was five. When it...
Leona Graves
Dec 1, 2018
Leona Bea Graves, daughter of Cleveland Roy and Vergie Bell (Wooden) Sandage, was born April 24, 1928, in Ridgeway, MO, where she grew up with two older sisters, and two older and two younger brothers. She attended grade school at Eagleville, MO, and graduated from Harlan High School. Next, she attended a Normal Teacher's College and taught country school near...
Urban Bernard Henscheid
Nov 28, 2018
Urban (Urbie) Bernard Henscheid was born November 2, 1927 in Westphalia, IA. He is preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Marie (Mueller) Henscheid, his wife Therese M. (Lickteig) Henscheid, brothers Jeron and Virgil, and sisters Verena, Marie, Sally and Iona. He has one surviving sister - Jane (Henscheid), married to Leo Rau. He married the love of his...
Forrest "Pete" Petersen
Nov 26, 2018
Forrest M. "Pete" Petersen, the son of Marius P and Minnie (Nelsen) Petersen was born on April 7, 1923 in Harlan, Iowa. When he was a small child they moved to Elk Horn and later Lake View, Iowa. He attended school in Elk Horn and then Lake View. After graduating high school from Lake View, he enlisted in the United...
Joseph John Peterson
Nov 24, 2018
Joseph “Joe” Peterson, son of John P. and Josephine (Sandbothe) Peterson was born on March 26, 1934 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was one of twelve children born. Joe was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended Catholic and Cass #4 country school. Joe had two children, Richard “Dick” and Vicky. After he lost his son in 1976,...
Steven Pagel
Nov 23, 2018
Steven “Steve” William Pagel, the son of Arthur and Helen (Godberson) Pagel, was born on September 7, 1950 in Denison, IA. He graduated from Denison High School and then attended Midwestern College before it disbanded in 1970. Steve was an active man who enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on his Camaro’s motor and he enjoyed many other things in life also....
Milo Dean Neve
Nov 22, 2018
Milo D. Neve, son of Henry and Anna (Hinrichsen) Neve was born on January 20, 1928 in Avoca, Iowa. He was one of fourteen children born. Milo was baptized and confirmed at the German Lutheran Church in Avoca. He graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1945. After graduation, Milo enlisted in the United States Navy on July...
Bonnie K. Axland
Nov 18, 2018
Bonnie Kaye Axland, daughter of Frank and Margaret (Gaer) West, was born November 18, 1941 in Kirkman, Iowa. She was confirmed at United Methodist Church in Irwin, Iowa. She attended school in Irwin, where she graduated from I-K-M High School. On August 9, 1959, Bonnie was united in marriage to Larry Axland at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin. Four...
Francis Paul Croghan
Nov 17, 2018
Francis Paul Croghan, son of Peter and Adelaide (Gaul) Croghan, was born September 11, 1963 in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, where he also attended grade school at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa. Frank was later drawn to Colorado where he settled in...
