Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.
May 28, 2019
Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr., was born on July 8th, 1957 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the late Doyle Gilland Sr. and Dorothy J. Davis (Blankenship). Doyle was the owner of Gilland Trucking and operated mainly in the Western Iowa area. After his ownership of over 25 years, he began working at the Menard's Distribution Center in Shelby. Doyle was the...
Charlotte Jean Frank
May 27, 2019
Charlotte Jean Frank, daughter of Charles and Evelyn (Cory) Moore, was born on June 20, 1933 in Coon Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized at Coon Rapids Annunciation Church and later confirmed at St. Ann’s Church in Vail, Iowa and grew up attending the Coon Rapids Community Schools. On November 11, 1950, Charlotte was united in marriage to Harold Joseph Frank...
Anna Mae Leuschen
May 24, 2019
Anna Mae Leuschen, daughter of Joe and Mayme (Kobold) Blum was born April 14, 1919 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received her First Holy Communion, and was confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School where she graduated with the class of 1937. In the summer of 1937, Anna Mae attended Normal Training...
Joanne Hanson
May 21, 2019
Joanne Mae Page Hanson was born December 31, 1941 to Edward Page and Gladys Metcalf at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Massachusetts. She spent her life in Massachusetts and then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She married and had two children Janet and Jeff. They later divorced. She moved to California in the mid 60's and began work at Continental...
Madeline Mae Ehlers
May 21, 2019
Madeline Mae Ehlers, daughter of Melvin and Bernice (Zolck) Coontz was born on March 9, 1928 in Logan, Iowa. When Madeline was five and her sister Reva was two, Bernice answered an advertisement placed by Albert Zolck for a housekeeper at his family farm. Bernice came to the interview with the two girls and was given the job. It was...
Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen
May 18, 2019
Robert “Bob” Lee Jacobsen, son of Fred and LaVerne (Kahl) Jacobsen was born on November 8, 1931, at the Jacobsen family farm southeast of Hancock, Iowa. He was one of 4 children born. He was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and is a member of the Hancock Methodist Church. Bob attended Valley No. 5 country...
Marvin J. Kenkel
May 15, 2019
Marvin Joseph Kenkel was born on May 30, 1928 on a farm near Earling, Iowa to Herman and Katherine (Kobold) Kenkel. He attended Earling schools up until 8th grade when he left to help his parents farm. Marvin and his family moved to a farm in Portsmouth in 1942. In 1952, Marvin married Dorothy Frederick. She passed away on March...
Robert Lee Meier
May 15, 2019
Robert Lee Meier, son of Fred and Edna (Dobernecker) Meier, was born May 20, 1941 on the family farm near Persia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia. He attended Persia High School, where he graduated with the class of 1959. In February of 1964, Robert entered the US Army Reserves before serving active...
Michael Christensen
May 12, 2019
Michael Jeffery Christensen, son of Gerald and Rita (Ditzler) Christensen, was born on February 28, 1962 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Tri-Center Schools in Pottawattamie County, Iowa through the tenth grade. When his family moved to Portsmouth, Iowa, Michael began his career in the construction business. On July 23, 1985, Michael was united in marriage to June...
Lavina Blum
May 11, 2019
Lavina Ann Schwarte Blum, daughter of Nick and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen was born in Portsmouth, Iowa on August 25, 1917. She was baptized in Portsmouth and confirmed in Earling, Iowa. She moved with her parents to Earling when she was a little girl. She attended country school for several years then went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. On...
Shirley Boysen
May 9, 2019
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include Jim (Janice) Boysen of Shelby, IA; Tom (Nancy) Boysen of Council Bluffs, IA; JoAnn (Steve) Schauer of Park Rapids, MN; Marsha (Brad) Larson of Sioux Center, IA; Ron (Linda) Boysen of Harlan, IA; Greg (Connie) Boysen of Harlan, IA; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren
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...
Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.
May 28, 2019
Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr., was born on July 8th, 1957 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the late Doyle Gilland Sr. and Dorothy J. Davis (Blankenship). Doyle was the owner of Gilland Trucking and operated mainly in the Western Iowa area. After his ownership of over 25 years, he began working at the Menard's Distribution Center in Shelby. Doyle was the...
Charlotte Jean Frank
May 27, 2019
Charlotte Jean Frank, daughter of Charles and Evelyn (Cory) Moore, was born on June 20, 1933 in Coon Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized at Coon Rapids Annunciation Church and later confirmed at St. Ann’s Church in Vail, Iowa and grew up attending the Coon Rapids Community Schools. On November 11, 1950, Charlotte was united in marriage to Harold Joseph Frank...
Anna Mae Leuschen
May 24, 2019
Anna Mae Leuschen, daughter of Joe and Mayme (Kobold) Blum was born April 14, 1919 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received her First Holy Communion, and was confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School where she graduated with the class of 1937. In the summer of 1937, Anna Mae attended Normal Training...
Joanne Hanson
May 21, 2019
Joanne Mae Page Hanson was born December 31, 1941 to Edward Page and Gladys Metcalf at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Massachusetts. She spent her life in Massachusetts and then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She married and had two children Janet and Jeff. They later divorced. She moved to California in the mid 60's and began work at Continental...
Madeline Mae Ehlers
May 21, 2019
Madeline Mae Ehlers, daughter of Melvin and Bernice (Zolck) Coontz was born on March 9, 1928 in Logan, Iowa. When Madeline was five and her sister Reva was two, Bernice answered an advertisement placed by Albert Zolck for a housekeeper at his family farm. Bernice came to the interview with the two girls and was given the job. It was...
Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen
May 18, 2019
Robert “Bob” Lee Jacobsen, son of Fred and LaVerne (Kahl) Jacobsen was born on November 8, 1931, at the Jacobsen family farm southeast of Hancock, Iowa. He was one of 4 children born. He was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and is a member of the Hancock Methodist Church. Bob attended Valley No. 5 country...
Marvin J. Kenkel
May 15, 2019
Marvin Joseph Kenkel was born on May 30, 1928 on a farm near Earling, Iowa to Herman and Katherine (Kobold) Kenkel. He attended Earling schools up until 8th grade when he left to help his parents farm. Marvin and his family moved to a farm in Portsmouth in 1942. In 1952, Marvin married Dorothy Frederick. She passed away on March...
Robert Lee Meier
May 15, 2019
Robert Lee Meier, son of Fred and Edna (Dobernecker) Meier, was born May 20, 1941 on the family farm near Persia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia. He attended Persia High School, where he graduated with the class of 1959. In February of 1964, Robert entered the US Army Reserves before serving active...
Michael Christensen
May 12, 2019
Michael Jeffery Christensen, son of Gerald and Rita (Ditzler) Christensen, was born on February 28, 1962 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Tri-Center Schools in Pottawattamie County, Iowa through the tenth grade. When his family moved to Portsmouth, Iowa, Michael began his career in the construction business. On July 23, 1985, Michael was united in marriage to June...
Lavina Blum
May 11, 2019
Lavina Ann Schwarte Blum, daughter of Nick and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen was born in Portsmouth, Iowa on August 25, 1917. She was baptized in Portsmouth and confirmed in Earling, Iowa. She moved with her parents to Earling when she was a little girl. She attended country school for several years then went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. On...
Shirley Boysen
May 9, 2019
Full Obituary Pending Survivors include Jim (Janice) Boysen of Shelby, IA; Tom (Nancy) Boysen of Council Bluffs, IA; JoAnn (Steve) Schauer of Park Rapids, MN; Marsha (Brad) Larson of Sioux Center, IA; Ron (Linda) Boysen of Harlan, IA; Greg (Connie) Boysen of Harlan, IA; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren
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...
