Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Ruth Irene Moen
Oct 19, 2018
Ruth Irene (Jensen) Moen was born August 16, 1932 in Eagle Grove, IA to Thorvald and Margaret (Sorensen) Jensen. She went to school in Eagle Grove until after her 8th grade year. Ruth and her family moved to Newell, IA where she would graduate high school in 1950. She started working at First National Bank in Newell after her graduation...
Helen Frederick
Oct 17, 2018
Helen Marie Frederick, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Kohl) Tremel, was born July 10, 1927, in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Helen attended country school and also St. Mary’s in Panama. On May 7, 1947, Helen was united in marriage to Albert Frederick...
Ronald Gene Blaine
Oct 11, 2018
“Within our hearts and in our memories, those we love remain with us always.” Remembering the life of Ronald Gene Blaine Ronald G. Blaine, age 74, passed away October 11, 2018 in Sacramento, California. He was born May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa to the late John and Mildred Blaine. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Ron worked...
Hilda Christiansen
Oct 9, 2018
Hilda Elsie Christiansen, daughter of Gustav and Lizzie (Bladt) Sindt, was born on February 10, 1921 near Shelby, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On November 14, 1942, Hilda was united in marriage to Lester Christiansen in Omaha, Nebraska. After their marriage, they farmed near Shelby area and later near Jacksonville. In addition to...
Marion North
Oct 7, 2018
Marion (Carleton) North was born November 14, 1926, to Clayton Carleton and Lillian (Dawkins) Carleton. She was raised on a farm in the tiny town of Orkney, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression, living without electricity and hauling water, tending and butchering chickens for the family, shooting prairie dogs for the money by the tail, and attending a little schoolhouse by...
Roger Egan
Oct 6, 2018
Roger Frederick Egan was born Feb 1, 1937 in New York City, New York, to James Joseph Egan and Ellen Tanner Egan. Roger left school at sixteen, working (and playing) in New York, Miami and Los Angeles before finding both a calling and his future wife, Beverly, as a computer operator and programmer at Montefiore Hospital in New York. Roger...
Robert Jensen
Oct 5, 2018
Robert Alvin Jensen, son of Wilson Alvin and Elma (Rohrs) Jensen, was born on October 26, 1951 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised on the Rohrs family farm outside of Shelby, Iowa that was established in 1875 after their homesteaded wheat farm in Knox County, Nebraska was destroyed in three hours by the sand hill grasshoppers and the family...
E.E. "Gene" Champion
Oct 4, 2018
Edwin E. “Gene” Champion was born July 24, 1926, in Oto Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, the youngest child of Edwin G. and Katherine Null Champion. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Methodist Church in Mapleton. Gene was raised in Monona County where he attended country school. He graduated from Mapleton High School with the class of 1944 where...
Shirley Lavon Bladt
Oct 3, 2018
Shirley LaVon Bladt, the daughter of Herbert and Verna (Suhr) Jacobsen, was born on July 7, 1935 in Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1954. After graduation she was united into marriage to Donald Bladt on June 20, 1954 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Four children were born to this marriage: Debra...
Ludwig Buman
Oct 2, 2018
Ludwig C. Buman died of colon cancer on October 2, 2018 at his home in Harlan Iowa, surrounded by his family. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Lud demonstrated a kind and compassionate spirit each day of his 91 years. Ludwig C. Buman was born on August 1, 1927 to Will and Sidonia (Book) Buman near Tennant, Iowa. He...
Steven Beckman
Oct 2, 2018
Steven Bradley Beckman, 57, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was born to Doug and Jeanette Beckman in Brookings, South Dakota, on May 1, 1961. He graduated from Glenwood Community High School in 1979, and attended Iowa State University. Steve married Paula Lynn Nickles on August 15, 1992, in Glenwood. They were blessed with two sons,...
Isabel Marie Feldman
Sep 29, 2018
Isabel Marie Feldman, daughter of Benedict Leonard and Mary Rosa (Kwapiszeski) Blum, was born December 11, 1921 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, where she remained a lifetime member. In 1939 she graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School in Panama. After high school she...
Raymond Anthony Schleimer
Sep 25, 2018
Raymond A. Schleimer, son of Anthony “Tony” and Elenor (Thraen) Schleimer, was born near Defiance, Iowa on June 6, 1940. He was the third born of five children. In 1941, his family moved to a farm south of Panama, Iowa. Raymond was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Mary’s of the Assumption in Panama....
Janet Ann Fink
Sep 22, 2018
Janet Ann Fink, daughter of William and Inez (Ohlquist) Fink, was born on November 3, 1950 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended grade school in Kirkman and high school in Irwin. Janet worked for Variety Distributors for thirty years until her retirement in 2007. She was a member of VFW Auxiliary. Janet loved spending time with her family and friends. She...
Theda Marie Flies
Sep 21, 2018
Theda Marie Flies Theda Marie Flies, daughter of Carl and Mamie (Buman) Rosman, was born on November 27, 1926 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Harlan High School at the top of her class. Theda was united in marriage to Joseph Flies on January 8, 1952 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. During their marriage,...
Aaron Israel Widrowicz
Sep 14, 2018
Aaron Israel Widrowicz, son of Susman and Leja (Koslow) Widrowicz, was born on August 22, 1952 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was the first of his family to be born in the United States. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland. He was raised in Sioux City, Iowa where he earned his high school diploma. Aaron met Dixie Eckles in...
Eric Khiev
Sep 12, 2018
Eric Khiev was born February 7, 1986 at Oakland, California, the son of John Khien and Khorn Chum. He was raised and attended schools in Oakland and graduated from Oakland High with the class of 2004. In 2011, Eric moved to Denison, Iowa with family members and started working at Smithfield Foods. He worked there for several years until he...
Robert Finken
Sep 10, 2018
Robert Nicholas Finken, son of Matilda (Heese) and John Finken, was born February 17, 1929 in Earling, Iowa. Bob was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Earling and attended St. Joseph's Catholic School where he graduated with the class of 1947. After high school, Bob attended trade school in Chicago, Illinois for six months. Bob then returned...
Harry G. Kleffman
Sep 7, 2018
Harry G. Kleffman, son of John and Frances (Rau) Kleffman, was born December 1, 1925 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. On January 2, 1950, Harry was united in marriage to Cecilia Reischl at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Six children were born...
Catherine Ann Hansen
Sep 6, 2018
Catherine was born on January 23,1920 to Jens and Margaret Jensen in Paullina, Iowa. She grew up in Harlan and had the best of both worlds by having the opportunity of living in town on a farm which later became the Jens J. Park. She graduated from the Harlan High School. In high school she took normal training to become...
Ruth Irene Moen
Oct 19, 2018
Ruth Irene (Jensen) Moen was born August 16, 1932 in Eagle Grove, IA to Thorvald and Margaret (Sorensen) Jensen. She went to school in Eagle Grove until after her 8th grade year. Ruth and her family moved to Newell, IA where she would graduate high school in 1950. She started working at First National Bank in Newell after her graduation...
Helen Frederick
Oct 17, 2018
Helen Marie Frederick, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Kohl) Tremel, was born July 10, 1927, in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Helen attended country school and also St. Mary’s in Panama. On May 7, 1947, Helen was united in marriage to Albert Frederick...
Ronald Gene Blaine
Oct 11, 2018
“Within our hearts and in our memories, those we love remain with us always.” Remembering the life of Ronald Gene Blaine Ronald G. Blaine, age 74, passed away October 11, 2018 in Sacramento, California. He was born May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa to the late John and Mildred Blaine. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Ron worked...
Hilda Christiansen
Oct 9, 2018
Hilda Elsie Christiansen, daughter of Gustav and Lizzie (Bladt) Sindt, was born on February 10, 1921 near Shelby, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On November 14, 1942, Hilda was united in marriage to Lester Christiansen in Omaha, Nebraska. After their marriage, they farmed near Shelby area and later near Jacksonville. In addition to...
Marion North
Oct 7, 2018
Marion (Carleton) North was born November 14, 1926, to Clayton Carleton and Lillian (Dawkins) Carleton. She was raised on a farm in the tiny town of Orkney, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression, living without electricity and hauling water, tending and butchering chickens for the family, shooting prairie dogs for the money by the tail, and attending a little schoolhouse by...
Roger Egan
Oct 6, 2018
Roger Frederick Egan was born Feb 1, 1937 in New York City, New York, to James Joseph Egan and Ellen Tanner Egan. Roger left school at sixteen, working (and playing) in New York, Miami and Los Angeles before finding both a calling and his future wife, Beverly, as a computer operator and programmer at Montefiore Hospital in New York. Roger...
Robert Jensen
Oct 5, 2018
Robert Alvin Jensen, son of Wilson Alvin and Elma (Rohrs) Jensen, was born on October 26, 1951 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised on the Rohrs family farm outside of Shelby, Iowa that was established in 1875 after their homesteaded wheat farm in Knox County, Nebraska was destroyed in three hours by the sand hill grasshoppers and the family...
E.E. "Gene" Champion
Oct 4, 2018
Edwin E. “Gene” Champion was born July 24, 1926, in Oto Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, the youngest child of Edwin G. and Katherine Null Champion. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Methodist Church in Mapleton. Gene was raised in Monona County where he attended country school. He graduated from Mapleton High School with the class of 1944 where...
Shirley Lavon Bladt
Oct 3, 2018
Shirley LaVon Bladt, the daughter of Herbert and Verna (Suhr) Jacobsen, was born on July 7, 1935 in Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1954. After graduation she was united into marriage to Donald Bladt on June 20, 1954 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Four children were born to this marriage: Debra...
Ludwig Buman
Oct 2, 2018
Ludwig C. Buman died of colon cancer on October 2, 2018 at his home in Harlan Iowa, surrounded by his family. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Lud demonstrated a kind and compassionate spirit each day of his 91 years. Ludwig C. Buman was born on August 1, 1927 to Will and Sidonia (Book) Buman near Tennant, Iowa. He...
Steven Beckman
Oct 2, 2018
Steven Bradley Beckman, 57, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was born to Doug and Jeanette Beckman in Brookings, South Dakota, on May 1, 1961. He graduated from Glenwood Community High School in 1979, and attended Iowa State University. Steve married Paula Lynn Nickles on August 15, 1992, in Glenwood. They were blessed with two sons,...
Isabel Marie Feldman
Sep 29, 2018
Isabel Marie Feldman, daughter of Benedict Leonard and Mary Rosa (Kwapiszeski) Blum, was born December 11, 1921 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, where she remained a lifetime member. In 1939 she graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School in Panama. After high school she...
Raymond Anthony Schleimer
Sep 25, 2018
Raymond A. Schleimer, son of Anthony “Tony” and Elenor (Thraen) Schleimer, was born near Defiance, Iowa on June 6, 1940. He was the third born of five children. In 1941, his family moved to a farm south of Panama, Iowa. Raymond was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Mary’s of the Assumption in Panama....
Janet Ann Fink
Sep 22, 2018
Janet Ann Fink, daughter of William and Inez (Ohlquist) Fink, was born on November 3, 1950 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended grade school in Kirkman and high school in Irwin. Janet worked for Variety Distributors for thirty years until her retirement in 2007. She was a member of VFW Auxiliary. Janet loved spending time with her family and friends. She...
Theda Marie Flies
Sep 21, 2018
Theda Marie Flies Theda Marie Flies, daughter of Carl and Mamie (Buman) Rosman, was born on November 27, 1926 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Harlan High School at the top of her class. Theda was united in marriage to Joseph Flies on January 8, 1952 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. During their marriage,...
Aaron Israel Widrowicz
Sep 14, 2018
Aaron Israel Widrowicz, son of Susman and Leja (Koslow) Widrowicz, was born on August 22, 1952 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was the first of his family to be born in the United States. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland. He was raised in Sioux City, Iowa where he earned his high school diploma. Aaron met Dixie Eckles in...
Eric Khiev
Sep 12, 2018
Eric Khiev was born February 7, 1986 at Oakland, California, the son of John Khien and Khorn Chum. He was raised and attended schools in Oakland and graduated from Oakland High with the class of 2004. In 2011, Eric moved to Denison, Iowa with family members and started working at Smithfield Foods. He worked there for several years until he...
Robert Finken
Sep 10, 2018
Robert Nicholas Finken, son of Matilda (Heese) and John Finken, was born February 17, 1929 in Earling, Iowa. Bob was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Earling and attended St. Joseph's Catholic School where he graduated with the class of 1947. After high school, Bob attended trade school in Chicago, Illinois for six months. Bob then returned...
Harry G. Kleffman
Sep 7, 2018
Harry G. Kleffman, son of John and Frances (Rau) Kleffman, was born December 1, 1925 in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. On January 2, 1950, Harry was united in marriage to Cecilia Reischl at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Six children were born...
Catherine Ann Hansen
Sep 6, 2018
Catherine was born on January 23,1920 to Jens and Margaret Jensen in Paullina, Iowa. She grew up in Harlan and had the best of both worlds by having the opportunity of living in town on a farm which later became the Jens J. Park. She graduated from the Harlan High School. In high school she took normal training to become...
