Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Gerrit Bernard Feekes
Jan 9, 2018
Gerrit Bernard Feekes, son of Gradus and Rena Vanden Hull Feekes, was born on October 13, 1927 in Sioux County, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, attaining the age of ninety years, two months and twenty-seven days. Gerrit and Marie were united in marriage on May 26, 1950. They got married on Marie’s 21st birthday, they were...
Darlene Schuning
Jan 9, 2018
Darlene Elsie (Lubbe) Schuning, daughter of Bill and Louise (Graalfs) Lubbe, was born on June 23, 1929 in Hardin Township. She was raised on a farm and went to country schools graduating 8th grade in 1942. She attended Treynor High School for one year then transferred to Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she graduated in 1946 at 16...
Colleen R Winey
Jan 8, 2018
Delores Colleen Rose Winey was born November 23, 1933, in Deloit, Iowa, to William E. And Julia Johnson Smith. She was baptized in Christ at the Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints in Denison in 1941. Colleen attended elementary and high school in Deloit, Iowa. On August 5, 1951 Colleen was united in marriage to Kay Addison Winey at the...
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler
Jan 7, 2018
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler was born August 23, 1943 in Denison, Iowa to Reinhardt and Vernette (Johannsen) Steinkuehler. He was raised in the Harlan and surrounding areas, attending Shelby, Tennant, and Harlan Schools before moving to California where he graduated from Fullerton Junior College in economics. Ron was united in marriage 1964. Ron enlisted in the Army in 1966 serving as...
Brad Allan Knauss
Jan 7, 2018
Brad “House” Allan Knauss was born October 3, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa to Ronald and Lucy (Wendt) Knauss. He went to Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1996. He lived in Portsmouth, Iowa most of his life and most recently had moved to Earling, Iowa. Brad played football for Harlan and was a Nose Guard on the PAT. Also during...
Ruth Jane Crouch
Jan 6, 2018
Ruth Jane (Jessen) Crouch, daughter of Elmer and Effie (Cue) Jessen of Exira, Iowa, was born July 22, 1935 along with her twin sister, Ruby. She and her sister were baptized on August 18, 1935, in the Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She grew up and received her schooling in Exira, Iowa. She was confirmed also at the Lutheran Church...
Margaret Hanson
Jan 6, 2018
As a beginning, Margaret M. Hanson moved to Avoca, Iowa in April 1962 with her husband Milton and her daughter Rena’. She lived in the house where she died, January 6, 2018, for over fifty three years. Margaret was born July 9, 1939 in Denison, Iowa; her parents were Fredrick Holst and Leona Holst. She had an older brother Donald...
Mary Lou Schimerowski
Jan 5, 2018
Mary Louise (Kohles) Schimerowski was born May 29, 1932 in Earling, Iowa to Arthur and Irene (Rodgers) Kohles. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling and attended a year of college in Milwaukee, WI. She was a long-time member of St. Joseph’s Church. Mary Lou married James Schimerowski June 21, 1952 at St. Joseph’s and the couple traveled...
Merle Bettcher
Jan 5, 2018
Merle Dean Bettcher, son of Jesaias and Gertrude (Nicolaus) Bettcher, was born February 4, 1937, in Butte, Nebraska. He was baptized at St. Paul Congregational in Naper, Nebraska, and confirmed at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended South High School in Omaha, where he graduated with the class of 1955. Merle enlisted into the US Navy in...
Eugene Jakie Larsen
Jan 4, 2018
Eugene Jakie Larsen, son of Leonard and Alice (Petersen) Larsen, was born October 16, 1932 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. Eugene grew up attending Polk Township #6 Country School. He graduated from Harlan High School. On May 18, 1953, Eugene enlisted into United States Army during the Korean War. He served his country honorably until April 30, 1955....
Muriel Lucille Bacon
Dec 31, 2017
Muriel Lucille (Thomsen-Muller) Bacon, was born in Kimballton, IA on December 7, 1918. She was one of 11 children born to the late Nettie (Jorgensen) and Thomas Baltzer Thomsen. Muriel was baptized, confirmed and married in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, and was the Salutatorian of her class in Elk Horn, in 1936. Muriel married her first husband, the...
Vernon D. Campbell
Dec 27, 2017
Vernon Campbell, son of Ralph and Irene (Frank) Campbell, was born February 7, 1937 on a farm west of Irwin. He was baptized and confirmed at Irwin United Methodist Church. He attended Irwin High School, where he graduated with the class of 1954. On February 19, 1956, Vernon was united in marriage to Nora May Holloway at Irwin United Methodist...
Mildred A. Finken
Dec 26, 2017
Mildred Ann (Dresen) Finken, daughter of Christopher and Irene (Miller) Dresen, was born on March 12, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, made 1st communion and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s School and graduated with the class of 1948. On October 15, 1951, Mildred was united in marriage to Ivo Finken at...
Victoria "Vicky" Kohles
Dec 25, 2017
Victoria Ann Kohles, daughter of Robert and Jeanette (Wolken) Mertens, was born November 21, 1959 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was baptized on December 8, 1959 in Fonda, Iowa and confirmed on March 12, 1972 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She graduated from Irwin Kirkman High School with the class of 1978. She went on to study...
Ruby Mae Lorenzen
Dec 24, 2017
Ruby Mae Lorenzen was born May 2, 1930, on a farm outside of Denison, Iowa, to Max and Pauline Thomsen Denker. She passed away December 24, 2017, at Eventide Lutheran Home at the age of 87 years, 7 months and 22 days. She was baptized in Christ at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison on June 1, 1930, and later confirmed...
Darren Jon Towne
Dec 23, 2017
Darren Jon Towne, eldest son of Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne was born on January 20, 1970, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. Darren graduated with the Avo-Ha class of 1988. He enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball during his high school career. His senior year he was voted “class personality” by his classmates, described as sweet, funny and...
Grace E. Beck
Dec 21, 2017
Grace E. (Eble) Beck of Omaha died Thursday December 21, 2017 at Country House Residence,Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grace spent much of her adult life in Arvada, Colorado with her husband John. Upon his death, she moved to Omaha. She is survived by one sister, Margaret (Peggy) Sterling of Omaha. She was preceded in death by her husband John, 3 brothers,...
Helen Mary Kleffman
Dec 21, 2017
Helen Mary Kleffman was born April 13, 1924 in Earling, Iowa to Gottlieb and Eleanor (Rau) Kloewer. The family moved around when she was young, so Helen was baptized at St. Joseph’s in Earling, took First Communion at St. Boniface in Westphalia, and was confirmed at Sacred Heart in Manilla. She also attended country school and Catholic school in the...
Lorraine Bral
Dec 19, 2017
Lorraine N. Bral was born April 14, 1927, ninth child of loving parents Charles and Alice Kullberg Peterson. She was born on a farm north of Boyer, IA where she was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of baptism and confirmation at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Dow City. The family lived on farms near Kenwood, where...
Mary Agnes Schaben
Dec 15, 2017
Mary Agnes Schaben was born January 30, 1919 in Panama, Iowa to Peter and Mary (Stoll) Willmes. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s in Panama. Mag went to grade school and high school at St. Mary’s, graduating with the class of 1936. Mag worked at Zimmerman’s Store in Panama for several years. She also worked as a bullet...
Gerrit Bernard Feekes
Jan 9, 2018
Gerrit Bernard Feekes, son of Gradus and Rena Vanden Hull Feekes, was born on October 13, 1927 in Sioux County, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, attaining the age of ninety years, two months and twenty-seven days. Gerrit and Marie were united in marriage on May 26, 1950. They got married on Marie’s 21st birthday, they were...
Darlene Schuning
Jan 9, 2018
Darlene Elsie (Lubbe) Schuning, daughter of Bill and Louise (Graalfs) Lubbe, was born on June 23, 1929 in Hardin Township. She was raised on a farm and went to country schools graduating 8th grade in 1942. She attended Treynor High School for one year then transferred to Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she graduated in 1946 at 16...
Colleen R Winey
Jan 8, 2018
Delores Colleen Rose Winey was born November 23, 1933, in Deloit, Iowa, to William E. And Julia Johnson Smith. She was baptized in Christ at the Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints in Denison in 1941. Colleen attended elementary and high school in Deloit, Iowa. On August 5, 1951 Colleen was united in marriage to Kay Addison Winey at the...
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler
Jan 7, 2018
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler was born August 23, 1943 in Denison, Iowa to Reinhardt and Vernette (Johannsen) Steinkuehler. He was raised in the Harlan and surrounding areas, attending Shelby, Tennant, and Harlan Schools before moving to California where he graduated from Fullerton Junior College in economics. Ron was united in marriage 1964. Ron enlisted in the Army in 1966 serving as...
Brad Allan Knauss
Jan 7, 2018
Brad “House” Allan Knauss was born October 3, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa to Ronald and Lucy (Wendt) Knauss. He went to Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1996. He lived in Portsmouth, Iowa most of his life and most recently had moved to Earling, Iowa. Brad played football for Harlan and was a Nose Guard on the PAT. Also during...
Ruth Jane Crouch
Jan 6, 2018
Ruth Jane (Jessen) Crouch, daughter of Elmer and Effie (Cue) Jessen of Exira, Iowa, was born July 22, 1935 along with her twin sister, Ruby. She and her sister were baptized on August 18, 1935, in the Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She grew up and received her schooling in Exira, Iowa. She was confirmed also at the Lutheran Church...
Margaret Hanson
Jan 6, 2018
As a beginning, Margaret M. Hanson moved to Avoca, Iowa in April 1962 with her husband Milton and her daughter Rena’. She lived in the house where she died, January 6, 2018, for over fifty three years. Margaret was born July 9, 1939 in Denison, Iowa; her parents were Fredrick Holst and Leona Holst. She had an older brother Donald...
Mary Lou Schimerowski
Jan 5, 2018
Mary Louise (Kohles) Schimerowski was born May 29, 1932 in Earling, Iowa to Arthur and Irene (Rodgers) Kohles. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling and attended a year of college in Milwaukee, WI. She was a long-time member of St. Joseph’s Church. Mary Lou married James Schimerowski June 21, 1952 at St. Joseph’s and the couple traveled...
Merle Bettcher
Jan 5, 2018
Merle Dean Bettcher, son of Jesaias and Gertrude (Nicolaus) Bettcher, was born February 4, 1937, in Butte, Nebraska. He was baptized at St. Paul Congregational in Naper, Nebraska, and confirmed at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended South High School in Omaha, where he graduated with the class of 1955. Merle enlisted into the US Navy in...
Eugene Jakie Larsen
Jan 4, 2018
Eugene Jakie Larsen, son of Leonard and Alice (Petersen) Larsen, was born October 16, 1932 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. Eugene grew up attending Polk Township #6 Country School. He graduated from Harlan High School. On May 18, 1953, Eugene enlisted into United States Army during the Korean War. He served his country honorably until April 30, 1955....
Muriel Lucille Bacon
Dec 31, 2017
Muriel Lucille (Thomsen-Muller) Bacon, was born in Kimballton, IA on December 7, 1918. She was one of 11 children born to the late Nettie (Jorgensen) and Thomas Baltzer Thomsen. Muriel was baptized, confirmed and married in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, and was the Salutatorian of her class in Elk Horn, in 1936. Muriel married her first husband, the...
Vernon D. Campbell
Dec 27, 2017
Vernon Campbell, son of Ralph and Irene (Frank) Campbell, was born February 7, 1937 on a farm west of Irwin. He was baptized and confirmed at Irwin United Methodist Church. He attended Irwin High School, where he graduated with the class of 1954. On February 19, 1956, Vernon was united in marriage to Nora May Holloway at Irwin United Methodist...
Mildred A. Finken
Dec 26, 2017
Mildred Ann (Dresen) Finken, daughter of Christopher and Irene (Miller) Dresen, was born on March 12, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, made 1st communion and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s School and graduated with the class of 1948. On October 15, 1951, Mildred was united in marriage to Ivo Finken at...
Victoria "Vicky" Kohles
Dec 25, 2017
Victoria Ann Kohles, daughter of Robert and Jeanette (Wolken) Mertens, was born November 21, 1959 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was baptized on December 8, 1959 in Fonda, Iowa and confirmed on March 12, 1972 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She graduated from Irwin Kirkman High School with the class of 1978. She went on to study...
Ruby Mae Lorenzen
Dec 24, 2017
Ruby Mae Lorenzen was born May 2, 1930, on a farm outside of Denison, Iowa, to Max and Pauline Thomsen Denker. She passed away December 24, 2017, at Eventide Lutheran Home at the age of 87 years, 7 months and 22 days. She was baptized in Christ at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison on June 1, 1930, and later confirmed...
Darren Jon Towne
Dec 23, 2017
Darren Jon Towne, eldest son of Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne was born on January 20, 1970, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. Darren graduated with the Avo-Ha class of 1988. He enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball during his high school career. His senior year he was voted “class personality” by his classmates, described as sweet, funny and...
Grace E. Beck
Dec 21, 2017
Grace E. (Eble) Beck of Omaha died Thursday December 21, 2017 at Country House Residence,Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grace spent much of her adult life in Arvada, Colorado with her husband John. Upon his death, she moved to Omaha. She is survived by one sister, Margaret (Peggy) Sterling of Omaha. She was preceded in death by her husband John, 3 brothers,...
Helen Mary Kleffman
Dec 21, 2017
Helen Mary Kleffman was born April 13, 1924 in Earling, Iowa to Gottlieb and Eleanor (Rau) Kloewer. The family moved around when she was young, so Helen was baptized at St. Joseph’s in Earling, took First Communion at St. Boniface in Westphalia, and was confirmed at Sacred Heart in Manilla. She also attended country school and Catholic school in the...
Lorraine Bral
Dec 19, 2017
Lorraine N. Bral was born April 14, 1927, ninth child of loving parents Charles and Alice Kullberg Peterson. She was born on a farm north of Boyer, IA where she was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of baptism and confirmation at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Dow City. The family lived on farms near Kenwood, where...
Mary Agnes Schaben
Dec 15, 2017
Mary Agnes Schaben was born January 30, 1919 in Panama, Iowa to Peter and Mary (Stoll) Willmes. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s in Panama. Mag went to grade school and high school at St. Mary’s, graduating with the class of 1936. Mag worked at Zimmerman’s Store in Panama for several years. She also worked as a bullet...
