Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Marcene Rose Twark
Oct 2, 2017
Marcene Rose Twark, the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Zimmerman, was born on October 19, 1934 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1952. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from Mount St. Scholastica, now known as Benedictine College at Atchison, Kansas....
Horace P. Graves
Oct 1, 2017
Horace Philip Graves Sr., son of Guy William and Gertrude Cecelia (Sahl) Graves, was born January 20, 1926, on a farm near Harlan, Iowa, where he grew up the youngest son with three older sisters. He attended grade school at Center Township Country School then graduated from Harlan High School. On November 27, 1949, Horace was united in marriage to...
Richard D. Blaine
Oct 1, 2017
Richard Dean Blaine Richard Dean Blaine, son of John Glen and Mildred A. (Jenson) Blaine, was born on May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa. At a very young age, Richard’s family moved to Carthage, Missouri where Richard started his schooling and was baptized at the First Baptist Church. They then returned to Harlan where Richard continued his schooling. While in...
Agnes Goetzinger
Sep 30, 2017
Agnes M. Wageman Goetzinger, daughter of Charles and Barbara (Schechinger) Wageman, was born January 2, 1926 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She attended grade school and high school at St. Boniface Catholic School, where she graduated with the class of 1943. On January 11, 1945, Agnes was united in marriage...
Robert J. Dotzler
Sep 30, 2017
Robert J. Dotzler August 4, 1927 - September 30, 2017 Bob was the oldest son of Joseph and Leona (Grobmeier) Dotzler. He was born on the family farm on the north end of Defiance. Bob graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Paul’s Catholic School. Throughout his school years and after, Bob worked for his future father-in-law. Upon graduation,...
Ruth Emma Volkmann
Sep 28, 2017
Ruth Emma Volkmann Ruth Emma Volkmann, daughter of Vernon and Emma (Brogden) Heiden, was born May 15, 1928 in Denison, Iowa. She was baptized in 1928, and confirmed in 1940 at the United Methodist Church in Denison. Ruth graduated from Denison High School in 1946, then attended St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa for Laboratory and X-Ray training in...
Karen Joan Scheffler
Sep 25, 2017
Karen Joan Olson Scheffler, daughter of Art and Leana (Windeshausen) Olson, was born January 1, 1941 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The family moved from Panama to Harlan, where she attended Harlan High School. On May 27, 1957, Karen was united in marriage to Tyrone Scheffler. Five sons were born to this...
Virgil Boyens
Sep 22, 2017
Virgil C. Boyens was born February 23, 1920 in Walkertown, Iowa, which is now part of Manilla, Iowa. He and his older brother Melvin went to live with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyens, when Virgil was two years old. Virgil attended Manilla Schools until 9th grade and was the president of his class. He then helped his grandfather...
Ronald Scott Elmore
Sep 18, 2017
Ronald Scott Elmore, the son of Marline (Rightmire) Wade and Ronald Elmore was born on April 13, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Scott was employed at Double S Trucking for 29 years, in Avoca, Iowa, as a truck driver; in his words, his job was “like playing a video game”. He loved to travel and visit his family all over...
Ladonna May Wiese
Sep 17, 2017
LaDonna May Wiese was born on June 25, 1930, in Manning, Iowa. She passed away September 17, 2017 at the age of 87 years at Eventide Nursing Home in Denison, Iowa. LaDonna was one of seven children born to Gustav and Elsie (Wegner) Schrum. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. She...
Joseph Page
Sep 16, 2017
Joseph Walter Page, son of Walter Howard and Peggy Frances (Barnes) Page, was born April 24, 1956 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. He attended grade school at New Park Elementary and graduated from Harlan Community High School, with the class of 1974. Joe worked at the Chicken Hut bussing tables then...
Asher Jeffrey Soderstrom
Sep 14, 2017
Asher Jeffrey Soderstrom was born on July 2, 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Jaime and Brice Jager and Jeffrey Soderstrom. Asher passed away on September 14, 2017 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Asher was a 3rd grader at ASHTW Elementary in Avoca, Iowa. He was a sweet boy with lots of curly hair who loved his...
Jane Marcia Jacobsen
Sep 13, 2017
Jane Marcia Harris-Jacobsen, daughter of Ted and Lucille (Warner) Harris, was born March 24, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She started out elementary in country school then attended Avoca Elementary, graduating from Dow City High School. On December 29, 1961, Jane was united in marriage to Larry Jacobsen. The young couple moved to San Diego, California when Larry enlisted into...
Evelyn Margaret Mcminemee
Sep 13, 2017
Evelyn McMinemee, daughter of Nick and Emma (Christensen) Ohl, on January 1, 1922 on a farm Boyer Township no. 2 in Crawford County. She was baptized on January 5, 1922 and confirmed on April 14, 1935 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa by Rev. Frehse. Her memory confirmation verse was “For where two or three are gathered in...
Alfred Paul Leinen
Sep 12, 2017
Alfred Paul Leinen was born Sept. 23rd, 1928, the son of Nicholas and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen. He was raised on a family farm west of Earling. He attended St. Joseph's school in Earling until the 8th grade. After school he worked on the family farm with his dad until joining the Army in Dec of 1952. In July of 1957,...
Jon Roger Moeller
Sep 11, 2017
Jon Roger Moeller was born August 17, 1940 in Denison, Iowa to Herbert Adolph and Marguerite Kathleen Giblin Moeller. He was raised in Denison and graduated with the Class of 1959. In October of 1961 Jon enlisted in the US Army and served his country for three years as an MP. This was the thing he was most proud of...
Anthony "Tony" Olhava, Jr.
Sep 9, 2017
Anthony Leo Olhava, Jr. was born March 11, 1934 at his grandmother’s home in Omaha, Nebraska to Anthony and Helen (Koopman) Olhava. He attended elementary and middle schools in Omaha and Oregon before moving to Persia, Iowa and graduating high school in 1954. Early in life, Tony helped his father on the farm and worked for Union Pacific Railroad before...
Nancy Louise Madsen
Sep 7, 2017
Nancy Alfers-Madsen, daughter of Bernard and Louise (Kautzky) Alfers, was born December 13, 1958 in Perry, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Perry, Iowa and was confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola, Iowa. She attended grade school in Minden, Iowa and graduated from Tri-Center High School, with the class of 1977. Nancy’s mother died...
Gloria Bergman
Sep 5, 2017
Gloria Ann Bergman, daughter of Herman and Irma Larson Knief, was born July 12, 1927 at the family farm south of Kiron, Iowa. She attended school at Kiron, graduating with the class of 1945. After school, she worked in Denison at the Dime Store and at a doctor’s office before marrying Lawrence (Gene) Bergman on October 30, 1949 at Zion...
Edward Eddie Mathiasen, Jr.
Sep 2, 2017
Edward Mathiasen, Jr., son of Edward and Hannah (Greve) Mathiasen, Sr., was born September 8, 1925 on a farm near Harlan, Iowa. He attended Windy Knoll Country School and Harlan High School until the 10th grade, when he left to help his father on the farm during the war. Eddie was united in marriage to Ilo Marie Andersen on January...
Marcene Rose Twark
Oct 2, 2017
Marcene Rose Twark, the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Zimmerman, was born on October 19, 1934 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1952. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from Mount St. Scholastica, now known as Benedictine College at Atchison, Kansas....
Horace P. Graves
Oct 1, 2017
Horace Philip Graves Sr., son of Guy William and Gertrude Cecelia (Sahl) Graves, was born January 20, 1926, on a farm near Harlan, Iowa, where he grew up the youngest son with three older sisters. He attended grade school at Center Township Country School then graduated from Harlan High School. On November 27, 1949, Horace was united in marriage to...
Richard D. Blaine
Oct 1, 2017
Richard Dean Blaine Richard Dean Blaine, son of John Glen and Mildred A. (Jenson) Blaine, was born on May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa. At a very young age, Richard’s family moved to Carthage, Missouri where Richard started his schooling and was baptized at the First Baptist Church. They then returned to Harlan where Richard continued his schooling. While in...
Agnes Goetzinger
Sep 30, 2017
Agnes M. Wageman Goetzinger, daughter of Charles and Barbara (Schechinger) Wageman, was born January 2, 1926 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. She attended grade school and high school at St. Boniface Catholic School, where she graduated with the class of 1943. On January 11, 1945, Agnes was united in marriage...
Robert J. Dotzler
Sep 30, 2017
Robert J. Dotzler August 4, 1927 - September 30, 2017 Bob was the oldest son of Joseph and Leona (Grobmeier) Dotzler. He was born on the family farm on the north end of Defiance. Bob graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Paul’s Catholic School. Throughout his school years and after, Bob worked for his future father-in-law. Upon graduation,...
Ruth Emma Volkmann
Sep 28, 2017
Ruth Emma Volkmann Ruth Emma Volkmann, daughter of Vernon and Emma (Brogden) Heiden, was born May 15, 1928 in Denison, Iowa. She was baptized in 1928, and confirmed in 1940 at the United Methodist Church in Denison. Ruth graduated from Denison High School in 1946, then attended St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa for Laboratory and X-Ray training in...
Karen Joan Scheffler
Sep 25, 2017
Karen Joan Olson Scheffler, daughter of Art and Leana (Windeshausen) Olson, was born January 1, 1941 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The family moved from Panama to Harlan, where she attended Harlan High School. On May 27, 1957, Karen was united in marriage to Tyrone Scheffler. Five sons were born to this...
Virgil Boyens
Sep 22, 2017
Virgil C. Boyens was born February 23, 1920 in Walkertown, Iowa, which is now part of Manilla, Iowa. He and his older brother Melvin went to live with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyens, when Virgil was two years old. Virgil attended Manilla Schools until 9th grade and was the president of his class. He then helped his grandfather...
Ronald Scott Elmore
Sep 18, 2017
Ronald Scott Elmore, the son of Marline (Rightmire) Wade and Ronald Elmore was born on April 13, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Scott was employed at Double S Trucking for 29 years, in Avoca, Iowa, as a truck driver; in his words, his job was “like playing a video game”. He loved to travel and visit his family all over...
Ladonna May Wiese
Sep 17, 2017
LaDonna May Wiese was born on June 25, 1930, in Manning, Iowa. She passed away September 17, 2017 at the age of 87 years at Eventide Nursing Home in Denison, Iowa. LaDonna was one of seven children born to Gustav and Elsie (Wegner) Schrum. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. She...
Joseph Page
Sep 16, 2017
Joseph Walter Page, son of Walter Howard and Peggy Frances (Barnes) Page, was born April 24, 1956 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. He attended grade school at New Park Elementary and graduated from Harlan Community High School, with the class of 1974. Joe worked at the Chicken Hut bussing tables then...
Asher Jeffrey Soderstrom
Sep 14, 2017
Asher Jeffrey Soderstrom was born on July 2, 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Jaime and Brice Jager and Jeffrey Soderstrom. Asher passed away on September 14, 2017 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Asher was a 3rd grader at ASHTW Elementary in Avoca, Iowa. He was a sweet boy with lots of curly hair who loved his...
Jane Marcia Jacobsen
Sep 13, 2017
Jane Marcia Harris-Jacobsen, daughter of Ted and Lucille (Warner) Harris, was born March 24, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She started out elementary in country school then attended Avoca Elementary, graduating from Dow City High School. On December 29, 1961, Jane was united in marriage to Larry Jacobsen. The young couple moved to San Diego, California when Larry enlisted into...
Evelyn Margaret Mcminemee
Sep 13, 2017
Evelyn McMinemee, daughter of Nick and Emma (Christensen) Ohl, on January 1, 1922 on a farm Boyer Township no. 2 in Crawford County. She was baptized on January 5, 1922 and confirmed on April 14, 1935 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa by Rev. Frehse. Her memory confirmation verse was “For where two or three are gathered in...
Alfred Paul Leinen
Sep 12, 2017
Alfred Paul Leinen was born Sept. 23rd, 1928, the son of Nicholas and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen. He was raised on a family farm west of Earling. He attended St. Joseph's school in Earling until the 8th grade. After school he worked on the family farm with his dad until joining the Army in Dec of 1952. In July of 1957,...
Jon Roger Moeller
Sep 11, 2017
Jon Roger Moeller was born August 17, 1940 in Denison, Iowa to Herbert Adolph and Marguerite Kathleen Giblin Moeller. He was raised in Denison and graduated with the Class of 1959. In October of 1961 Jon enlisted in the US Army and served his country for three years as an MP. This was the thing he was most proud of...
Anthony "Tony" Olhava, Jr.
Sep 9, 2017
Anthony Leo Olhava, Jr. was born March 11, 1934 at his grandmother’s home in Omaha, Nebraska to Anthony and Helen (Koopman) Olhava. He attended elementary and middle schools in Omaha and Oregon before moving to Persia, Iowa and graduating high school in 1954. Early in life, Tony helped his father on the farm and worked for Union Pacific Railroad before...
Nancy Louise Madsen
Sep 7, 2017
Nancy Alfers-Madsen, daughter of Bernard and Louise (Kautzky) Alfers, was born December 13, 1958 in Perry, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Perry, Iowa and was confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola, Iowa. She attended grade school in Minden, Iowa and graduated from Tri-Center High School, with the class of 1977. Nancy’s mother died...
Gloria Bergman
Sep 5, 2017
Gloria Ann Bergman, daughter of Herman and Irma Larson Knief, was born July 12, 1927 at the family farm south of Kiron, Iowa. She attended school at Kiron, graduating with the class of 1945. After school, she worked in Denison at the Dime Store and at a doctor’s office before marrying Lawrence (Gene) Bergman on October 30, 1949 at Zion...
Edward Eddie Mathiasen, Jr.
Sep 2, 2017
Edward Mathiasen, Jr., son of Edward and Hannah (Greve) Mathiasen, Sr., was born September 8, 1925 on a farm near Harlan, Iowa. He attended Windy Knoll Country School and Harlan High School until the 10th grade, when he left to help his father on the farm during the war. Eddie was united in marriage to Ilo Marie Andersen on January...
