Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Avery Michael Chapman
Jul 28, 2017
Avery Michael Chapman , son of Ashley and Michael Chapman of Walnut, Iowa, was still born on Friday, July 28, 2017, at Methodist Women's Specialty Care Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Avery is preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Lora Lee. He is survived by his parents Ashley and Michael Chapman; brothers Adam and Ashton; sisters Alexis and Adalynn; maternal...
Irene Tremel
Jul 13, 2017
Irene Catherine (Graf) Tremel was born August 22, 1930 in Harlan, Iowa to Anton and Helen (Book) Graf. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and was a member there until she was married. Being a woman of strong faith, Irene has been a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa since 1950...
Gladys J. Rogers
Jul 12, 2017
Gladys Julia (Pauley) Rogers, daughter of Isadore Anthony and Clara Ann (Wiese) Pauley, was born on June 8, 1926 on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school at St. Paul’s Catholic School in Defiance after moving there at a young age. After the death of her father, Gladys helped...
Dorothy Elaine Andersen
Jul 11, 2017
Dorothy Elaine Andersen, was born in the telephone office in Jacksonville, Iowa on November 10, 1928. She was the daughter of Stanley and Lillian (Shelor) Oaks. Dorothy and her brother, Raymond, attended a one-room school house in Jacksonville. She was also very close to her cousins, who were like brothers and sisters to her. During high school, Dorothy worked with...
Sherry Ann Sandbothe
Jul 9, 2017
Sherry Ann Sandbothe was born on October 31, 1964, the daughter of Kenneth Allan and Judith Ann (Brown) Nielsen in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Walnut, Iowa. Sherry grew up in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1983. Sherry married Randy Sandbothe in 1985 and they later divorced. To this...
Gordon B Ritter
Jul 6, 2017
Gordon “Gordie” Ritter, son of Al and Florence (Oas) Ritter, was born June 9, 1940 in Parkston, South Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parkston. Gordie remained a member at Sacred Heart in Parkston until 2007, and then became a member at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. Gordie went to Parkston Elementary...
Melvin Joseph Book
Jul 6, 2017
Melvin “Mel” Joseph Book was born on a farm outside of Westphalia, Iowa, on February 26, 1923, the son of Joseph and Josephine Klein Book. He attended school in Westphalia and graduated from St. Boniface High School in 1941. The death of his parents when he was eighteen years old forced Mel to help raise the family. As a result,...
James Anthony Goeser
Jul 3, 2017
James (Jim) Anthony Goeser was born in Defiance, Iowa to Bruno and Mildred (Weiland) Goeser on August 8, 1940. He left this world on July 3, 2017, at the age of 76 years, 10 months, and 25 days. Family-first, faith, hard work, leadership, generosity, and humility were among Jim’s finest qualities. Jim began working at the Defiance Locker when he...
Herbert Wood
Jul 2, 2017
Herbert “Herb” Lee Wood was born on March 20, 1948, the son of Martin and Helen Mae (Daisey) Wood in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was one of nine children and learned the value of working with others. Herb moved to Walnut, Iowa, and owned Walnut Sanitation for thirty-eight years and employed six people. His employees learned quickly his motto was...
Julia Gibson
Jun 30, 2017
Julia Christine Gibson was born October 3, 1967 in Harlan, Iowa to Jacqueline Jill (Kline) and H. David Gibson. She was raised on a farm west of Tennant. Julia attended the Shelby-Tennant School, where she excelled in track, going on to state. She was also the catcher for the softball team. In her senior year, she was voted prom queen....
Mayme W. Rasmussen
Jun 29, 2017
Mayme W. Rasmussen was born on April 2, 1918, three miles west of Kimballton, Iowa, to Peter A. and Ella (Nielsen) Petersen. At the age of eight years old, following the death of her father and after their house burned, she and her mother moved in with her sister Ruth near Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in the Harlan Community...
Kathleen Reis Hawes
Jun 26, 2017
Kathleen Ann Hawes was born February 2, 1962 in Denison, Iowa, the third of six children to Vernon and Darlene (Swanson) Reis. She shared a birthday with her older sister, Kim, and they were both born on Vernon and Darlene’s wedding anniversary. Kathleen attended Denison Community Schools and Denison High School. As an adult, she achieved a Bachelor’s degree in...
Lavern Botcher
Jun 23, 2017
Lavern Walter Botcher was born on November 30, 1934, the son of Walter and Bertha (Sands) Botcher, on a farm in Anthon, Iowa. He attended country schools in Anthon and worked for various farmers. On May 2, 1954, Lavern married Alice Dose at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Mapleton, Iowa. To this union four children were born: Bruce, Rhonda, Julie,...
Dean Frederick Gray
Jun 19, 2017
Dean Frederick Gray, son of Channing Leroy and Laura Alineda (Fites) Gray, was born on December 9, 1920 in Glenmont, Ohio. Dean was baptized into the Methodist faith while in Glenmont. At a young age, Dean and his family moved to a farm near Ashland, Nebraska and this is where he was raised. He attended country school outside of Ashland...
Mary S Smith
Jun 17, 2017
Survivors include her husband, James Smith of Denison, Iowa and sister, Carol Van Scoy and niece, Molly Van Scoy of Des Moines, Iowa.
Sharon Gayle Hartvigsen
Jun 15, 2017
Sharon Gayle Hartvigsen, daughter of Leonard and Velma (Bristol) Wohlhutter, was born March 14, 1935 in Corley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1954. On August 28, 1954, Sharon was united in marriage to George Hartvigsen at the Immanuel Lutheran...
Albert Schirm
Jun 14, 2017
Albert “Al” Martin Schirm was born on March 9, 1919, in Adair, Iowa, the son of Emilie Freida and Henry Ludwig Schirm. He attended high school at Adair High School and graduated with the class of 1937. After high school he went to work for Parrott Produce in Adair. On January 1, 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Al...
Irene A. Greer
Jun 10, 2017
Irene Ann Greer, daughter of Leo and Cecelia (Zimmerman) Schmitz, was born August 25, 1925 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. In high school, she played basketball and in September of 1941, she was recognized at the Iowa State Fair receiving champion honors in the “home efficiency division” of demonstration classes....
Leonard Petsche
Jun 10, 2017
Leonard Anthony Petsche, son of George and Susan (Klein) Petsche, was born on January 9, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. Leonard was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. He started school in Harlan then during WWII he moved with his family to Tennessee where his father worked in support of the war effort. The family returned to...
Stephen Paul Gross
Jun 10, 2017
Stephen Paul Gross, son of Melvin and Constance Kay (Clark) Gross, was born on September 16, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling through the fifth grade. Stephen went on to attend Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1995....
Avery Michael Chapman
Jul 28, 2017
Avery Michael Chapman , son of Ashley and Michael Chapman of Walnut, Iowa, was still born on Friday, July 28, 2017, at Methodist Women's Specialty Care Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Avery is preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Lora Lee. He is survived by his parents Ashley and Michael Chapman; brothers Adam and Ashton; sisters Alexis and Adalynn; maternal...
Irene Tremel
Jul 13, 2017
Irene Catherine (Graf) Tremel was born August 22, 1930 in Harlan, Iowa to Anton and Helen (Book) Graf. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and was a member there until she was married. Being a woman of strong faith, Irene has been a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa since 1950...
Gladys J. Rogers
Jul 12, 2017
Gladys Julia (Pauley) Rogers, daughter of Isadore Anthony and Clara Ann (Wiese) Pauley, was born on June 8, 1926 on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended school at St. Paul’s Catholic School in Defiance after moving there at a young age. After the death of her father, Gladys helped...
Dorothy Elaine Andersen
Jul 11, 2017
Dorothy Elaine Andersen, was born in the telephone office in Jacksonville, Iowa on November 10, 1928. She was the daughter of Stanley and Lillian (Shelor) Oaks. Dorothy and her brother, Raymond, attended a one-room school house in Jacksonville. She was also very close to her cousins, who were like brothers and sisters to her. During high school, Dorothy worked with...
Sherry Ann Sandbothe
Jul 9, 2017
Sherry Ann Sandbothe was born on October 31, 1964, the daughter of Kenneth Allan and Judith Ann (Brown) Nielsen in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Walnut, Iowa. Sherry grew up in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1983. Sherry married Randy Sandbothe in 1985 and they later divorced. To this...
Gordon B Ritter
Jul 6, 2017
Gordon “Gordie” Ritter, son of Al and Florence (Oas) Ritter, was born June 9, 1940 in Parkston, South Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parkston. Gordie remained a member at Sacred Heart in Parkston until 2007, and then became a member at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. Gordie went to Parkston Elementary...
Melvin Joseph Book
Jul 6, 2017
Melvin “Mel” Joseph Book was born on a farm outside of Westphalia, Iowa, on February 26, 1923, the son of Joseph and Josephine Klein Book. He attended school in Westphalia and graduated from St. Boniface High School in 1941. The death of his parents when he was eighteen years old forced Mel to help raise the family. As a result,...
James Anthony Goeser
Jul 3, 2017
James (Jim) Anthony Goeser was born in Defiance, Iowa to Bruno and Mildred (Weiland) Goeser on August 8, 1940. He left this world on July 3, 2017, at the age of 76 years, 10 months, and 25 days. Family-first, faith, hard work, leadership, generosity, and humility were among Jim’s finest qualities. Jim began working at the Defiance Locker when he...
Herbert Wood
Jul 2, 2017
Herbert “Herb” Lee Wood was born on March 20, 1948, the son of Martin and Helen Mae (Daisey) Wood in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was one of nine children and learned the value of working with others. Herb moved to Walnut, Iowa, and owned Walnut Sanitation for thirty-eight years and employed six people. His employees learned quickly his motto was...
Julia Gibson
Jun 30, 2017
Julia Christine Gibson was born October 3, 1967 in Harlan, Iowa to Jacqueline Jill (Kline) and H. David Gibson. She was raised on a farm west of Tennant. Julia attended the Shelby-Tennant School, where she excelled in track, going on to state. She was also the catcher for the softball team. In her senior year, she was voted prom queen....
Mayme W. Rasmussen
Jun 29, 2017
Mayme W. Rasmussen was born on April 2, 1918, three miles west of Kimballton, Iowa, to Peter A. and Ella (Nielsen) Petersen. At the age of eight years old, following the death of her father and after their house burned, she and her mother moved in with her sister Ruth near Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in the Harlan Community...
Kathleen Reis Hawes
Jun 26, 2017
Kathleen Ann Hawes was born February 2, 1962 in Denison, Iowa, the third of six children to Vernon and Darlene (Swanson) Reis. She shared a birthday with her older sister, Kim, and they were both born on Vernon and Darlene’s wedding anniversary. Kathleen attended Denison Community Schools and Denison High School. As an adult, she achieved a Bachelor’s degree in...
Lavern Botcher
Jun 23, 2017
Lavern Walter Botcher was born on November 30, 1934, the son of Walter and Bertha (Sands) Botcher, on a farm in Anthon, Iowa. He attended country schools in Anthon and worked for various farmers. On May 2, 1954, Lavern married Alice Dose at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Mapleton, Iowa. To this union four children were born: Bruce, Rhonda, Julie,...
Dean Frederick Gray
Jun 19, 2017
Dean Frederick Gray, son of Channing Leroy and Laura Alineda (Fites) Gray, was born on December 9, 1920 in Glenmont, Ohio. Dean was baptized into the Methodist faith while in Glenmont. At a young age, Dean and his family moved to a farm near Ashland, Nebraska and this is where he was raised. He attended country school outside of Ashland...
Mary S Smith
Jun 17, 2017
Survivors include her husband, James Smith of Denison, Iowa and sister, Carol Van Scoy and niece, Molly Van Scoy of Des Moines, Iowa.
Sharon Gayle Hartvigsen
Jun 15, 2017
Sharon Gayle Hartvigsen, daughter of Leonard and Velma (Bristol) Wohlhutter, was born March 14, 1935 in Corley, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1954. On August 28, 1954, Sharon was united in marriage to George Hartvigsen at the Immanuel Lutheran...
Albert Schirm
Jun 14, 2017
Albert “Al” Martin Schirm was born on March 9, 1919, in Adair, Iowa, the son of Emilie Freida and Henry Ludwig Schirm. He attended high school at Adair High School and graduated with the class of 1937. After high school he went to work for Parrott Produce in Adair. On January 1, 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Al...
Irene A. Greer
Jun 10, 2017
Irene Ann Greer, daughter of Leo and Cecelia (Zimmerman) Schmitz, was born August 25, 1925 in Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. In high school, she played basketball and in September of 1941, she was recognized at the Iowa State Fair receiving champion honors in the “home efficiency division” of demonstration classes....
Leonard Petsche
Jun 10, 2017
Leonard Anthony Petsche, son of George and Susan (Klein) Petsche, was born on January 9, 1934 in Harlan, Iowa. Leonard was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. He started school in Harlan then during WWII he moved with his family to Tennessee where his father worked in support of the war effort. The family returned to...
Stephen Paul Gross
Jun 10, 2017
Stephen Paul Gross, son of Melvin and Constance Kay (Clark) Gross, was born on September 16, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling through the fifth grade. Stephen went on to attend Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1995....
