Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
J Christopher Olesen
Dec 6, 2016
J Christopher “J C.” Olesen was born on October 10, 1944, in Waco, Texas, the son of Herbert Carl and Eleanor Lucille Wild Olesen. He was a 1962 graduate of AvoHa High School in Avoca, Iowa, and attended Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska, for one year. J C. joined the US Air Force on September 7, 1965, and was stationed...
Charles Edward Wyatt
Dec 5, 2016
Charles “Charlie” Edward Wyatt was born on January 15, 1954 in Kansas, the son of Glen and Evelyn Wyatt. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska a few years later before settling in Bellevue, Nebraska in 1960 and ultimately moving to Walnut, Iowa around 2006. Charlie joined the US Army during the Vietnam War, serving from 1973 until 1975 as a heavy...
Larry Miller
Dec 3, 2016
Larry Wayne Miller, son of Virgil and Lillie Louise (Kellogg) Miller, was born on February 8, 1945 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended Tri-Center High School and was the Valedictorian of his class. After high school, Larry attended Dana College and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in 1967. He taught school for one year in West Point,...
Dorothy Louise Armentrout
Nov 28, 2016
Dorothy Louise Armentrout was born February 13, 1940 on a farm during a raging snowstorm by her Father. Dorothy was the daughter of John and Elda (Rothfolk) Barten. She grew up on a farm near Botna, Iowa. She met Richard Lee Armentrout via a mutual friend. He liked her immediately and got the courage to ask her out. They dated...
Doris Marie Ploen
Nov 26, 2016
Doris Marie Ploen was born on August 6, 1927, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the daughter of Oliver Schmidt and Ella Danker Schmidt. She was raised on a farm south of Minden, Iowa, and attended York Center Country School through 8th grade and was a 1945 graduate of Minden High School. She continued her education...
Darlene Rachel Lamp
Nov 25, 2016
Darlene Rachel Lamp, age 85, of Manning, died early Friday, November 25, 2016, at the Manning Plaza in Manning. Graveside memorial services will be announced in the spring of 2017. The Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one son, Michael Lamp of Baxter Springs, Kansas, other relatives and friends.
J. Guadalupe Tovar-Garcia
Nov 21, 2016
J. Guadalupe Tovar-Garcia, also known as Pedro, was born in Mexico March 8, 1973, the son of Guadalupe Tovar-Martinez and Margarita Garcia-Vega. He was raised in Mexico where he received his education.Pedro came to the United States and to Denison, Iowa, in 1996. On July 31, 1999, Pedro was united in marriage with Martha Nunez in Denison, Iowa. They made...
Joann Hilda Weihs
Nov 21, 2016
JoAnn Hilda Weihs, daughter of Tom and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born February 11, 1931 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended school at St. Peter's in Defiance. After high school, JoAnn attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She taught in country school until she got married. On February 11, 1952, JoAnn married Wilfred C. Weihs, Harlan, Iowa. They...
Ladonna M. Maas
Nov 20, 2016
LaDonna Mae Maas was born in Wisner, Nebraska, November 24, 1923, the only child of Emory and Hilda Roeh Salmon. The family moved to Schleswig, Iowa, where she graduated from high school with the class of 1941. Following high school LaDonna received her teaching credentials from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa and taught school for one year. She...
Michael Gifford
Nov 17, 2016
Michael Vance Gifford, son of George and Lila (Bryant) Gifford, was born August 2, 1954 in Blue Island, Illinois. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Harlan, Iowa on November 17, 2016 attaining the age of sixty-two years, three months and fifteen days. Mike was an avid Florida State Seminoles football fan. He especially loved watching...
Bryce Wayne Albright
Nov 13, 2016
Bryce Wayne Albright was born on November 8, 1999 to Trevor and Wendy (Pattee) Albright at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa, and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in Shelby, Iowa. Bryce was a junior at A-H-S-T-W High School in Avoca. In Bryce’s spare time he enjoyed cars, music,...
Martin "Marty" Leroy Schuemann
Nov 10, 2016
Martin “Marty” LeRoy Schuemann was born on December 15, 1941, as the only child to the parents of LeRoy Martin and Anita Louise Harder Schuemann in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Avoca High School and graduated with the class of 1959. During his school years he enjoyed helping his dad farm, driving tractors, and being hired out to...
Jon Weston Rasmussen
Nov 9, 2016
Jon Weston Rasmussen, son of Marvin and Iva Mae (Cox) Rasmussen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on June 7, 1945. Jon grew up on the family farm outside of Kirkman, Iowa where he attended grade school. He then attended the newly formed Irwin-Kirkman School where he graduated with the class of 1963. After high school, Jon started working at the...
Isabel Klein
Nov 7, 2016
Isabel Marie Klein, daughter of Peter and Isabel (Wilwerding) Heese, was born April 19, 1924 in Earling, Iowa. She attended school at St. Joseph’s in Earling. After high school, Isabel worked in Des Moines, Iowa at Meredith Publishing. On January 26, 1948 Isabel married John M. Klein of Harlan. They farmed north of Harlan where they raised their three children;...
Paul P. Stephany
Nov 3, 2016
Paul Peter Stephany, son of Joseph and Mary Helen (Glawinski) Stephany, was born June 27, 1927 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama where he enjoyed playing sports, especially basketball, and graduated in 1945 as the valedictorian of his...
Jacquetta "Ruth" Jenkins
Nov 2, 2016
Jacquetta Ruth “Ruth” Good Jenkins was born December 21, 1939, to Russell Arthur and Opal (Dorsey) Good in Iowa City, Iowa. She attended school in Pacific Junction, Iowa and continued her education by attending beauty school in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the 1960's, Ruth owned her own beauty shop in Council Bluffs. Deciding to change careers Ruth moved to Republic,...
Agnes "Aggie" Gaul
Nov 1, 2016
Agnes (Aggie) Marie Gaul, daughter of William and Anna Schulte was born on July 7, 1933 in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended St. Joseph School in Earling and graduated from high school in 1951. Aggie loved sports and was one of the first cheerleaders at St. Joseph … but she actually preferred playing basketball rather than cheering from the sidelines. After...
John "Jack" Clarey
Nov 1, 2016
John “Jack” Patrick Clarey was born in Denison, Iowa, January 15, 1934, the son of Thomas and Frieda Cassebarth Clarey. He was raised in Denison where he graduated from high school. From August of 1956 until his honorable discharge in August of 1958 Jack served his country in the United States Army. Upon his discharge he returned to Denison, Iowa,...
Irma E Kock
Oct 28, 2016
Irma Elsie Hansen Kock was born the daughter of L. Chris and Anna (Christiansen) Hansen on a farm west and south of Avoca, Iowa. As a youngster, Irma delivered milk for her father’s dairy company, Springdale Dairy, in Avoca and as a young woman was also crowned Miss Avoca. She went to Avoca High School and graduated with the class...
J Christopher Olesen
Dec 6, 2016
J Christopher “J C.” Olesen was born on October 10, 1944, in Waco, Texas, the son of Herbert Carl and Eleanor Lucille Wild Olesen. He was a 1962 graduate of AvoHa High School in Avoca, Iowa, and attended Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska, for one year. J C. joined the US Air Force on September 7, 1965, and was stationed...
Charles Edward Wyatt
Dec 5, 2016
Charles “Charlie” Edward Wyatt was born on January 15, 1954 in Kansas, the son of Glen and Evelyn Wyatt. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska a few years later before settling in Bellevue, Nebraska in 1960 and ultimately moving to Walnut, Iowa around 2006. Charlie joined the US Army during the Vietnam War, serving from 1973 until 1975 as a heavy...
Larry Miller
Dec 3, 2016
Larry Wayne Miller, son of Virgil and Lillie Louise (Kellogg) Miller, was born on February 8, 1945 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended Tri-Center High School and was the Valedictorian of his class. After high school, Larry attended Dana College and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in 1967. He taught school for one year in West Point,...
Dorothy Louise Armentrout
Nov 28, 2016
Dorothy Louise Armentrout was born February 13, 1940 on a farm during a raging snowstorm by her Father. Dorothy was the daughter of John and Elda (Rothfolk) Barten. She grew up on a farm near Botna, Iowa. She met Richard Lee Armentrout via a mutual friend. He liked her immediately and got the courage to ask her out. They dated...
Doris Marie Ploen
Nov 26, 2016
Doris Marie Ploen was born on August 6, 1927, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the daughter of Oliver Schmidt and Ella Danker Schmidt. She was raised on a farm south of Minden, Iowa, and attended York Center Country School through 8th grade and was a 1945 graduate of Minden High School. She continued her education...
Darlene Rachel Lamp
Nov 25, 2016
Darlene Rachel Lamp, age 85, of Manning, died early Friday, November 25, 2016, at the Manning Plaza in Manning. Graveside memorial services will be announced in the spring of 2017. The Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one son, Michael Lamp of Baxter Springs, Kansas, other relatives and friends.
J. Guadalupe Tovar-Garcia
Nov 21, 2016
J. Guadalupe Tovar-Garcia, also known as Pedro, was born in Mexico March 8, 1973, the son of Guadalupe Tovar-Martinez and Margarita Garcia-Vega. He was raised in Mexico where he received his education.Pedro came to the United States and to Denison, Iowa, in 1996. On July 31, 1999, Pedro was united in marriage with Martha Nunez in Denison, Iowa. They made...
Joann Hilda Weihs
Nov 21, 2016
JoAnn Hilda Weihs, daughter of Tom and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born February 11, 1931 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended school at St. Peter's in Defiance. After high school, JoAnn attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She taught in country school until she got married. On February 11, 1952, JoAnn married Wilfred C. Weihs, Harlan, Iowa. They...
Ladonna M. Maas
Nov 20, 2016
LaDonna Mae Maas was born in Wisner, Nebraska, November 24, 1923, the only child of Emory and Hilda Roeh Salmon. The family moved to Schleswig, Iowa, where she graduated from high school with the class of 1941. Following high school LaDonna received her teaching credentials from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa and taught school for one year. She...
Michael Gifford
Nov 17, 2016
Michael Vance Gifford, son of George and Lila (Bryant) Gifford, was born August 2, 1954 in Blue Island, Illinois. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Harlan, Iowa on November 17, 2016 attaining the age of sixty-two years, three months and fifteen days. Mike was an avid Florida State Seminoles football fan. He especially loved watching...
Bryce Wayne Albright
Nov 13, 2016
Bryce Wayne Albright was born on November 8, 1999 to Trevor and Wendy (Pattee) Albright at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa, and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in Shelby, Iowa. Bryce was a junior at A-H-S-T-W High School in Avoca. In Bryce’s spare time he enjoyed cars, music,...
Martin "Marty" Leroy Schuemann
Nov 10, 2016
Martin “Marty” LeRoy Schuemann was born on December 15, 1941, as the only child to the parents of LeRoy Martin and Anita Louise Harder Schuemann in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Avoca High School and graduated with the class of 1959. During his school years he enjoyed helping his dad farm, driving tractors, and being hired out to...
Jon Weston Rasmussen
Nov 9, 2016
Jon Weston Rasmussen, son of Marvin and Iva Mae (Cox) Rasmussen, was born in Harlan, Iowa on June 7, 1945. Jon grew up on the family farm outside of Kirkman, Iowa where he attended grade school. He then attended the newly formed Irwin-Kirkman School where he graduated with the class of 1963. After high school, Jon started working at the...
Isabel Klein
Nov 7, 2016
Isabel Marie Klein, daughter of Peter and Isabel (Wilwerding) Heese, was born April 19, 1924 in Earling, Iowa. She attended school at St. Joseph’s in Earling. After high school, Isabel worked in Des Moines, Iowa at Meredith Publishing. On January 26, 1948 Isabel married John M. Klein of Harlan. They farmed north of Harlan where they raised their three children;...
Paul P. Stephany
Nov 3, 2016
Paul Peter Stephany, son of Joseph and Mary Helen (Glawinski) Stephany, was born June 27, 1927 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama where he enjoyed playing sports, especially basketball, and graduated in 1945 as the valedictorian of his...
Jacquetta "Ruth" Jenkins
Nov 2, 2016
Jacquetta Ruth “Ruth” Good Jenkins was born December 21, 1939, to Russell Arthur and Opal (Dorsey) Good in Iowa City, Iowa. She attended school in Pacific Junction, Iowa and continued her education by attending beauty school in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the 1960's, Ruth owned her own beauty shop in Council Bluffs. Deciding to change careers Ruth moved to Republic,...
Agnes "Aggie" Gaul
Nov 1, 2016
Agnes (Aggie) Marie Gaul, daughter of William and Anna Schulte was born on July 7, 1933 in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended St. Joseph School in Earling and graduated from high school in 1951. Aggie loved sports and was one of the first cheerleaders at St. Joseph … but she actually preferred playing basketball rather than cheering from the sidelines. After...
John "Jack" Clarey
Nov 1, 2016
John “Jack” Patrick Clarey was born in Denison, Iowa, January 15, 1934, the son of Thomas and Frieda Cassebarth Clarey. He was raised in Denison where he graduated from high school. From August of 1956 until his honorable discharge in August of 1958 Jack served his country in the United States Army. Upon his discharge he returned to Denison, Iowa,...
Irma E Kock
Oct 28, 2016
Irma Elsie Hansen Kock was born the daughter of L. Chris and Anna (Christiansen) Hansen on a farm west and south of Avoca, Iowa. As a youngster, Irma delivered milk for her father’s dairy company, Springdale Dairy, in Avoca and as a young woman was also crowned Miss Avoca. She went to Avoca High School and graduated with the class...
