Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Erwin Ferdinand Sieh
Jun 6, 2016
Erwin Ferdinand Sieh Erwin Ferdinand Sieh was born at the family farm west of Avoca, Iowa on February 22, 1923. He was one of two sons born to Ferdinand “Ferd” and Ella (Rock) Sieh. Erwin attended Country School in Pleasant Township District #1. In high school he played baseball and graduated from Avoca High School in 1940. He was the...
Kenneth Lee Escher
Jun 6, 2016
Kenneth Lee Escher was born on January 22, 1935 to Walter and Pauline (Green) Escher on a farm northwest of Tennant, Iowa. He attended country schools in Tennant and Kirkman, Iowa and graduated from Tennant High School with the Class of 1953. After graduation, he began farming on the family farm. He learned the electrical trade from Joe Schomers and...
Edward "Ed" Zeno Leinen
Jun 5, 2016
Edward “Ed” Zeno Leinen was born on December 31, 1934 to Nicholas and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen in Earling, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School and graduated with the Class of 1955. In 1957, Ed was drafted into the Army and served until October of 1959. After his honorable discharge, he returned to the family farm. On June 20, 1981,...
Neil Joseph Petsche
Jun 4, 2016
Neil Joseph Petsche was born on October 16, 1948 to Anthony and Margery (Schwery) Petsche in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth where he remained a life-long member. He graduated from Portsmouth High School with the Class of 1966. On May 30, 1969, he was united in marriage to Margaret “Peg” Schmitz...
Kim Micheal Weddum
May 30, 2016
Kim M. Weddum Kim Micheal Weddum was born on October 31, 1947 to Earl and Lois (Nissen) Weddum in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized in the Elk Horn Lutheran Church, attended Elk Horn - Kimballton Schools, and graduated with the Class of 1966. He continued his education with two years in Creston at SouthWestern Community College and received his Bachelor’s...
Leonard Kwapiszeski
May 28, 2016
Leonard Michael Kwapiszeski passed away in total peace and comfort to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 28th, 2016 at age 93. He was the third child born to Fred and Caecilia (Fromm) Kwapiszeski on February 10, 1923. His parents were proud to be second generation German/Polish immigrants to the U.S.A. He was born and raised...
Mary V. Jackson
May 27, 2016
Mary V. Jackson was born at Vail, Iowa, September 7, 1926, the daughter of Harry S. and Florence W. Duffey Allender. She was raised in Vail receiving her education at St. Ann Academy from which she graduated high school with the class of 1944. Following high school and, prior to her marriage, she was employed at Louie Etzel’s Meat Market...
Linda Louise Kaufman
May 25, 2016
Linda Louise Kaufman was born on August 13, 1950 to Anthony “Tony” and Lillian (Huffman) Majerus in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan where she was a member until 1971 when she joined St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and was confirmed. She attended Harlan elementary and junior high schools before graduating from Harlan High...
Gerald A. Peck
May 23, 2016
Gerald Aldrich Peck Gerald Aldrich Peck, son of Frank James Peck and Edna Aldrich Peck, was born on May 17, 1929, in Valley Township, Iowa and baptized in the Christian Church of Oakland. He was the eldest of four children. Throughout his childhood, he lived on numerous farms in the area. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. Gerald...
Garnet Mae Axland
May 20, 2016
Garnet Mae Axland was born on her family farm in Greeley Township near Manilla, Iowa to Reinhard and Lillie (Larson) Nordby. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin where she remained a lifelong member. She attended Greeley country school across the road from her house and would have to carry water for the school to...
Aldene R. Winquist
May 20, 2016
Aldene R. Winquist was born at Charter Oak, Iowa, March 1, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Anna Clausen Hollrah. She was reared on the farm at Charter Oak and graduated from the Charter Oak High School with the class of 1942. She furthered her education at Morningside College in Sioux City and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls...
Irene Elaine Crampton
May 20, 2016
Irene Elaine Crampton was born at home in Lake View, Iowa, February 19, 1930, the daughter of Raymond and Alice Frisbie Belt. She was raised on the Frisbie family farm at Lake View where she received her education, graduating as Valedictorian from Lake View High School with the class of 1947. During her formative years in Lake View she was...
Leona M. Ferry Erb
May 19, 2016
Leona Mae Erb was born on October 31, 1920 to Lafe and Myrtle (McMurphy) Fairchild on a farm east of Irwin, Iowa, in Audubon County. She attended country school east of Irwin and graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1939. After graduation, she worked at Brown McDonald department store and Alfred Paulsen’s ladies’ dress shop in Manning....
Robert "Bob" William O'Neill
May 17, 2016
Robert “Bob” William O’Neill Robert “Bob” O’Neill was born at home in Hancock, Iowa on August 12, 1924 to G.F. (Frank) and Mary (Gorman) O’Neill. He was baptized and confirmed, and was a life time member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca, Iowa. Bob attended all twelve grades of school in Hancock, Iowa. Bob enjoyed playing baseball and soft...
Marjorie Mignon Leinen
May 17, 2016
Marjorie Mignon Leinen was born on April 3, 1924 to Oadis “Tom” and Helen (Erickson) Burger in Poplar, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 29, 1943, she was united in marriage to Leo Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, where they remained lifelong members. They became parents to ten...
Arlene Romancy Krogstad
May 11, 2016
Arlene Romancy Krogstad was born on December 23, 1916 to Herbert and Laura (Lundby) Escher on a farm near Tennant, Iowa. After graduating from Tennant High School, she entered nurses’ training at Immanuel Swedish Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated with the Class of 1939 and began employment at the original Harlan Hospital where she particularly liked assisting in...
Beverly Irene Smith Egan
May 11, 2016
Beverly Irene Smith was born July 15, 1933, in Dunlap, Iowa to Charles J. and Zara Keehner Smith. Beverly attended elementary and high schools in Arizona and Iowa, where in 1951 she graduated from Denison High School having served as vice president of her senior class and having received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award, the DAR Gold Medal History Award, and...
Josephine Thelma Leslie
May 5, 2016
Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie was born southwest of Avoca, Iowa on July 22, 1920. She was the daughter of William R. and Grace Ring Gross. She was one of four children in the family. Josephine was united in marriage to James Leslie on April 14, 1941, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Venice, California. They were...
Barbara Stracke
Apr 30, 2016
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: True Friends 10509 108th Street NW Annandale, MN 55302 Barbara Stracke was born on April 27, 1931 to Phillip and Barbara (Wettengel) Shields in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s School with the class of 1949. She...
Kandy Jo (Mcgurren) Dea
Apr 29, 2016
Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea was born to Dennis and Billye Rae (Jackson) McGurren on April 1, 1960 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at Southside Christian Church. She attended grade school and junior high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa before moving to Shelby, Iowa where she attended high school. After graduating from high school she...
Erwin Ferdinand Sieh
Jun 6, 2016
Erwin Ferdinand Sieh Erwin Ferdinand Sieh was born at the family farm west of Avoca, Iowa on February 22, 1923. He was one of two sons born to Ferdinand “Ferd” and Ella (Rock) Sieh. Erwin attended Country School in Pleasant Township District #1. In high school he played baseball and graduated from Avoca High School in 1940. He was the...
Kenneth Lee Escher
Jun 6, 2016
Kenneth Lee Escher was born on January 22, 1935 to Walter and Pauline (Green) Escher on a farm northwest of Tennant, Iowa. He attended country schools in Tennant and Kirkman, Iowa and graduated from Tennant High School with the Class of 1953. After graduation, he began farming on the family farm. He learned the electrical trade from Joe Schomers and...
Edward "Ed" Zeno Leinen
Jun 5, 2016
Edward “Ed” Zeno Leinen was born on December 31, 1934 to Nicholas and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen in Earling, Iowa. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School and graduated with the Class of 1955. In 1957, Ed was drafted into the Army and served until October of 1959. After his honorable discharge, he returned to the family farm. On June 20, 1981,...
Neil Joseph Petsche
Jun 4, 2016
Neil Joseph Petsche was born on October 16, 1948 to Anthony and Margery (Schwery) Petsche in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth where he remained a life-long member. He graduated from Portsmouth High School with the Class of 1966. On May 30, 1969, he was united in marriage to Margaret “Peg” Schmitz...
Kim Micheal Weddum
May 30, 2016
Kim M. Weddum Kim Micheal Weddum was born on October 31, 1947 to Earl and Lois (Nissen) Weddum in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized in the Elk Horn Lutheran Church, attended Elk Horn - Kimballton Schools, and graduated with the Class of 1966. He continued his education with two years in Creston at SouthWestern Community College and received his Bachelor’s...
Leonard Kwapiszeski
May 28, 2016
Leonard Michael Kwapiszeski passed away in total peace and comfort to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 28th, 2016 at age 93. He was the third child born to Fred and Caecilia (Fromm) Kwapiszeski on February 10, 1923. His parents were proud to be second generation German/Polish immigrants to the U.S.A. He was born and raised...
Mary V. Jackson
May 27, 2016
Mary V. Jackson was born at Vail, Iowa, September 7, 1926, the daughter of Harry S. and Florence W. Duffey Allender. She was raised in Vail receiving her education at St. Ann Academy from which she graduated high school with the class of 1944. Following high school and, prior to her marriage, she was employed at Louie Etzel’s Meat Market...
Linda Louise Kaufman
May 25, 2016
Linda Louise Kaufman was born on August 13, 1950 to Anthony “Tony” and Lillian (Huffman) Majerus in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan where she was a member until 1971 when she joined St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and was confirmed. She attended Harlan elementary and junior high schools before graduating from Harlan High...
Gerald A. Peck
May 23, 2016
Gerald Aldrich Peck Gerald Aldrich Peck, son of Frank James Peck and Edna Aldrich Peck, was born on May 17, 1929, in Valley Township, Iowa and baptized in the Christian Church of Oakland. He was the eldest of four children. Throughout his childhood, he lived on numerous farms in the area. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. Gerald...
Garnet Mae Axland
May 20, 2016
Garnet Mae Axland was born on her family farm in Greeley Township near Manilla, Iowa to Reinhard and Lillie (Larson) Nordby. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin where she remained a lifelong member. She attended Greeley country school across the road from her house and would have to carry water for the school to...
Aldene R. Winquist
May 20, 2016
Aldene R. Winquist was born at Charter Oak, Iowa, March 1, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Anna Clausen Hollrah. She was reared on the farm at Charter Oak and graduated from the Charter Oak High School with the class of 1942. She furthered her education at Morningside College in Sioux City and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls...
Irene Elaine Crampton
May 20, 2016
Irene Elaine Crampton was born at home in Lake View, Iowa, February 19, 1930, the daughter of Raymond and Alice Frisbie Belt. She was raised on the Frisbie family farm at Lake View where she received her education, graduating as Valedictorian from Lake View High School with the class of 1947. During her formative years in Lake View she was...
Leona M. Ferry Erb
May 19, 2016
Leona Mae Erb was born on October 31, 1920 to Lafe and Myrtle (McMurphy) Fairchild on a farm east of Irwin, Iowa, in Audubon County. She attended country school east of Irwin and graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1939. After graduation, she worked at Brown McDonald department store and Alfred Paulsen’s ladies’ dress shop in Manning....
Robert "Bob" William O'Neill
May 17, 2016
Robert “Bob” William O’Neill Robert “Bob” O’Neill was born at home in Hancock, Iowa on August 12, 1924 to G.F. (Frank) and Mary (Gorman) O’Neill. He was baptized and confirmed, and was a life time member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca, Iowa. Bob attended all twelve grades of school in Hancock, Iowa. Bob enjoyed playing baseball and soft...
Marjorie Mignon Leinen
May 17, 2016
Marjorie Mignon Leinen was born on April 3, 1924 to Oadis “Tom” and Helen (Erickson) Burger in Poplar, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 29, 1943, she was united in marriage to Leo Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, where they remained lifelong members. They became parents to ten...
Arlene Romancy Krogstad
May 11, 2016
Arlene Romancy Krogstad was born on December 23, 1916 to Herbert and Laura (Lundby) Escher on a farm near Tennant, Iowa. After graduating from Tennant High School, she entered nurses’ training at Immanuel Swedish Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated with the Class of 1939 and began employment at the original Harlan Hospital where she particularly liked assisting in...
Beverly Irene Smith Egan
May 11, 2016
Beverly Irene Smith was born July 15, 1933, in Dunlap, Iowa to Charles J. and Zara Keehner Smith. Beverly attended elementary and high schools in Arizona and Iowa, where in 1951 she graduated from Denison High School having served as vice president of her senior class and having received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award, the DAR Gold Medal History Award, and...
Josephine Thelma Leslie
May 5, 2016
Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie was born southwest of Avoca, Iowa on July 22, 1920. She was the daughter of William R. and Grace Ring Gross. She was one of four children in the family. Josephine was united in marriage to James Leslie on April 14, 1941, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Venice, California. They were...
Barbara Stracke
Apr 30, 2016
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: True Friends 10509 108th Street NW Annandale, MN 55302 Barbara Stracke was born on April 27, 1931 to Phillip and Barbara (Wettengel) Shields in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s School with the class of 1949. She...
Kandy Jo (Mcgurren) Dea
Apr 29, 2016
Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea was born to Dennis and Billye Rae (Jackson) McGurren on April 1, 1960 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at Southside Christian Church. She attended grade school and junior high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa before moving to Shelby, Iowa where she attended high school. After graduating from high school she...
