Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Philip Arlis Stephens
Apr 28, 2016
Philip Arlis Stephens was born in Logan, Iowa, January 18, 1953, the son of Arlis Carlton and Rose Mary Greiner Stephens. He was raised on farms in the Dunlap and Dow City areas and graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1971. Following high school he attended Stewarts School of Hairstyling in Council Bluffs and became a licensed cosmetologist.On August...
Patsy Jean Petersen
Apr 27, 2016
Patsy Jean Petersen was born on July 5, 1928 to Will and Ethel (Kingsbury) Meyer near Corley, Iowa. She attended country school in Corley and then the Harlan Schools, graduating with the Class of 1947. On March 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harry Petersen, Jr. at the Methodist Church in Harlan. They farmed near Corley for five...
Catherine Ann Franks
Apr 26, 2016
Catherine Ann Franks was born on July 29, 1934, to John and Marie Claire (Riss) Simet. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951 and on October 4, 1952, was united in marriage to Lloyd Kosmacek. Together they had ten children before his passing in 1971. In 1973, she married Ken Hurd and had a daughter during...
Joseph C. Griffin
Apr 25, 2016
Joseph Claire Griffin was born on June 19, 1922, one of six children, to Dennis and Edna McNertney Griffin of Buck Grove. He died April 25, 2016, at Eventide after living the winter months with Betty at Silveridge, receiving expert loving care at both facilities.Joe attended country school and Denison High School; but the war interrupted his life. While he...
Merlin E. Maack
Apr 24, 2016
Merlin E. Maack was born on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa, July 27, 1928, the son of Edward Otto Herman and Hilda Johanna Meta Preul Maack. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 19, 1928 at St. John Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa, and confirmed in his Christian Faith June...
Wayne Brockhoff
Apr 23, 2016
Wayne Allen Brockhoff Wayne Allen Brockhoff was born on May 27, 1959 to Robert and Luise (Gier) Brockhoff at Bitburg Air Force Base, Bitburg, Germany. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairview, Kansas. Wayne attended elementary school through his junior year in high school in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended Tri-Center his senior year and graduated with the class...
Sharon Marquardt
Apr 19, 2016
Sharon Marquardt was born at Kiron, Iowa, June 15, 1942 the daughter of Bayard and Lillie Schultz Johnson. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism when she was an infant at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa, and confirmed in her Christian Faith there in 1956. Sharon was raised on the farm north...
Roger Keith Thompson
Apr 17, 2016
Roger Keith Thompson Roger Keith Thompson 79, died in his sleep the morning of April 17, 2016 in Texas. He was a loving husband to his wife Julie, father to his daughters; Sonia and Lori all of Spring TX. Roger was born on February 9, 1937 near Lake Mills, Iowa to Melvin O. and Olga (Vermedahl) Thompson. From mid-1955 until...
Melvin Coenen
Apr 16, 2016
Melvin Coenen was born August 11, 1922 to Godfrey and Agnes (Micalski) Coenen in Westphalia Township. He attended St. Boniface Catholic school, graduating from high school in 1940. Melvin was united in marriage to Evelyn Marie Schechinger on October 14, 1943 at the St. Boniface Church at Westphalia. There were six children born to this union: Dennis, Gailain, Constance, Carol,...
Donald Edwin Bladt
Apr 10, 2016
Donald Edwin Bladt Donald Edwin Bladt was born to Daniel P. and Ida Sophie (Holdorf) Bladt on November 24, 1920, in Pleasant Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Shelby Lutheran Church, in Shelby, Iowa. He attended country school until the eighth grade and then graduated with the class of 1938, in Shelby, Iowa. Don married Pauline...
Cole Robert Findlay
Apr 8, 2016
Colen Robert Findlay, “Cole”, was born on November 25, 1952 to Dale and Marcia (Stofferson) Findlay in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan Community Schools, graduating with the Class of 1971. He went on to receive his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from Northwest Missouri State University in 1976. Following college, he returned to the Harlan area and began farming....
Christopher Burton Summers
Apr 8, 2016
Christopher Burton Summers, “Chris”, was born on December 22, 1963 to Gerald and Jane (Christiansen) Summers in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1982 before attending Gateway Electronics in Omaha, Nebraska. Following his education, he worked at Sears in Omaha as a small engine mechanic for seventeen years. On August 31, 1997, he...
Patricia A. Morgan
Apr 8, 2016
Memorials may be made to: Hospice serving Davis and Wapello Counties 927 Pennsylvania Avenue Ottumwa, IA 52501 Patricia A. Morgan was born on November 16, 1927 in Iowa City, Iowa, to George and Ruth (Petersen) Andersen. She attended the Harlan schools and earned her nursing degree from Clarkson School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1948. She worked as a...
Charles Carl Christensen
Apr 7, 2016
Charles Carl Christensen Charles “Charlie” Christensen was born on May 8, 1945 to Carl and Leona (Fennern) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. Charlie was an only child and grew up in Hancock, Iowa living on the farm until he entered the United States Army in 1965. While in the Army he was sent to Germany where he was a mechanic in...
Robert M. Friend
Apr 6, 2016
Robert “Bob” Max Friend was born on January 7, 1944 to Max and Florence (Luney) Friend in Harlan, Iowa where he was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church and remained a lifelong member of the Methodist church. He attended Harlan Community Schools, graduating with the Class of 1962. Bob went to barber school in Des Moines, Iowa...
Roy Lee Garvin
Mar 31, 2016
Roy (Pappy) Lee Garvin Roy (Pappy) Lee Garvin, was born to Ernest Garvin and Pearl Smith on January 16, 1947 in Barton, Missouri. On December 13, 1967 Roy married Doris Patsy Sutton, to this union two children were born, Cherry and her sister Louise, Roy and Doris later divorced. On September 22, 1987 Roy married Judith Garvin where four children...
Ruth Mae Maack
Mar 29, 2016
Ruth Mae Maack was born at Denison, Iowa, March 22, 1934, the daughter of Bernhard Gottfried and Emma Caroline Hollander Petersen. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the sacrament of Holy Baptism July 15, 1934 at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison and confirmed in her Christian Faith there April 10, 1949. She was raised on the farm...
Warren A Becker
Mar 27, 2016
Warren A Becker was born on June 2, 1936 to Adelbert and Helen (Bolch) Becker in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended country school in Dunlap and graduated from Woodbine High School. On October 8, 1960, Warren was united in marriage to Concetta “Connie” Schwery in Manilla, Iowa. There were four children born to them: Lori, Brian, Jodi, and Curt. He farmed...
Philip Arlis Stephens
Apr 28, 2016
Philip Arlis Stephens was born in Logan, Iowa, January 18, 1953, the son of Arlis Carlton and Rose Mary Greiner Stephens. He was raised on farms in the Dunlap and Dow City areas and graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1971. Following high school he attended Stewarts School of Hairstyling in Council Bluffs and became a licensed cosmetologist.On August...
Patsy Jean Petersen
Apr 27, 2016
Patsy Jean Petersen was born on July 5, 1928 to Will and Ethel (Kingsbury) Meyer near Corley, Iowa. She attended country school in Corley and then the Harlan Schools, graduating with the Class of 1947. On March 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harry Petersen, Jr. at the Methodist Church in Harlan. They farmed near Corley for five...
Catherine Ann Franks
Apr 26, 2016
Catherine Ann Franks was born on July 29, 1934, to John and Marie Claire (Riss) Simet. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951 and on October 4, 1952, was united in marriage to Lloyd Kosmacek. Together they had ten children before his passing in 1971. In 1973, she married Ken Hurd and had a daughter during...
Joseph C. Griffin
Apr 25, 2016
Joseph Claire Griffin was born on June 19, 1922, one of six children, to Dennis and Edna McNertney Griffin of Buck Grove. He died April 25, 2016, at Eventide after living the winter months with Betty at Silveridge, receiving expert loving care at both facilities.Joe attended country school and Denison High School; but the war interrupted his life. While he...
Merlin E. Maack
Apr 24, 2016
Merlin E. Maack was born on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa, July 27, 1928, the son of Edward Otto Herman and Hilda Johanna Meta Preul Maack. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 19, 1928 at St. John Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa, and confirmed in his Christian Faith June...
Wayne Brockhoff
Apr 23, 2016
Wayne Allen Brockhoff Wayne Allen Brockhoff was born on May 27, 1959 to Robert and Luise (Gier) Brockhoff at Bitburg Air Force Base, Bitburg, Germany. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairview, Kansas. Wayne attended elementary school through his junior year in high school in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended Tri-Center his senior year and graduated with the class...
Sharon Marquardt
Apr 19, 2016
Sharon Marquardt was born at Kiron, Iowa, June 15, 1942 the daughter of Bayard and Lillie Schultz Johnson. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism when she was an infant at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa, and confirmed in her Christian Faith there in 1956. Sharon was raised on the farm north...
Roger Keith Thompson
Apr 17, 2016
Roger Keith Thompson Roger Keith Thompson 79, died in his sleep the morning of April 17, 2016 in Texas. He was a loving husband to his wife Julie, father to his daughters; Sonia and Lori all of Spring TX. Roger was born on February 9, 1937 near Lake Mills, Iowa to Melvin O. and Olga (Vermedahl) Thompson. From mid-1955 until...
Melvin Coenen
Apr 16, 2016
Melvin Coenen was born August 11, 1922 to Godfrey and Agnes (Micalski) Coenen in Westphalia Township. He attended St. Boniface Catholic school, graduating from high school in 1940. Melvin was united in marriage to Evelyn Marie Schechinger on October 14, 1943 at the St. Boniface Church at Westphalia. There were six children born to this union: Dennis, Gailain, Constance, Carol,...
Donald Edwin Bladt
Apr 10, 2016
Donald Edwin Bladt Donald Edwin Bladt was born to Daniel P. and Ida Sophie (Holdorf) Bladt on November 24, 1920, in Pleasant Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Shelby Lutheran Church, in Shelby, Iowa. He attended country school until the eighth grade and then graduated with the class of 1938, in Shelby, Iowa. Don married Pauline...
Cole Robert Findlay
Apr 8, 2016
Colen Robert Findlay, “Cole”, was born on November 25, 1952 to Dale and Marcia (Stofferson) Findlay in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan Community Schools, graduating with the Class of 1971. He went on to receive his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from Northwest Missouri State University in 1976. Following college, he returned to the Harlan area and began farming....
Christopher Burton Summers
Apr 8, 2016
Christopher Burton Summers, “Chris”, was born on December 22, 1963 to Gerald and Jane (Christiansen) Summers in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1982 before attending Gateway Electronics in Omaha, Nebraska. Following his education, he worked at Sears in Omaha as a small engine mechanic for seventeen years. On August 31, 1997, he...
Patricia A. Morgan
Apr 8, 2016
Memorials may be made to: Hospice serving Davis and Wapello Counties 927 Pennsylvania Avenue Ottumwa, IA 52501 Patricia A. Morgan was born on November 16, 1927 in Iowa City, Iowa, to George and Ruth (Petersen) Andersen. She attended the Harlan schools and earned her nursing degree from Clarkson School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1948. She worked as a...
Charles Carl Christensen
Apr 7, 2016
Charles Carl Christensen Charles “Charlie” Christensen was born on May 8, 1945 to Carl and Leona (Fennern) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. Charlie was an only child and grew up in Hancock, Iowa living on the farm until he entered the United States Army in 1965. While in the Army he was sent to Germany where he was a mechanic in...
Robert M. Friend
Apr 6, 2016
Robert “Bob” Max Friend was born on January 7, 1944 to Max and Florence (Luney) Friend in Harlan, Iowa where he was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church and remained a lifelong member of the Methodist church. He attended Harlan Community Schools, graduating with the Class of 1962. Bob went to barber school in Des Moines, Iowa...
Roy Lee Garvin
Mar 31, 2016
Roy (Pappy) Lee Garvin Roy (Pappy) Lee Garvin, was born to Ernest Garvin and Pearl Smith on January 16, 1947 in Barton, Missouri. On December 13, 1967 Roy married Doris Patsy Sutton, to this union two children were born, Cherry and her sister Louise, Roy and Doris later divorced. On September 22, 1987 Roy married Judith Garvin where four children...
Ruth Mae Maack
Mar 29, 2016
Ruth Mae Maack was born at Denison, Iowa, March 22, 1934, the daughter of Bernhard Gottfried and Emma Caroline Hollander Petersen. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the sacrament of Holy Baptism July 15, 1934 at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison and confirmed in her Christian Faith there April 10, 1949. She was raised on the farm...
Warren A Becker
Mar 27, 2016
Warren A Becker was born on June 2, 1936 to Adelbert and Helen (Bolch) Becker in Dunlap, Iowa. He attended country school in Dunlap and graduated from Woodbine High School. On October 8, 1960, Warren was united in marriage to Concetta “Connie” Schwery in Manilla, Iowa. There were four children born to them: Lori, Brian, Jodi, and Curt. He farmed...
