Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
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....
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...
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....
