Obituaries
HARLAN -- Lola Linton, 55, Harlan, November 28 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. A private family funeral service will be held Saturday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Visitation is Friday, Dec. 4 from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Linton is survived by...
AVOCA -- Charles L. Obrecht, 81, Avoca, died November 25 at Avoca Specialty Care. Private family funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville. Obrecht is survived by his wife, Judy...
EARLING -- Aloys Joseph Graeve, 93, Earling, died November 23 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. A private family graveside service will be held Saturday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling. Graeve is survived by his wife, Mildred (Erlbacher) Graeve of Earling; sons Dr...
DES MOINES -- Mary Kathryn Ahrenholtz, 78, Des Moines, died November 22 at Eden Crest. Private family services will be held Saturday, Nov. 28 at 12:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Union Township Cemetery in Defiance. Visitation is Saturday from 11 a.m.-...
HARLAN -- Gerald John Schiltz, 92, Harlan, died November 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. A private family funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Portsmouth. Schiltz is survived by...
HARLAN -- Alvin Reinig, 95, Harlan, died November 22 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth. Reinig is...
ELK HORN -- Patrick Michael Gallagher, 64, Elk Horn, died Saturday, Nov. 21 in Council Bluffs. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Gallagher is survived by his mother, Dixie Thompson, of Elk Horn; wife Pamela Gallagher of Elk Horn; son Chad (Lindsey) Powers of...
WALNUT -- Kenneth Suhr, 78, Walnut, died November 20 at his home. Private family services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the St. Patrick Cemetery at Walnut. Public visitation will be Tuesday, Nov. 24 at the funeral home from 3...
HARLAN -- Bonnie J. Knight, 93, Harlan, died November 19 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Private family services were held Monday, Nov. 23 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Knight is survived by daughters Kathleen (Clen) Lincoln of Fort Dodge and Nancy (David) Jacobs of Harlan;...
WALNUT -- Linda Kay Holst, 78, Walnut, died November 18 at Cass County Memorial Hospital. A private family graveside service was held Saturday, Nov. 21 at 11 am. at Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Holst is survived by her husband, Robert Holst, of Walnut; daughters Lori (Andy) Blum of...