Obituaries
MANILLA -- Francis Nicholas Kenkel, 99, Manilla, formerly of Defiance, died July 7 at Manilla Manor. Services will be held Friday, July 10 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Public visitation was held Thursday, July 9 from 5-8 p.m. at the church. Kenkel is survived by...
PORTSMOUTH -- James D. Crawford, 72, Portsmouth, died Friday, July 3 at the VA Hospital in Omaha, NE. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
HARLAN -- Graveside memorial services for Bonnie Petersen will be Friday, July 10. Petersen, 95, died November 25, 2019. Visitation will be at Grace Baptist Church, Harlan, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., with the graveside memorial service to follow at 8 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery, Kirkman. All...
HARLAN -- Ruth Ann Barry, 87, Harlan, formerly of Irwin, died June 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Monday, July 6 at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Irwin with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday, July 5 from 4-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones...
HARLAN - Verda Mae Larsen, 92, died on Mon., June 29. A private graveside service will be held. Survivors inclulde her daughter, Marie (Warren) Madsen, Newton; sons, Philip (Genene) Larsen, Fontana, CA; Scott (Jeanine) Larsen, Harlan; sister, Lile (Richard) Petersen, Kirkman; seven...
EARLING - Deborrah Ann “Deb” Gross, 63, died Sun., June 28 in Earling. Friends were asked to call Wed., July 1 from 1 - 8 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan. A celebration of life was held Thurs., July 2 at 11 a.m. at Faith Family Church, Harlan. She is survived by her...
OMAHA - Amond Gary Ohms, 89, Omaha, died on Sun., June 28 at his home. A visitation was held on Wed., July 1 from 4 - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan. Graveside services were held at the Harlan Cemetery on Thurs., July 2 at 2 p.m. He is survived by his son, Neil (Melanie) Ohms,...
HARLAN - Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, for Tim Christensen, 56, Harlan who died on Sun., June 28 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs.
HARLAN -- Marilyn Eleanor Wittrup, 90, died at her home on Friday, June 26. Services are pending. Survivors include her husband Richard, Harlan; children Kenton (Sandra) Wittrup, Lynn, MA; Alan (Shannon Keith) Wittrup, Scituate, MA; Eleanor (Steve Sochacki) Wittrup, Valley Springs, CA...
AVOCA - Carrie Rees, 96, Avoca, died Sat., June 27 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. A memorial service will be held on Tues., July 7 at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca with burial in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter. She is survived by her son Randy (Jennifer) Rees,...