Obituaries
MANILLA -- Charles H. Wooster, Jr., 89, Manilla, died Sunday, Oct. 25 in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Manning with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin. Visitation with family present will be Friday, Oct. 30 from 5-8 p.m. at the...
HARLAN -- Bernice Bissen, 94, Harlan, died October 21 at Elm Crest Assisted Living in Harlan. Private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, Oct. 24 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Defiance. Bissen is survived...
HARLAN -- Robert John Heimerman, 85, Harlan, died Tuesday, Oct. 20 in Harlan. No visitation or services are planned. Heimerman is survived by his wife, Judy Heimerman, of Harlan; sons Roger Heimerman of Amherst, MA and Randy Heimerman of Ankeny; grandchildren Ben Heimerman, Lauren...
ELK HORN -- Gary Lee Parkhurst, 75, Elk Horn, died October 19 at the Salem Lutheran Home. A family-led graveside service was held Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m. at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Kirkman. Visitation was Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. ...
PANAMA -- Edwin Schaben, 87, formerly of Panama, died Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Visitation will be Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9-11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the church. Burial...
DENISON -- Ervin Pauley, 91, Denison, died October 11 at his home. A service for immediate family only was held Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Pauley Jones Pfannebecker Funeral Home with burial in the Crawford Heights Memory Gardens in Denison. Pauley is survived by his wife, Thelma (Lickteig)...
HARLAN -- Bernice E. Ehlers, 98, Harlan, died October 9 at Elm Crest Assisted Living. A private family graveside service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. at the Minden Cemetery. Ehlers is survived by nephew Roger (Brenda) Dollen of Avoca and niece Darla (Randy) Mills of Houston...
ASHLAND, NE -- Diane Garrison, 63, Ashland, NE, died October 8 at her home. A wake/funeral service will be held Thursday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Visitation is Thursday from 2-4 p.m. at the funeral home. ...
CLEVELAND, GA -- Scott Wallace Backhaus, 41, Cleveland, GA, formerly of Manilla, died Friday, Aug. 28 in Cleveland. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Oct. 10 from 4-7 p.m. at Memorial Hall in Manilla. Backhaus is survived by his daughter, Jillian Backhaus, of Cleveland; mother...
HARLAN -- Kent Morgan, 63, Harlan, died Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Harlan with burial following at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Lincoln Township, rural Harlan. Visitation is Friday, Oct...