Obituaries
HARLAN -- Patricia K. Ratigan, 64, Harlan, died November 28 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services were held Saturday, Nov. 30 at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama. Ratigan is survived by sister Janet Block of Bellevue, NE; and...
HARLAN -- Bonnie Petersen, 95, Harlan, died November 25. A memorial service and burial will be held at a later date. Petersen is survived by children Rick (Patty) of Jacksonville, FL, Linda (Ben) Post of Harlan, Lori (Bob) Simpson of Austin, TX and Todd (Mary) of Harlan; brother Richard (...
ELK HORN -- Stanley Nichols, 80, Elk Horn, died November 23 at the Salem Lutheran Home. A memorial service and masonic service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at a later date. Family will greet friends Wednesday from 9-11 a.m. at...
HARLAN -- Janet Estelle Early, 92, Harlan, died Wednesday, Nov. 13 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, December 13 at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Harlan. Early is survived by sons Richard (Jennifer) Early of West Des Moines, William (Sara) Early of Harlan and Steven Early of...
HARLAN -- Dorothy A. Lefeber, 89, Harlan, died November 14 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services were held Monday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. Lefeber is survived by daughters Lory Thomsen of...
WALNUT -- Roselee Sievers, 63, Walnut, died November 9 at Myrtue Medical Center. Private family graveside services will be held at the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut. Sievers is survived by her husband, Walter Sievers, of Walnut; daughters Ranea Sievers of Walnut and Reita (Nate)...
ELK HORN -- David Wellman, 66, Elk Horn, died November 7 at the Salem Lutheran Home. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Wellman is survived by son Jason Wellman of Harlan; daughter Kaia Mikels; and sister Rita Flora of Eagle, NE.
AVOCA -- Duane Jon “Dewey” Carroll, 62, Avoca, died November 6 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Services were held Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the AHSTW High School gymnasium in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Carroll is survived by his wife, Lynne (Kaufman)...
HARLAN -- Cletus Herbert Schmitz, 80, Harlan, died November 11 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A wake service will be held Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m...
HARLAN -- Paul Leroy Jensen, 79, Harlan, died Tuesday, Nov. 5 in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A wake service will be held Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral...