Obituaries
AVOCA -- Max E. Bornholdt, 90, Avoca, died February 21 at his home. Graveside services were held Monday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. at the Monroe Township Cemetery in Walnut. Public visitation was Monday from 4-7 p.m. at Monroe Chapel United Methodist Church. Bornholdt is survived by his wife,...
DUNLAP -- Mildred (Foecke) Cogdill, 92, Dunlap, died Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Burgess Hospital in Onawa. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dunlap. Visitation was Thursday, Feb. 20 from 4-7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Parish Center in Dunlap. A...
ELK HORN -- Opal Darlene Marcussen, 94, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Tuesday, Feb. 18 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial of ashes in the Harlan Cemetery. There is no visitation. Marcussen is...
OMAHA, NE -- Phyllis Ann Simonsen, 84, Omaha, NE, died February 16 at Compassionate Memory Care. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Family will greet friends Saturday from 1-2 p.m. at...
HARLAN -- Lowell J. Harper, 88, Harlan, died February 17 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Monday, March 2 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with inurnment at a later date in the Ames Cemetery in Ames. Family will greet friends March 2 from 10-11 a...
SHELBY -- Glen Oliver Hipnar, 87, Shelby, died February 13. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby. Visitation is Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m. at the church. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Shelby Cemetery.
SHELBY -- William Galen Barrett, 77, Shelby, died February 13 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Services were held Monday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery. Visitation was Monday from 9:30-11 a.m. at the church. Barrett is survived...
EARLING -- Michael F. Wilson, 64, Earling, died February 16 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at Faith Family Church in Harlan. Family will greet friends Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church. Wilson is survived by his mother, Imogene (...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Margaret Christine Maassen, 90, Council Bluffs, died February 8 at Josie Harper Hospice House. Private family memorial services are planned for Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. Maassen is survived by daughters Sharlene McGlynn of...
HARLAN -- Jeffery Dean Stehr, 64, Harlan, died February 4 at his home. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison. Visitation is Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Stehr is survived by his father, Donald (Sandy) Stehr of...