MANILLA -- Marian J. Petersen, 93, Manilla, formerly of Irwin, died Saturday, April 8 in Manilla.    Private services will be held.    Petersen is survived by daughter Connie Petersen of Carroll; friend Carol North of Carroll; sister Shirley Reid of Manning; other friends, nieces and nephews.    Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements. 

    DES MOINES -- Curtis R. Wigg, 60, Des Moines, died Friday, April 7 in Des Moines.    Graveside service and burial will be held Wednesday, April 12 at 2 p.m.

    AUDUBON -- Wilma M.

    BEDFORD -- Services for Rodney Vanderheiden, 62, Bedford, will be Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m. at the Bedford New Life Missionary Church.    Visitation will be Friday, April 7 at the Ritchie Funeral Home in Bedford from 3-7 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.  Interment will be in the Harlan Cemetery at 3 p.m. Saturday.

    KIRKMAN -- Betty Jean (Johannsen) Adams, 85, Kirkman, died March 30.    A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, April 29 from 2-4 p.m. at the Kirkman Center in Kirkman.    Adams is survived by her husband, Rex G. Adams; sons Rex A. (Cindy) Adams and Jay B. (Roxanne) Adams; grandchildren Alison (Don Cook), Rex C. (Angela), Aaron, Quinn, Arianna and Elise Adams; six great-grandchildren; other family and friends. 

    HARLAN -- Martha Ann Anastasi, 83, Harlan, died March 31 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, June 10 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Family will greet friends that Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    ELK HORN -- Connnie Ann Moeller, 71, Elk Horn, died April 1 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services will be held Friday, April 7 at 10:30 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.  Visitation was held Thursday, April 6 from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Gary Lee Smith, 71, Harlan, died March 31 at his home.    Services will be held Wednesday, April 5 at 9:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Tuesday, April 4 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Connie A.

    CRESCENT -- Melvin Jake Knudson, 91, Crescent, died March 28.    Services will be held Saturday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon with interment in the Danway Cemetery at Irwin.  Military honors will be provided by the Audubon American Legion Post #120 and the VFW Post #4119.    Visitation is Friday, March 31 from 6-8 p.m.

John Scheffler, 95    AVOCA -- John William Scheffler, 95, Avoca, died March 25 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Wednesday, March 29 at 2 p.m.

    MINNETONKA, MN -- Gene Elmer Thies, 66, Minnetonka, MN, died January 27 in St. Louis Park, MN.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 1 at the Minden Cemetery in Minden.    Thies is survived by sisters Joan Brown of Fuquay-Varina, NC, and Gayle (Robert) Prokupek of Avoca.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements. 

    AVOCA -- Marie Wineva Feeks, 87, Avoca, died March 24 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Monday, March 27 at 2 p.m.

    OMAHA, NE -- Mary Jane Wigness, 73, Omaha, NE, died February 8 at Methodist Hospital in Omaha.    A celebration of life was held Tuesday, Feb. 14 at United Faith Church’s Campus Building in Valley, NE.    She is survived by her brother, C. Robert Wigness; sister-in-law Helene (Ruby) Brezinsky; niece Karola Troidl; and nephew Kris Wigness.    Wigness was born in Harlan. 

    AVOCA -- Darlene Elouise Andersen, 73, Avoca, died March 22 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services were held Monday, March 27 at 11 a.m.