AVOCA -- Dixie Louise Schirm, 95, Avoca, formerly of Walnut, died January 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Walnut with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Visitation was Monday, Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Dixie L. Schirm, 95, Walnut, died Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.

    OAKLAND, NE -- Kristine E. McLaughlin, 71, Oakland, NE, died January 15 at Oakland Mercy Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 20 from 5-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Avis Marie Peters, 92, Atlantic, died January 14 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Ardelle Lorenzen, 85, Atlantic, formerly of Walnut, died January 11 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services were held Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. at Peace United Church of Christ with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.    Lorenzen is survived by her sister, Janet Eslick, of Fort Collins, CO.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca was in charge of arrangements.

    HEATH, TX -- Ted Stenberg, formerly of Harlan, died Thursday, Jan. 12 in Heath, TX.    He is survived by his wife, Barbara; son, Shane; daughter, Tracy (Frank); and two granddaughters.    Services are pending.

    APACHE JUNCTION, AZ -- Floyd Jensen, 88, Apache Junction, AZ, formerly of Harlan, died Saturday, Jan.

    ATLANTIC -- Edwin Olson, 93, Atlantic, formerly of Harlan, died January 8 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 12 at 10:30 a.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Edwin Olson, 93, Atlantic, formerly of Harlan, died January 8 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Olson is survived by daughters Carol (Jim) Porter of Louisville, KY and Linda (Jim) Weiss of Tucson, AZ; sons Wayne (Donna) Olson of Kimballton and Allan (Andrea) Olson of Griswold; and sisters Jane Fuller of Minneapolis, MN and Marilyn Meier of Lancaster, CA.

    LEMON GROVE, CA -- Ruth Ann Corey, 90, Lemon Grove, CA, formerly of Avoca, died January 1 at Boulder Creek Post Acute Care.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Brian Douglas Boje, 64, Harlan, died December 17 at North Suburban Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Boje is survived by daughter Amber (Jonathan) Groves and son Tyler Boje, all of Thornton, CO; brother Scott (Sheila) Boje of Victoria, TX; and two grandchildren. 

    COUNCIL BLUFFS - Charles H. Frisby, 68, formerly of Earling, died Wed., Dec. 28 at CHI Mercy Hospital here.    He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Frisby, Council Bluffs; brothers, John (Valerie) Frisby, Sikes, LA; Paul (Bonnie) Frisby, Olla, LA; and  brother-in-law, John (Julie) Sealock, Treynor.    A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tues., Jan. 3, at 11 a.m. at St.

    KIMBALLTON - Harold N. Nissen, 87, Kimballton, died Wed., Dec. 28 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs.    Services were held Tues., Jan. 3 at 11:30 a.m.

    WALNUT - Charlotte M. Shepherd, 81, died Thurs., Dec. 29 at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. A memorial service will be held Sat., Jan. 7 at the First Presbyterian Church, Walnut at 10:30 a.m.

    DAVID CITY, NE - Helen Barta, 105, formerly of Persia, died Wed., Dec. 28 at St. Joseph’s Villa Nursing and Rehab Center in David City, NE.  A Mass of Christian Burial was held Mon., Jan. 2 at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima, Portsmouth with burial in the St.