AVOCA - Timothy L. Heilig, 69, Avoca, died at his home in Avoca.    Visitation will be Wed., Jan. 4 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. and funeral services will be held Thurs., Jan. 5 at 10:30 a.m. both at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca, with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.    Survivors include his brother Ted (Judy) Heilig, Shelby and numerous nieces and nephews.     Pauley Jones, Avoca, is in charge of the arrangements. 

    DEFIANCE - Alma Wilwerding, 76, Defiance, died Sat., Dec. 31 at Select Specialty Hospital, Omaha.      Visitation is Tues., Jan. 3 from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. with a  7 p.m. wake service at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Defiance on Wed., Jan. 4 at 10:30 a.m. with graveside services at 3 p.m. at St.

    IRWIN - Helen M. VanAsselt, 94, longtime Harlan Newspapers’ Irwin correspondent, died Mon., Jan. 2 in Manilla. Friends may call Thurs., Jan. 5 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan. Services are Fri., Jan. 6 at 11 a.m.

    DAVID CITY, NE - Helen Barta, 105, formerly of Persia, died Wed., Dec. 28 at St. Joseph’s Village in David City, NE.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan.

    AVOCA - Melissa K. Martin, 50, formerly of Avoca, died Mon., Dec. 26 at Star Valley Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV.    Visitation was Thurs., Dec. 29 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m.    Funeral services are Friday, Dec. 30 at 10 a.m. at St.

    EARLING - Angela Gaul, 101, Earling, died Tues., Dec. 27 at Little Flower Haven.    Visitation was Thurs., Dec. 29 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. with a Catholic Daughters Rosary at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.    A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Dec. 30 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with burial in the St.

    IRWIN - Maxine A. Heilesen, 87, died Monday, Dec. 26 in Elk Horn.    Visitation was Thurs., Dec. 29 from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. (family greet friends 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.)  at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with services on Friday, Dec. 30 at 10:30 a.m.

    OAKLAND - Lois N. Hildebrand, 85, Oakland, died Sun., Dec. 25 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs.    Visitation is Wed., Dec. 28,  5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.    Funeral services will be held on Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca.

    IRWIN - Services are pending for Maxine Heilesen, 87, Irwin, who died Mon., Dec. 26. She is survived by her son Keith Heilesen and daughter Denise Winchell.    Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, is in charge of the arrangements. 

    HARLAN - Thomas “Tom” Merritt, 84, Harlan, died Sat., Dec. 24.    Visitation is Friday, Dec. 30 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan. Services are Sat., Dec. 31 at 10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN - Edward Fisher, III, 60, Harlan, died Thurs., Dec. 15 at his home.    A memorial service will be held Wed., Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m.

    ELK HORN - Alfred L. Olson, 90, Elk Horn, died Sunday, Dec. 25 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Visitation is Tues., Dec. 27 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, with services Wed., Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Harlan, and burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Kirkman.    He is survived by his daughter Deb Olson-Pehling, Lake Havasu City, AZ; sons A.

    HARLAN - Robert C. Kramer, 82, Harlan, died Sat., Dec. 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Visitation is Wed., Dec. 28 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.  with a  wake service at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home.    A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10 a.m. at St.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Ruth Dinesen, 93, Council Bluffs, formerly of Harlan, died December 19 at Hansen House Memory Care Assisted Living.    Services will be Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A prayer service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.  Visitation is Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Aldine Fay Lippold, 82, Avoca, died December 20 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, Dec. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Visitation was Thursday, Dec. 22 from 5-7 p.m.