Obituaries
HARLAN -- Leona Josephine Kaufmann, 100, Harlan, died June 18 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Friday, June 22 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. A rosary was held Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at the church. Visitation was Thursday from 5-8...
TENNANT -- Steven Michael Buck, 64, Tennant, died June 16 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Services were held Thursday, June 21 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby. Buck is survived by sons Chris (Rhonda) Buck...
TENNANT -- Steven Buck, 64, Tennant, died Saturday, June 16 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Survivors include his children Chris (Rhonda) Buck, Cory (Amanda) Buck, Jackie (Roger) Schumacher and Craig Buck. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in...
HARLAN -- Phyllis M. Hanson, 97, Harlan, died June 9 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services were held Thursday, June 14 at 11 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation was Thursday from 10-11 a.m. at the church. Hanson is survived by...
ATLANTIC - Charles D Vieth, 96, Atlantic died Friday, June 8 at the Heritage House here. Following a three-year stint in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he returned to Oakland opening a Dairy Queen there and in Harlan in 1952. He sold the Harlan location several years later. He is survived by...
NIXA, MO -- Jacqueline I. Ramage, 84, Nixa, MO, died May 30 at Birch Pointe Health & Rehab. Services will be held Saturday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Ramage is survived by her husband, Glenn Ramage, of...
CENTERVILLE -- Tyler James Jacobsen, 47, Centerville, formerly of Harlan, died Monday, June 4 at his home. Services will be held Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home. Visitation will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Jacobsen is survived by his wife, Shawna Jacobsen;...
AVOCA -- Linda Irene (Jensen) Wittmann, 64, Avoca, died Saturday, June 2 at UNMC in Omaha, NE. Services were held Wednesday, June 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE. Wittmann is survived by her husband, Dick Wittmann; daughter Mia (Kyle Herek) Lippold of Omaha;...
HANCOCK -- Carolyn L. Johnk, 81, Hancock, died May 27 at CHI Health Mercy Hospital. Services were held Thursday, May 31 at 10 a.m. at Walnut Presbyterian Church in Walnut with burial in the Lincoln Township Cemetery at Walnut. Johnk is survived by sons Keith (Marnie) Johnk of Coralville...
EARLING -- Marie F. Graeve, 95, Earling, died May 25 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. Services will be held Tuesday, May 29 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling. A wake service was held Monday, May 28 at 7 p.m. at...