IDA GROVE -- Maryan M. Johnson, 86, Ida Grove, died Saturday, Sept. 17 at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City.    Services will be held Monday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove with burial following in the Ida Grove Cemetery.  Visitation will be Sunday, Sept. 25 from 3-5 p.m.

    SHELBY -- William “Bill” Wager, 90, Shelby, died September 20 at his home.    A memorial service is being planned for a later date, likely in October, at the Shelby Lutheran Church. 

    OVERLAND PARK, KS - David G. Swanson, 70, Overland Park, KS died September 13 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park.

    ROCK CREEK, OR -- Lee Eugene Christiansen, 80, Rock Creek, OR, died September 9 at his home in Rock Creek.    Christiansen is a former Shelby County resident having graduated from Harlan High School in 1954.    Christiansen is survived by his wife, Beth; sons Paul (Lori) and Todd (Shannon); daughter Amy (Tim) Sim; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.    Funeral services will be held Sunday, Sept. 25 at 1:30 p.m. at St.

    HARLAN -- Rose Ann Schnuettgen, 84, Harlan, died September 14 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services were held Saturday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St.

    AVOCA -- Ida Alvena Johnson, 97, Avoca, died September 15 at her home.    Services were held Saturday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock.    Johnson is survived by daughter Linda Jacobsen of Avoca; granddaughters Megan Frauendorfer of Papillion, NE and Cassie (Jared) Brockhoff of Shelby; sister Ruth Frye of Seymore; and three great-grandchildren. 

    HARLAN -- Rose Ann Schnuettgen, 84, Harlan, formerly of Defiance, died September 14 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Schnuettgen is survived by daughters Debbie (Ron) Lewis of Council Bluffs and Mary Ann (Gene) Arkfeld of Colorado Springs, CO; sons Steve (Dede) Schnuettgen of Defiance and Chuck (Tracey) Schnuettgen of Mesa, AZ; brothers Alvin (Ethel) Heller of Portsmo

    IRWIN -- Stuart O’Hara, 49, Irwin, died September 10 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Wednesday, Sept.

    AVOCA -- Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca for Richard Russmann, 85, Avoca.

    IRWIN -- Funeral services for Stuart O’hara, 49, Irwin, will be Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Irwin.    More information is pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan. 

    OMAHA, NE -- David Lee Anderson, 25, Omaha, NE, died September 6 at Creighton University Medical Center.    Private visitation for family and close friends will be held at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Anderson is survived by mother Mary Schwery of Omaha; maternal grandfather Richard Schwery of Panama; aunts Michele Schwery of Panama, Connie Carmody of Woodbine, and Christel (Greg) Kelley of Woodbine; and uncles Leo (Jan) Schwery

    HARLAN - A Celebration of Life for Janice (Derby) Palmer will be held at Fresh Encounter Fellowship, 1003 Tarkington Street in Harlan on Saturday, September 17 at noon.    At this informal event, lunch will be served. Please contact Tom Palmer at 425-802-7187 or email at tomdpalmer@comcast.net if you plan to attend. 

    HARLAN -- Viola M. Hass, 88, of Harlan died on Sunday, September 4 in Manilla.    Services will be held on Friday, September 9 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Nishnabotna Cemetery, Manilla.    Visitation was held on Thursday, September 8 from 2-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Linda L. Chambers, 72, Harlan, died on Tuesday, September 6 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan.    Services will be held on Saturday, September 10 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.    Visitation will be held on Friday, September 9 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Gunnar Nielsen, 91, Harlan, died on Monday, September 5 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Private family burial will be held at the Minden Cemetery.    Nielsen is survived by daughter Pamela Marchant of Mountain Home, ID; son Jeffrey Nielsen of Harlan; grandsons Jason Nielsen of Harlan, Jacob Nielsen of Irwin, Darcy (Norine) Geary of Homedale, ID; and Brandon (Leslie) Hildebrand of Rexburg, ID; five grandchildren, 10 great-g