Obituaries
HARLAN -- Muriel Lucille Bacon, 99, Harlan, died December 31 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Bacon is survived by daughter Marjorie (Robert Grim) Muller of Danielsville, PA; son Michael (Barbara) Muller of Harlan; stepson Max...
HARLAN - Preceded in death by mother, Myrna Christensen. Survived by wife, Rita; children Marcus Christensen (fiancée, Amanda Barkhurst), Hannah Christensen, and John Christensen; grandchildren Brayden Gordon, Layne Albertson, and Jaxon Christensen; father, John Christensen (Verna); brothers:...
HARLAN - Alice A. Clemons died Sun., Dec. 31 in Harlan. There will be no visitation and a private memorial service will be held at a later date. She is survived by her daughter, Carole (Ron) Gaskill, North Liberty; son, Dale Clemons of Kirkman; daughters-in-law, DeEtte Clemons, Manilla and...
ROGERS, AK - Janis (“Jami”) I. Jensen, 91, Rogers, AK, formerly of Harlan, died Sat., Dec, 2 at Jamestown Nursing Home. She is survived by her husband former Harlan optometrist Robert Jensen, Rogers, AK; sons, Brent (Julie) Jensen, Scottsdale, AZ; Brad (Sandy) Jensen, Cedar Falls; Dr....
HANCOCK - Darren Jon Towne, 47, died Sat., Dec. 23 at his home in Hancock. Family will meet friends on Tues., Jan. 2 from noon to 1:30 p.m. with a visitation from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with services to follow at 1:30 p.m. all at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca, with burial Oak Hill Cemetery...
IRWIN - Vernon D. Campbell, 80, died Wed., Dec. 27 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. A visitations will be held on Friday, Dec. 29 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, form 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. and at the United Methodist Church, Irwin, on Sat., Dec. 30 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. with funeral...
EARLING - Mildred Ann Finken, 87, died Tues., Dec. 26 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. A visitation will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Friday, Dec. 29 from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Funeral services are Sat., Dec. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic, with...
DEFIANCE - Victoria Ann “Vicky” Kohles, 58, Defiance, died Mon., Dec. 25 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. A visitation will be held at Pauley Jones Funeral Home on Thurs., Dec. 28 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Funeral services are Friday, Dec. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael...
PORTSMOUTH - Helen M. Kleffman, 93 died Thurs., Dec. 21 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. A visitation will be held at Portsmouth’s St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima on Thursday, Dec. 28 from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.; family will greet friends from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. and with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass of...
WESTPHALIA -- Gary Kafton, 79, Westphalia, died Tuesday, Dec. 19 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, Dec. 22 at 1:30 p.m. at the Armstrong-Van Houten Funeral Home in Mapleton with committal services following in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery of Mapleton. ...