Obituaries
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Harold Gene McKeown, 90, a former Shelby County Engineer in the 1960s, died December 4 in Council Bluffs. He was founder and retired president of HGM Associates Inc. (first known as H. Gene McKeown and Associates, Inc.) engineering, architecture and land surveying firm in...
PANAMA -- Nora Mardelle Schechinger, 27 days old, Panama, died December 9 at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. Services were held Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama. Schechinger is survived by mother...
SARASOTA, FL -- Joseph A. Thraen, 76, Sarasota, FL, formerly of Earling, died Sunday, Dec. 3. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Lavina Thraen of Earling. Thraen is survived by his special friend, Jan; children Tony of Omaha, NE, and Troy, Tanya and Tammy, all of Sarasota; 14...
HARLAN -- Jean L. Lansman, 90, Harlan, died Saturday, Dec. 9 in Harlan. Services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Arlington Heights Cemetery at Audubon. There will be no visitation. Lansman is survived by...
ELDRIDGE -- Dorothea Catherine Paulsen, 98, Eldridge, died December 1. Services will be held Friday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Family greeted friends Thursday, Dec. 7 from 5-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in...
HANCOCK -- Alden Krueger, 87, Hancock, died December 1. Services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Krueger is survived by his wife, Lois Krueger, of Hancock; son Terry (Denise) Krueger of...
AVOCA -- Patsy Ann Nuzum, 50, Avoca, died November 23 in Harlan. Graveside services were held Monday, Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. at the Jacksonville Cemetery in Jacksonville. She is survived by her daughter, Randi Hess, of Avoca; sister Julie (Steven) Ross of Aurelia, brothers Ed (Pauline) Nuzum...
DUNLAP -- Marilyn (Schomers) Grote, 62, Dunlap, died Sunday, Nov. 26 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services will be held Friday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap. Visitation with family was held Thursday, Nov. 30 from 4-8 p.m. at the St. Patrick...
PARKER, TX -- Harold F. Smith, 86, Parker, TX, died November 17 in Texas. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. with full military honors at the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan. Smith is survived by his wife, Joan (Olsen) Smith of Parker; sons Douglas (Diana) Smith of...
HARLAN -- Larry Edward Buttry, Sr., 81, Harlan, died November 22 at Elm Crest Assisted Living. Services were held Monday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Buttry is survived by sons Larry (Denise) Buttry, Jr. of Harlan, Ernest (...