Obituaries
HARLAN -- Christian J. Blum, 83, Harlan, died June 5 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, June 10 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama. A rosary will be held Friday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s...
PORTSMOUTH -- Jean Marie Schechinger, 90, Portsmouth, died June 3 at Montclair Nursing and Rehabilitation. Services will be held Saturday, June 10 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth. A rosary will be held...
HARLAN -- Debra Elizabeth Brown, 51, Harlan, died June 2 at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, June 6 from 2-5 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Brown is survived by her husband, Steven Brown, of Harlan; daughters Emily Brown of Iowa City, Sarah (Andrew)...
DENISON -- Loel J. Koch, 93, Denison, formerly of Boyer, died June 1 at Eventide Lutheran Home for the Aged. Services were held Monday, June 5 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kiron with burial in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery at Kiron. Koch is survived by daughters Sandra (...
IRWIN -- Helen Schleimer, 82, Irwin, died June 2 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Tuesday, June 6 at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manilla with burial at a later date at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Manilla. Visitation was Monday, June 5 from 4-8 p.m. with family...
EARLING -- Joseph P. Bock, 88, Earling, formerly of Westphalia, died Wednesday, May 31 in Earling. Services will be held Saturday, June 3 at 2 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Westphalia. Friends may call Saturday from 1-2...
HARLAN - Ursula Theresa Bruck, 85, Portsmouth, died Sun., May 28 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. Family will greet friends on Wed., May 31 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima, Portsmouth with a Mass of Christian Burial on Thurs., June 1 at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the St. Mary...
AVOCA - Norma Eichelberg, 89, Avoca, died Sun., May 28 at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center, Avoca. Visitation will be Thurs., June 1 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, Avoca with a memorial service on Friday, June 2 at 10 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca and burial...
AVOCA - Nancy E. Allen, 85, Avoca, died Mon., May 29 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan. Family will greet friends on Friday, June 2 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan with funeral services on Sat., June 3 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan with burial in the...
OAKLAND -- Eugene Michael Bintz, 65, Oakland died May 26 at Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs. Visitation will be held on Wed., May 31 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca. Services will be Thurs., June 1 at 10 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca, with burial in the...