Obituaries
HARLAN -- Kenneth Lee Escher, 81, Harlan, died June 6 at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A masonic service will be held Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at the...
HARLAN -- Edward “Ed” Zeno Leinen, 81, Harlan, died June 5 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Friday, June 10 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 Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m....
HARLAN -- Funeral arrangements are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, for Edward Leinen, 81, Harlan, who died Sunday, June 5 at Elm Crest Retirement Home in Harlan. He is survived by his wife, Carol Leinen, of Harlan. Contact the funeral home at 712-755-3135 or visit www....
PORTSMOUTH -- Neil Joseph Petsche, 67, Portsmouth, died June 4 at Iowa Methodist Hospital. Services will be held Thursday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth. A prayer service will be held Wednesday,...
CARROLL -- Word has been received of the death of Jean Mildred Anneberg, 90, Carroll, who died June 2 at Hawkeye Care Center in Carroll. Services were held Monday, June 6 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Carroll with burial in the Carroll City Cemetery. Anneberg is...
EARLING -- Leonard M. Kwapiszeski, 93, Earling, died May 28 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. Services will be held Saturday, June 4 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. A wake service will be held...
PERSIA -- Dennis J. Grudle, 65, Persia, died May 30. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 3 at 10 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Council Bluffs with interment in the Memorial Park Cemetery. A rosary was held Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m. followed by visitation with the family...
AVOCA -- Kim Michael Weddum, 68, Avoca, died May 30 at his home. Visitation will be held Friday, June 3 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. Inurnment will be held at a later date at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Weddum is...
EARLING -- Funeral arrangements are pending for Leonard Kwapiszeski, 93, who died Saturday, May 28 at The Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling. Contact Pauley Jones Funeral Home at 712-755-3135 or www.pauleyjones.com for more information.
HARLAN -- A memorial service celebrating the lives of Allan and Verlee (Poldberg) Henningsen will be held at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1010 Umbrella Road, Harlan, on Saturday, June 4 at 11 a.m.