Obituaries
HARLAN -- Betty Lou Andersen, 94, Harlan, died January 21. Services will be held Friday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Andersen is survived by her daughter, Bonnie...
HARLAN -- Services are pending for John Watts, Jr., 55, Harlan, at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan. Watts died Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Harlan. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and son, Andrew, both of Harlan.
SHELBY -- Kevin P. Brisbois, 30, Shelby, died Monday, Jan. 23 in Council Bluffs. Friends may call Friday, Jan. 27 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Shelby. Brisbois is survived by his son, Mason Hodgdon, of Mesa, AZ; mother...
EARLING -- Kenneth John Kenkel, 57, Earling, formerly of Harlan, died January 22 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling. Services were held Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling. Kenkel is...
HARLAN -- Dolores Carmelite Kaufman, 91, Harlan, died January 21 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services were held Monday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. Kaufman is survived by daughters Jacqueline...
HARLAN -- Eleanor A. Graves, 94, Harlan, died Thursday, Jan. 19 in Harlan. Services were held Monday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Graves is survived by son Leroy Holtz; daughters Shirley (Holtz) Johnson and Maurine...
AVOCA -- Dixie Louise Schirm, 95, Avoca, formerly of Walnut, died January 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Walnut with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Visitation was Monday, Jan. 23...
WALNUT -- Dixie L. Schirm, 95, Walnut, died Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.
OAKLAND, NE -- Kristine E. McLaughlin, 71, Oakland, NE, died January 15 at Oakland Mercy Hospital. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 20 from 5-8 p.m. with family...
ATLANTIC -- Avis Marie Peters, 92, Atlantic, died January 14 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Peters is survived by son Dwight (Terese)...