Obituaries
OMAHA -- Lee D. Pedersen, 56, Omaha, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, May 6. Services will be held Wednesday, May 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church in Omaha. Visitation is Tuesday, May 10 from 6-8 p.m. at Braman Mortuary Southwest Chapel. Pedersen is survived by mother...
AVOCA -- Josephine Thelma Leslie, 95, Avoca, died May 5 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services were held Monday, May 9 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Leslie is survived by daughters JoAnne (James) Sweeney of Altus,...
SHENANDOAH -- Dennis Dwaine Wade, 57, Shenandoah, died Monday, May 2 at the Gardenview Care Center in Shenandoah. Wade was a former Harlan resident, graduating from Harlan High School in 1977. No services are planned. Wade is survived by his mother, Mary Wade, of Harlan; son Dennis II of...
WILMINGTON, NC -- Word has been received of the death of Linda Rose Petersen Pollert, 72, Wilmington, NC. She was a former Harlan resident. Services will be held Saturday, May 21 at 2 p.m. at Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel. Pollert is survived by daughters Lindel (John) Hoff of...
HARLAN -- Barbara Stracke, 85, Harlan, died April 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial at a later date in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance. A wake service was held Monday,...
AVOCA -- Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea, 56, Avoca, died April 29 at her home. Services will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. at Walnut High School with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Visitation is Tuesday, May 3 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. at...
ELK HORN -- Patsy Jean Petersen, 87, Elk Horn, died April 27 at the Salem Lutheran Home. Services were held Saturday. April 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery. Petersen is survived by sisters-in-law Charlotte Andersen of...
PERSIA -- Catherine Ann Franks, 81, Persia, died April 26 at Immanuel Medical Center. Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Valley View Cemetery at Persia. Visitation was held Thursday, April 28 from 4-8 p.m....
PERSIA -- John Ferdinand Bauer Stamp, 85, Persia, died Sunday, April 24 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel. Military rites will be tendered by Persia American Legion. ...
WALNUT -- Wayne Allen Brockhoff, 56, Walnut, died April 23 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. There will be no burial. Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the funeral home. ...