Obituaries
IRWIN - Services are pending for Maxine Heilesen, 87, Irwin, who died Mon., Dec. 26. She is survived by her son Keith Heilesen and daughter Denise Winchell. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, is in charge of the arrangements.
HARLAN - Thomas “Tom” Merritt, 84, Harlan, died Sat., Dec. 24. Visitation is Friday, Dec. 30 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan. Services are Sat., Dec. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home. He is survived by sons, Curt Merritt, Hornersville...
HARLAN - Edward Fisher, III, 60, Harlan, died Thurs., Dec. 15 at his home. A memorial service will be held Wed., Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan. He is survived by his mother, Catherine Crothers, San Diego, CA; wife, Maggie Fisher, Harlan; son, Edward Herbert (...
ELK HORN - Alfred L. Olson, 90, Elk Horn, died Sunday, Dec. 25 at Myrtue Medical Center. Visitation is Tues., Dec. 27 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, with services Wed., Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Harlan, and burial in the Rose Hill...
HARLAN - Robert C. Kramer, 82, Harlan, died Sat., Dec. 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Visitation is Wed., Dec. 28 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. with a wake service at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thurs., Dec. 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Ruth Dinesen, 93, Council Bluffs, formerly of Harlan, died December 19 at Hansen House Memory Care Assisted Living. Services will be Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A prayer service will be held...
AVOCA -- Aldine Fay Lippold, 82, Avoca, died December 20 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Friday, Dec. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Visitation was Thursday, Dec. 22 from 5-7 p.m. at...
OMAHA -- Debra S. Hipnar, 60, Omaha, died December 19 at Josie Harper Hospice House. Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 11 a.m. at Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home with her cremated ashes to be dispersed at a later date over the Rocky Mountains. Visitation is Monday, Dec. 26 from 6-8 p.m....
AVOCA -- Gordon Nelson, 84, Avoca, formerly of Harlan, died December 14 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A prayer service was held Monday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m....
ELK HORN -- Janet Freeman, 83, Elk Horn, died December 17 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Services will be held at a later date. Freeman is survived by her husband, Larry Freeman, of Avoca; daughter Mary Jo (Peter) Hall of Avoca; sons Michael (Jean) Junis of Iowa City, Martin (...