Obituaries
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Patricia A. (Andersen) Custer, 71, Council Bluffs, died November 21. Services will be Saturday, Nov. 26 at 10 a.m. at Cutler-O’Neill Funeral Home in Council Bluffs, luncheon to follow at the funeral home, and then interment at 1:30 p.m. at the Harlan Cemetery. Refreshments...
AVOCA -- JoAnn Hilda Weihs, 85, Avoca, died November 21 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 26 at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A wake service will be held Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral...
SHELBY -- Ila R. Briggs, 60, Shelby, formerly of Council Bluffs, died Sunday, Nov. 20 at Elm Crest Retirement Center in Harlan. Services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home with cremation to follow service. There will be no burial. ...
EARLING -- Linus Peter Koch, 88, Earling, formerly of Panama, died November 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 10:30 a.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...
EARLING -- Richard R. “Dick” Mattox, 77, Earling, formerly of Shelby, died Monday, Nov. 14 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, Nov. 18 at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery. Friends were asked to call Thursday, Nov. 17 from 2-9 p.m....
FT. COLLINS, CO -- Joshua Carl Lawson, 36, of Bellevue, NE and Ft. Collins, CO, formerly of Earling, died November 14. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. at First Christian Church in Omaha, NE with interment following at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha. Lawson is...
SHELBY -- Bryce Wayne Albright, 17, Shelby, died November 13 at his home. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. at AHSTW High School in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 18 from 5-8 p.m. at the AHSTW school. Albright is...
PAPILLION, NE -- Mary A. (Reinig) Slaven, 88, Papillion, NE, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, Nov. 12 at her home. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Nov....
AVOCA -- Martin “Marty” LeRoy Schuemann, 74, Avoca, died November 10 at Mercy Hospital. Services were held Monday, Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Schuemann is survived by his wife, Jo Ann (Woltmann) Schuemann of...
KIRKMAN -- Jon Weston Rasmussen, 71, Kirkman, died November 9 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Monday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Kirkman with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman. Visitation is Sunday, Nov. 13 from 5-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones...