Obituaries
AVOCA -- Wray Thomas Carroll, 49, Avoca, died September 20 at his home. Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. A masonic service will be held Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral...
KIMBALLTON -- Richard “Dick” K. Anderson, 83, Kimballton, died Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Kimballton. Services will be held Monday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday, Sept. 25 from 2-7 p.m. with...
IDA GROVE -- Maryan M. Johnson, 86, Ida Grove, died Saturday, Sept. 17 at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City. Services will be held Monday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove with burial following in the Ida Grove Cemetery. Visitation...
SHELBY -- William “Bill” Wager, 90, Shelby, died September 20 at his home. A memorial service is being planned for a later date, likely in October, at the Shelby Lutheran Church.
OVERLAND PARK, KS - David G. Swanson, 70, Overland Park, KS died September 13 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. He was a contracted Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Myrtue Medical Center for seven years. Survivors include his wife Karen; mother, Lois (Jennings) Swanson;...
ROCK CREEK, OR -- Lee Eugene Christiansen, 80, Rock Creek, OR, died September 9 at his home in Rock Creek. Christiansen is a former Shelby County resident having graduated from Harlan High School in 1954. Christiansen is survived by his wife, Beth; sons Paul (Lori) and Todd (Shannon);...
HARLAN -- Rose Ann Schnuettgen, 84, Harlan, died September 14 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services were held Saturday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth. Schnuettgen is survived by...
AVOCA -- Ida Alvena Johnson, 97, Avoca, died September 15 at her home. Services were held Saturday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock. Johnson is survived by daughter Linda Jacobsen of Avoca; granddaughters Megan...
HARLAN -- Rose Ann Schnuettgen, 84, Harlan, formerly of Defiance, died September 14 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Schnuettgen is survived by daughters Debbie (Ron) Lewis of Council Bluffs and Mary Ann (Gene) Arkfeld of...
IRWIN -- Stuart O’Hara, 49, Irwin, died September 10 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services were held Wednesday, Sept. 14 at United Methodist Church in Irwin. O’Hara is survived by his mother, Kathleen (Collings) O’Hara of Baxter; wife Mara O’Hara of Irwin; sons Tyson (Chandra) Reed...