KIRKMAN -- Joyce Ann Daringer, 89, Kirkman, died January 22 at Salem Lutheran Nursing Home.    Services will be held Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Red Line Cemetery.  Visitation is Sunday from 1-3 p.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Diana Petersen, 55, Atlantic, died January 22 at Cass County Memorial Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Visitation will be Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home.    Petersen is survived by sister Lisa Petersen of Avoca; aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

    ELK HORN -- Ronald Dean Petersen, 86, Elk Horn, died Thursday, Jan.

    FREMONT, NE -- Leo Merle Hough, 86, Fremont, NE, died January 20.    Visitation with the family at the funeral home will be Friday, Jan. 28, from 5-7 p.m.  A Celebration of Life ceremony is set for Saturday, Jan. 29, at 10:30 a.m.

    WALNUT -- Gladys Petersen, 92, Walnut, died January 10 at Myrtue Medical Center.    She is survived by her daughter Jackie (Dan) Riessen of Avoca, Iowa; grandchildren Trevor (Melanie) Riessen of Fremont, Nebraska; Randi Riessen of Shelby, Iowa; Catelyn (Nick) Meysenburg of Lincoln, Nebraska; 3 great grandchildren: Alex and Emmy Riessen of Fremont, Nebraska; Beaudin Meysenburg of Lincoln, Nebraska.    A 3 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Leroy J. Anastasi, 95, Harlan, died January 21 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    No services are planned at this time.    Anastasi is survived by daughters Mary Jo (Tony) Sondag of Harlan, Vicki (Gary) Fagan of Harlan, and Kris (Dave) Pope of Harlan; and brother Ray (Frances) Anastasi of Harlan.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.

    ATCHISON, KS -- Sister Amelia Nowatzke, OSB, 93, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., formerly of Panama, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the monastery. Funeral services are pending.    Nowatzke is survived by nieces and nephews and her monastic family.    Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    WALNUT -- Eric Walton, 45, Walnut, died January 19 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Walnut Community Center.  Public visitation will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Jeannette Maassen, 99, Council Bluffs, died January 16 at Northcrest Care & Rehabilitation.    Services were held Monday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Kathryn Schechinger, 83, Harlan, died January 16 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Jan. 22 at 10:30 a.m .at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St.

    PORTSMOUTH -- Susan Janette Esser, 55, died on January 9 at her home in Portsmouth.    Susan is survived by her husband of 29 years, Dean Esser of Portsmouth; daughter, Josie and her husband Davis Jacobsen of Avoca, Iowa; sons, Garrett Esser and Justin Esser of Portsmouth; brother, Larry Frieze and his wife, Angela of Council Bluffs; sister, Nancy and her husband David Gau of Harlan, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.     A Celebr

    SHELBY -- Robert Dillon, 81, Shelby, died January 6 at his home.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m. at Harvest of Hope in Harlan.  Visitation is Saturday from 9:30-11 a.m.

    MARENGO -- Lowell Ivan Howe, 92, Marengo, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, Jan. 14 in Marengo.    Services will be held Thursday, Jan. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman.  Friends may call Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 3-6 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Bonnie Armentrout Larsen, 103, Harlan, died January 11 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Graveside prayers will be held Thursday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan before  burial in the Harlan Cemetery.    Larsen is survived by son Randall (Mary) Armentrout of Harlan; and grandchildren Julie Armentrout of Harlan and Jill (Jerry) Brown of Parker, CO.

    WALNUT -- Beverly Knudtson, 72, Walnut, died January 11 at Nebraska Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 21 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Public visitation will be Friday from 9-10 a.m.