HARLAN -- Verle E. Greer, 96, Harlan, died April 12, 2020 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, July 16 at 4 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday from 2-4 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Donald Dale Hansen, 92, Walnut, died July 8 at Peace Haven Retirement Home.    Services will be held Saturday, July 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Visitation is Friday, July 16 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m. at the church.    Hansen is survived by sons Donald (Loleta) Hansen Jr.

 PORTSMOUTH -- Carmella Wingert Grap, 88, Portsmouth, died July 4 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, July 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.  Visitation is Friday from 9-11 a.m.

    PERSIA -- Dorothy Rae Elias Busch, 85, Persia, died July 6 at Rose Vista Home, Inc.    Services will be held Tuesday, July 13 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Persia with burial in the Valley View Cemetery in Persia.  A prayer service will be held Monday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Monday from 5-8 p.m.

    HANCOCK -- James Marcus Kock, 68, Hancock, died December 5, 2020 at his home.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, July 10 at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock.    Kock is survived by his wife, Merrillee (Freeland) Kock of Hancock; daughters Rashelle (Caleb) Wohlers of Beebeetown and Alicia (Brendon) Shearer of Allyn, WA; and four grandchildren.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements.

    SHELBY -- Derald Leon Graybill, 75, Shelby, died July 1 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, July 6 at 1 p.m. at the Shelby Methodist Church with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Family will greet friends Tuesday from noon-1 p.m.

    EARLING -- The Rev. Dan Gehler, 61, Earling, died June 30 at his home.    Services will be held Thursday, July 15 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City.  A vigil service will be held Wednesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Wednesday from 4-8 p.m.

    BENNINGTON, NE -- Nancy Blum, 61, Bennington, NE, died June 27 at her home.    Services will be held Friday, July 2 at 3 p.m. at the Walnut Community Center in Walnut.  Family greeted friends Thursday, July 1 from 5-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Bruce G. Holtz, 67, Avoca, died June 21 at Nebraska Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, June 25 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Visitation was Thursday, June 24 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    LAS CRUCES, NM -- Patsy Louise Henderson, 68, Las Cruces, NM, died June 17 at Rust Presbyterian Hospital in Rio Rancho, NM.    Services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, 1800 S. Locust, in Las Cruces at 11 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Carol Von Eschen, 82, Shelby, died Friday, June 25 in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Thursday, July 1 at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Shelby with burial of ashes in the Shelby Cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday from noon-2 p.m.

    ALAMO, TX -- David Michael Ask, 81, Alamo, TX, died June 17 at Heart Hospital in McAllen, TX.    Ask was a former Harlan resident.  He is survived by his wife, Beverly; son Michael (Angela) Ask of Underwood; daughter Jennifer (John) Dalton of Magnolia, TX; grandchildren Emily Ask, Kaleb Ask, Lily Dalton and Caelan Dalton; sister Sheryl Hill of Belmond; cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Luann LewisWhitmoreMarch 3, 1931 –May 22,  2021

    PANAMA -- Monica Kathryn Wilke, 83, Panama, died June 18 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Wednesday, June 23 at 11 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 Tuesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama.  Visitation is Tuesday from 5-8 p.m.

   WESTPHALIA -- Harold Gustav Schulte, 89, Westphalia, died June 17 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 22 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia.  A rosary was held Monday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Monday from 3-8 p.m.