HARLAN -- Julia “Julie” Clark, 64, Harlan, died Wednesday, April 14 in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, April 17 at noon at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.  Public viewing is Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon at the funeral home.    Clark is survived by her husband, Luke Clark, of Harlan; daughter Gretchen Cote of Harlan; son Jared Clark of Ames; 15 brothers and sisters; grandchildren Evelyn Cote and Kiley Cote, both of Har

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Kent Frieze, 73, Council Bluffs, died April 13 at his home.    A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m.

    WISNER, NE -- Funeral services for Sharon J. Breitkreutz, 80, Wisner, NE were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wisner. Burial was in the Wisner Cemetery.

    ARVADA, CO -- Word has been received of the death of Margie Marie (Reinig) Taylor, 79, Arvada, CO, who died April 6 at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, CO.    Taylor is a former Panama resident.    Services will be held Thursday, April 15 at 10 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church in Arvada with interment at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery.  Viewing is 4-6 p.m. with a rosary at 5 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Kivin Michael Peck, Jr., 22, Walnut, died April 4.    Services were held Friday, April 9 at 1 p.m. at the Walnut Community School in Walnut.    Peck is survived by mother Julie Peck and father Kivin Peck, Sr.

    HARLAN -- Marcia Elaine Harper, 87, Harlan, died April 7 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home for a later date.    Harper is survived by daughters Beth (Ron) Buck of Harlan, Nancy Yockey of Carroll, Marti Usher of Harlan, Mary Jane (Jeff) Mohr of Council Bluffs, and Karen (Jeff) Scott of South Lyon, MI; son Steve (Vicki) Harper of Rockwell City; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

    HARLAN -- Richard Monson, 79, Harlan, died April 2 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, May 1 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock.  Visitation is Friday, April 30 from 5-8 p.m.

    BOONE -- Dennis Gale Shannon, 74, Boone, formerly of Harlan and Irwin, died March 31 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames.    Services were held Saturday, April 3 at the First United Methodist Church in Boone, and a graveside service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.    Shannon is survived by his wife, Diane, of Boone; children Ted Shannon of Des Moines, Jeff (Heather) Shannon of Olympia, WA, Lindsay Shannon of Naperville, IL, and Chris

    PORTSMOUTH -- Mary Ellen Reisz, 89, Portsmouth, died March 31 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 6 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.    A rosary was held Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Monday from 4-8 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Seth Gene Gregersen, 20, Elk Horn, died March 13 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    A family-directed graveside service will be held at 1 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Lee Nelson, 80, Harlan, died at his home on Wednesday, March 31.    Survivors include his wife, Judy Nelson of Harlan; children Jeff (Teresa) Nelson of Seattle, WA; Wendy (Matt) Steckler of Glenwood Springs, CO; stepchildren Jeff (Kristin) Pierce of Atlanta, GA; Gina (Michael) Kervan of Cranbury, NJ; sisters Donna (Rick) Collins of Stromsburg, NE; Judy (Lowell) Berg of Lincoln, NE; Barbara Nelson of Alexandria, VA.    All service

    MT. PLEASANT -- Dr. Franklin James Hardy, 91, Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, March 25 at his home.    A celebration of life will be held Saturday, April 17 from noon-3 p.m. at the Saunders Park Log Cabin Shelter in Mt. Pleasant.    Hardy was formerly a dentist in Harlan from 1956-1996.    He is survived by two daughters, Carolyn (Robert) Jensen of Mt.

    HARLAN -- One of the longest-serving barbers in Iowa, Leo Goeser, died last week.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Goeser was a Harlan icon, cutting hair from his downtown Harlan shop for generations.  He was especially known for his story-telling and jokes.    Watch the Harlan Newspapers for service information.

    HARLAN -- Delores Ann Anderson, 87, Harlan, died Friday, March 26 in Council Bluffs.    A private funeral service will be held.    Public viewing will be held Tuesday, March 30 from 3-8 p.m.

    ROCKWELL, TX -- Word has been received of the death of Barbara Jane Stenberg, Rockwell, TX, a former Elk Horn and Harlan resident.    The family will hold a private service.    Stenberg is survived by her children Shane Alan Stenberg and Tracy Sue (Frank) English; grandchildren Chaz (Jade) English and great-grandson Sage; Anastasia Hoosman and Francesca English; sister Phyllis Hoegh; nephews, nieces and other relatives and friends.