Obituaries
HARLAN -- Father Benedict Joseph Kenkel, 91, Harlan, died August 28 at Elm Crest Assisted Living. Services were held Saturday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling. Kenkel is survived by sisters Bernice Bissen...
PANAMA -- Dean Leonard Klein, 56, Panama, died August 25 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama. A rosary will be held Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama. ...
AVOCA -- J. Colette Scobee, 93, Avoca, died August 23 at her home. Services were held Monday, Aug. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Scobee is survived by sons Larry (Joyce) Scobee and Frank Scobee, all of Omaha, NE;...
HARLAN -- Michael Eugene Poorker, Sr., 40, Harlan, died August 22 at his home. Visitation is Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 6-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Lunch will be held Tuesday from 1-5 p.m. at 1402 800th St. in Harlan. Poorker is survived by his mother, Kimberly Poorker,...
MANILLA -- Larry Axland, 81, Manilla, died August 21 at Hansen House. Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin. Visitation is Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the church. Axland is survived by sons...
AVOCA -- Wilbert Robert Piittmann, 93, Avoca, died August 20 at Avoca Specialty Care. Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Visitation is Saturday from 9-10 a.m. at the church. Piittmann is...
MANILLA -- Alan L. Jensen, 83, Manilla, died August 19 at the Manilla Manor. Services will be held Monday, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A masonic service will be held Sunday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. ...
MANILLA -- Alan “AJ” Jensen, 83, Manilla, died Monday, Aug. 19 at Manilla Manor in Manilla. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
HARLAN -- Dale Ruha, 77, Harlan, died Saturday, Aug. 17 at Rose Vista Home in Woodbine. Military rates will be held at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Ruha, of Harlan; children John Ruha of Lytle Creek, CA, Barbara...
CLARINDA -- Mary Ann Assmann, 87, Clarinda, died August 17 at Westridge Quality Care and Rehabilitation. Services will be held Monday, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling. A wake service will be held Sunday, Aug....