HARLAN -- Richard Ferry, 80, formerly of rural Harlan, died August 24 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.        Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    WALNUT -- Berneice Peters, 98, Walnut, died August 22 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Monday, Aug. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.  Visitation will be Monday at 9 a.m.

   ATLANTIC -- Arnold K. Petersen, 98, Atlantic, formerly of Elk Horn, died August 22 at Heritage House in Atlantic.    Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church with burial with military honors by the Elk Horn American Legion Post #322 in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.    Open visitation will be held Friday, Aug. 25 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Patricia Lou Rock, 84, Avoca, died August 21 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Visitation was held Thursday, Aug. 24 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.    Rock is survived by her husband, Herbert C. Rock, of Avoca; daughters Dr.

    OMAHA, NE -- Dorothy Louise (Rewerts) Krueger, 75, Omaha, NE, died August 20 at Josie Harper House in Omaha.    Services will be held at a later date.    Krueger is originally from Defiance.  She is survived by daughters Deb (Nick) Ewing of Minnesota and Diane Krueger; son Don (Shelley) Krueger of Minnesota; seven grandchildren and one great-grandson; sister JoAnn (Ken) Moore (Rewerts); sisters-in-law Judy (George) Rewerts and Marlene (Kru

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Helen J. “June” Burger, 84, Council Bluffs, formerly of Shelby, died Thursday, Aug. 17 in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Monday, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.  Family will greet friends Monday from 1-2 p.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Kevin Gerard Coenen, 55, Atlantic, died August 7.    Services were held Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Helen J. “June” Burger, 84,  Council Bluffs, formerly of Shelby, died Thursday, Aug. 17 in Council Bluffs.    Arrangements are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home.    Burger is survived by daughters Debbie Schadt, Cindi Kaufman and Candie Olson; sons Robert Burger, Tim Burger and Jim Burger; other relatives and friends.    Contact the funeral home for more information.

    HARLAN -- Darlene Hanson, 90, Harlan, died August 14 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Thursday, Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. at St.

    BELLEVUE, NE -- Lacy Corina Dills, 36, Bellevue, NE, died July 31 at her home.    Services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Shelby United Lutheran Church in Shelby.    Dills is survived by her mother, Linda (Boeck) Hall of Shelby; father Merle Dills of Bellevue; and brother Chad Dills of Shelby.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements. 

    ATLANTIC -- Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for Kevin Coenen, 55, Atlantic.

    Preceded in death by parents, Leonard and Isabel Stessman; five brothers: Marcus, Raymond, Joseph “Jack,” Monsignor Gerald, and Vern; sisters-in-law, Donna Stessman and Janice Langenfeld; brother-in-law, Eldred Reisz.    Survived by daughter, Kristine Schrad (Steve) of Albion, NE; granddaughters, Natalie and Joslyn; siblings and spouses: Rita and Don Wall of Omaha, Dolores and Marvin Klein, Donald and Joanne Stessman, all of Dunlap, IA, Le

    NEVADA -- Eunice Josephine Goetzinger, 86, Nevada, formerly of Defiance, died August 12 at Story County Senior Care.    Services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.    A rosary will be held Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.

    ARNOLDS PARK -- Gertrude Harriet Ohm, 85, Arnolds Park, died August 8 at Lakes Regional Healthcare.    Services will be held Monday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. at United Church of Avoca with burial on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. at the Westlawn Cemetery in Orange City.  Visitation is Sunday, Aug. 13 from noon-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Viola M. Brown, 93, Council Bluffs, formerly of Harlan, died Wednesday, Aug. 9 in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Kirkman.   Friends may call Friday, Aug. 11 from 1-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.