HARLAN -- Bernadine Gaer, 99, Harlan, died March 15 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Monday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Harlan, with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Sunday, March 20 from 5-7 p.m.

    SAN RAFAEL, CA -- Ellen Eric Christensen (Mrs.Ivan Christensen), 94, died March 12 in San Rafael, CA.    Christensen is a former Walnut resident.    She is survived by children Linda in Virginia, Eric in California, and stepchildren Sara in Illinois, Clark in California and David in South Carolina.    Christensen will be interred in the Walnut Cemetery at a later date. 

    ELK HORN -- Vera Alene Laver, 96, Elk Horn, died March 13 at Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan.    Services will be held Wednesday, March 16 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman.  Family will greet friends Tuesday, March 15 from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN – Rosa Lee Margaret Raymond Byrnes, 84, Harlan, died March 12.    A funeral mass tentatively will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 at St.

MILLARD, NE -- Richard “Dick” Serp, Millard, NE, died March 7 in Omaha.    Funeral services will be Saturday, March 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Rockbrook United Methodist Church in Omaha with visitation Friday, March 11 from 5-7 p.m.

    SHELBY -- Donald Ray Colligan, 79, Shelby, died March 4 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Private services will be held at a later date.    Colligan is survived by his wife, Joan Colligan, of Shelby; sons James Colligan of Omaha, NE and Keith (Cynthia) Colligan of Shelby; daughter Lisa (Rick) Knavel of Ennis, TX; brothers Robert (Marlene) Colligan of Wisner, NE and Louis (Marilyn) Glister, Jr.

    PANAMA -- Lucille Margaret Koch, 87, Panama, died March 4 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 8 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama.    A rosary was held Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Parish Center.  Visitation was Monday from 5-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Willard J. Olson, 87, Harlan, died Tuesday, March 1 in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Friends may call Friday, March 4 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    DUNLAP -- Joseph “Jack” Aloys Stessman, 84, Dunlap, died Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Dunlap Specialty Care Center.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 1 at 10 a.m. at St.

    HARLAN -- Nora Irene Carmichael, 72, Harlan, died February 17 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  There will be no burial.    Carmichael is survived by guardian Janice Gaul; nieces and nephews and Concerned family. 

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, MO – Edna C. Stinn, 63, Mountain View, MO, died February 19 at Cox South in Springfield, MO.    Services will be Friday, Feb.

    WALNUT -- Larry L. Kay, 76, Walnut, died February 22 at his home.    Services will be held Friday, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Walnut with burial in the St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Walnut.  Family greeted friends Thursday, Feb. 25 from 5-7 p.m.

    OAKLAND -- Ronnie Lee Rapp, 76, Oakland, died February 20 at Oakland Manor Nursing Home.    Services will be held Monday, Feb. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family will greet friends Monday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

    AUDUBON -- Jacob Hartvigsen, 21, Audubon, died February 20 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton with burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Kimballton.    Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    AUDUBON -- Funeral arrangements and services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for Jacob Hartvigsen, 21, Audubon.    Hartvigsen died Saturday, Feb. 20 at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.  He is survived by his parents, Kevin and Tracy Hartvigsen, of Audubon.    For more information contact the funeral home at 1-800-831-6805 or visit www.pauleyjones.com