PORTSMOUTH -- Vern E. Tarkington, 87, Portsmouth, died September 30 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services will be held Friday, Oct. 2 at 11:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Jerie Dee Obrecht, 65, Harlan, died September 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m.

    KANSAS CITY, MO -- Darci Marie Towne, 35, Kansas City, MO, died September 26 at her home.    Services will be held Friday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock.  Visitation was Thursday, Oct. 1 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Marjorie Ann Hansen, 86, Harlan, died September 23 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Saturday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m.

    EARLING -- Marilyn Bernice Jensen, 78, Earling, died September 21 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling.    Services were held Thursday, Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.    Jensen is survived by brothers Harold Jensen of Denver, CO and Gerald Jensen of Earling. 

    HARLAN -- Agnes M. Larsen, 88, Harlan, died September 22 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service was held Thursday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Thursday from 6-7 p.m.

    YORK, NE -- Clifford W. Kauffman, 96, York, NE, formerly of Marne, died Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Hearthstone Care Center in York.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Redline Church of Christ in Redline with burial in the Redline Cemetery.  Visitation was held Thursday, Sept. 24 from 7-9 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Thomas Marvin Schuler, 86, Harlan, died September 21 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services were held Thursday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m.

NEVADA -- Arrangements are pending for Verna Adams, 90, Nevada, formerly of Irwin, who died Wednesday, Sept. 16 at Rolling Green Village in Nevada.    The funeral will be Tuesday, Sept.

    HARLAN -- Funeral arrangements are pending for Alice Stolz, 101, Harlan, who died Tuesday, Sept. 15 at her home.    Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Sept. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St.

HARLAN -- Mary “Marie” Magdalene Jans, 85, Harlan, died September 16 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Sts.

HARLAN -- Jerry Howard Davis, 60, Harlan, died September 15 at Creighton University Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation was Thursday, Sept. 17 from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    GLENWOOD -- Steven Craig Larsen, 85, Glenwood, died September 14 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

    MANILLA -- Kenneth Eugene Brundige, 86, Manilla, died September 14 at the Manilla Manor.    Services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Visitation is Monday, Sept. 21 from 5-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    EARLING -- Donna Lou Kester, 84, Earling, died September 13 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling.    Private graveside services were held Thursday, Sept.