Obituaries
HARLAN -- Barbara Stracke, 85, Harlan, died April 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial at a later date in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance. A wake service was held Monday,...
AVOCA -- Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea, 56, Avoca, died April 29 at her home. Services will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. at Walnut High School with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Visitation is Tuesday, May 3 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. at...
ELK HORN -- Patsy Jean Petersen, 87, Elk Horn, died April 27 at the Salem Lutheran Home. Services were held Saturday. April 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery. Petersen is survived by sisters-in-law Charlotte Andersen of...
PERSIA -- Catherine Ann Franks, 81, Persia, died April 26 at Immanuel Medical Center. Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Valley View Cemetery at Persia. Visitation was held Thursday, April 28 from 4-8 p.m....
PERSIA -- John Ferdinand Bauer Stamp, 85, Persia, died Sunday, April 24 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel. Military rites will be tendered by Persia American Legion. ...
WALNUT -- Wayne Allen Brockhoff, 56, Walnut, died April 23 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. There will be no burial. Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the funeral home. ...
ELK HORN -- Gilbert H. Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Thursday, April 21 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville. Friends are asked to call...
ELK HORN -- Gilbert H. Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Thursday, April 21 in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville. Friends are asked to call...
ELK HORN -- Services are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, for Gilbert Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan. He is survived by his daughter, Rita Wheatley.
SPRING, TX -- Roger Keith Thompson, 79, Spring, TX, died April 17 at his home. Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock. Family will greet friends Friday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. Thompson is...