Obituaries
HARLAN -- Beverly Ann Burmeister, 79, Harlan, died Friday, Feb. 11 in Harlan. A private funeral and graveside services will be held. Friends may call Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 3-7 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan. Burmeister is...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Connie Jean Witt, 82, Council Bluffs, died February 11 at Risen Son Christian Village. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Portsmouth. Visitation will be held Friday, Feb. 18...
HARLAN -- Marie Arentons, 92, Harlan, died February 12 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation was Monday, Feb. 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in...
HARLAN -- Paul Kruse, 68, Harlan, died February 9 at CHI Health - Immanuel. Services were held Monday, Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Kruse is survived by his mother, Teresa (Pfeifer) Kruse of Harlan; wife Virginia Kruse...
HARRIMAN, TN -- Doran “Doc” Michael Christensen, 77, Harriman, TN, formerly of Irwin, died on January 27. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Herndon Christensen; daughters Vasthi Wilson and Julia St Pierre; sister Joanna Christensen of Castle Rock CO; brother Paul (Sue) Christensen;...
OMAHA, NE -- Ronald Eugene Rose, 74, Omaha, NE, died February 7 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Visitation was held Thursday, Feb. 10 from 4-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Rose is survived by daughters Julie Rose of Omaha,...
EARLING -- V. Gary Olsen, 84, Earling, died February 7 at his home. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling. A rosary was held Thursday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. at the church. Visitation was...
HARLAN -- Della Roselene Sheer Holdsworth, 94, Harlan, died January 14 at Elm Crest Retirement Home. She is survived by children Linda (Alan) Kuhlmann of Charter Oak, Iowa; Don (Pat) Holdsworth of Harlan, Iowa; Connie (Jerry) Ahrenholtz of Defiance, Iowa; Tom (Julie) Holdsworth of Oak Grove...
ELK HORN -- Robert Eugene Kuster, 94, Elk Horn, died February 4 at the Salem Lutheran Home. Services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia with burial in the Valley View Cemetery at Persia. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10-11 a.m. at the...
OMAHA, NE -- Ann R. Gaul, 92, Omaha, NE, formerly of Shelby County, died January 28. Gaul is survived by her sons: Scott (Nancy), Lee (Diane) and Chris (Sandi); grandchildren Tom (Kristen), Michelle, Nick, Courtney, and Mark; Great-granddaughter, Yael. Also survived by sister Sr. Irene...