AVOCA -- Betty Jean Holtz, 88, Avoca, died March 23 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Private family services were held Wednesday, March 25 at 10:30 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Doug Robinson, 72, Shelby, died Sunday, March 22 in Omaha, NE.    No services currently are planned.    Robinson is survived by his wife, Marci Robinson, of Shelby; sons Ara Robinson of Des Moines and Beau (Ashley) Robinson of Omaha; brothers Rod (Margaret) Robinson of Shelby, Dave (Judy) Robinson of Shelby and Bob (Julie) Robinson of Fremont, NE; sister-in-law Connie Robinson of Colorado; grandchildren Peru Robinson and Kawai Ro

    HARLAN -- Larry D. Hansen, 59, Harlan, died March 20 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Private graveside services will be held at a later date at the Harlan Cemetery.    Hansen is survived by brother LaVerne (Janice) Hansen of Harlan; and sister Laurie (Richard) Schaben of Harlan.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.
 

    HARLAN -- Freda Faye Nielsen, 84, Harlan, died Thursday, March 19 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.    A celebration of life will be planned at a later date at Salem Methodist Church in Defiance.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 

HARLAN -- Eleanor Mae Hemminger, 92, Harlan, died March 12 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Private graveside services will be held at the Silver City Cemetery at a later date.    Hemminger is survived by grandson Sean McClure of Harlan; granddaughter Heather Tamminga of Des Moines; daughter-in-law Patricia Garrington of Chariton; sister Carole Lane of Council Bluffs; and step-sister Donna Schnoor of Silver City.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home i

    WOODBINE -- Roland John Wegner, 88, Woodbine, died March 14 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 17 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service was held Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Monday from 5-7 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Frances Hansen, 96, Walnut, died March 13 at Heritage House.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 21 at 11 a.m. at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.    Hansen is survived by sons Lynn (Jane) Hansen of Anita and Jay (Liz) Hansen of Grinnell; daughter Pamela (James) John of Lee’s Summit, MO; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements.
 

    ELK HORN -- Lyle Petersen, 90, Elk Horn, died March 11 at his home.    Services were held Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Jim Jensen, 84, Harlan, died Tuesday, March 10 in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Saturday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Bowman’s Grove Cemetery in rural Shelby County.  Friends may call Friday, March 13 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Marion Cornilsen, 91, Elk Horn, died March 9 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services were held Thursday, March 12 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church Grand Mound with burial in the Clinton Lawn Cemetery in Clinton.  Visitation was Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m.

PERSIA -- Earl Edward Eckmann, 87, Persia, died March 6 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia with burial in the Minden Cemetery in Minden.  Visitation was Monday, March 9 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    HANCOCK -- Harold Leonard Hoffmann, Sr., 83, Hancock, died February 27 at his home.    Services will be held Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  A wake service will be held Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Tuesday from 4-7 p.m.

    BOONE -- Lois Jean Blair, 90, Boone, died February 28 at Westhaven Community.    Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 4 at 1 p.m. at the Harlan Cemetery.  Family will greet friends Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

    SUN CITY CENTER, FL - Funeral services are pending for former Harlan resident Darlene Erickson Philson, Sun City Center, FL.

    OMAHA, NE -- Dorothy Ann Eggerss, 90, Omaha, died February 26 at Parsons House.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 3 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.  Family will greet friends Monday, March 2 from 4-8 p.m.