PORTSMOUTH -- Janice Waltz, 78, Portsmouth, died October 13 at her home.    Services were held Monday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St.

    HARLAN -- Clifford Behrendt, 81, Harlan, died October 12 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery at a later date.  Visitation is Tuesday from 9-11 a.m.

    SYRACUSE, NE -- Denise A. Wellensiek, 64, Syracuse, NE, died October 11.  She was formerly of Harlan.    She is survived by her husband, Karl Wellensiek; son Eric Wellensiek; mother Arlene Warner; sister Beverly Courtney and husband, Ray; brothers Dennis Warner and wife Linda and Allan Warner and wife Linda.    Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m.

    ROME, NY -- Rogene (Fiscus) DeMarce, 53, Rome, NY, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, Oct. 6 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Joseph S. Reinig, 93, Harlan, died October 6 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Thursday, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.  A rosary will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation will be Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan and from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Jean M. Anderson, 60, Harlan, died Wednesday, Oct. 4 in Omaha, NE.    Services were held Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

    BENNINGTON, NE -- Armelia Claire Reding, 84, Bennington, NE, died October 3 at Ridgewood Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Omaha with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Defiance.  A wake service will be held Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the church in Omaha.  Visitation is Friday from 4-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 for Rosalie Shupe Powers, daughter of Verlee Shupe of Harlan.      The service will be at Grace Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m. 

    HARLAN -- Horace P. Graves, Sr., 91, Harlan, died October 1 at the Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Friday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation was Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 4-8 p.m. and Thursday, Oct.

    HARLAN -- Karen Joan Scheffler, 76, Harlan, died September 25 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 29 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation was Thursday, Sept. 28 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Ronald Scott Elmore, 66, Avoca, died September 18 in Meade, KS.    Services were held Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.

MOORHEAD -- Rhonda Jo Richards, 52, Moorhead, formerly of Defiance, died Thursday, Sept. 21 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.    Visitation was held Monday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

IRWIN -- James J. Murray, 85, Irwin, died Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Irwin.    Graveside services and burial will be held Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Sept. 25 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Jeanne Lyman, 66, Springfield, IL, formerly of Harlan, died Monday, Sept. 18.    Services  will be held Monday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Springfield.  Visitation and prayer service will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 from 4-7 p.m.

    MANNING -- Services are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan for James Murray, 85, Manning, who died Wednesday, Sept. 20 near Manning.    He is survived by son Ron Murray and daughters Kristi Murray and Vicki Krohn.