Obituaries
DEFIANCE -- Penny Baker Hulsebus, 52, Defiance, died Thursday, Jan. 31. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Salem United Methodist Church in Defiance at 10:30 a.m. with burial to follow at the Union Township Cemetery in Defiance. Visitation is Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 4-8 p.m. at...
EARLING -- Rosemary Hahn, 88, Earling, died February 1 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling. A Catholic Daughter’s Rosary will be held Friday, Feb...
WINCHESTER, KY -- LeRoy Meyer Petersen, 92, Winchester, KY, died January 28 at Richmond Place in Lexington, KY. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Harlan Cemetery. Petersen is survived by son Paul (Kelly) Petersen of Winchester, KY; daughter Pamela (Ronald...
PANAMA -- Maxine Mary Schwery, 85, Panama, died January 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Schwery is survived by her husband, George Schwery, of Panama; sons Nick Schwery of Panama, Phil (Marilyn) Schwery of Panama and...
OMAHA -- Marcella “Marcie” Ann Wetzel, 88, Omaha, died January 24. A celebration of life service will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. at Sunset Hills Baptist Church in Omaha, with private family inurnment at a later date. Wetzel owned and operated Marcy’s Flower Shop in Harlan and...
DENISON -- Garrett Thomas Carroll, 24, Denison, died January 22 at Crawford County Memorial Hospital. A celebration of life will be held Friday, Jan. 25 from 5-7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca. A prayer service will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be...
GLENWOOD -- Nicholas Joseph Gross, 54, Glenwood, died January 23 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Services will be held at a later date with burial at a later date in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia. Gross is survived by mother Aquanata (Kaufman) Gross of Earling; sisters...
HARLAN -- Glenna M. Bone, 88, Harlan, died January 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Thursday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at First Assembly of God in Harlan with burial in the Great Bend Cemetery in Great Band, KS. Bone is survived by daughters Suzette Bone of Suquamish...
ANKENY -- Richard Morris Norgaard, 89, Ankeny, died January 16 in Des Moines. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 26 at noon at First Baptist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Family will greet friends Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the church. Norgaard is survived...
DES MOINES -- Charles Leo Koch died Tuesday, Jan. 15 at Veterans Hospice Center in Des Moines. Koch is formerly of Panama. He is survived by his wife, Gerry; one son, six daughters, 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation was held from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21 at...