Karla Jean Kirby Pauley was born in Council Bluffs on March 15, 1933. She was the third and only surviving child of Edgar Franklin Kirby and Lucy Irene May Kirby. In 1955, Karla met Kevin Joseph Pauley who had returned home to Portsmouth after serving two years in Korea. They married on May 26, 1956, thoroughly pleased to now be sharing the same initials.

Joanne Mae Page Hanson was born December 31, 1941 to Edward Page and Gladys Metcalf at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, MA. She spent her life in Massachusetts and then moved to Albuquerque, NM.

    HARLAN -- Jody A. Wilson, 48, Harlan, died Saturday, June 22 in Harlan.    Private family services will be held at a later date.    Survivors include sons Josey Wilson of Omaha, NE and Daniel (Mikayla) Wilson of Lincoln, NE; two grandchildren; other relatives and friends.    Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    HARLAN -- Forrest Bruce Johnson, 92, Harlan, died June 21 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 25 at 11 a.m. at Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation was Monday, June 24 from 5-7 p.m.

    WALNUT -- James “Aug” Sampson, 74, Walnut, died June 20 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center.    Family greeted friends Sunday, June 23 from 5-7 p.m.

Robert Francis Sullivan, was born on May 16, 1923, as the second son of Leo P. and Elizabeth (Hawn) Sullivan. Bob grew up on a farm near Dunlap, graduating high school in 1940 from St. Joseph School. Bob married Theresa Marie Dieter October 11, 1945, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison.  Together they raised a family of 16 children while farming and living off the land in and around Dunlap, Dow City, Denison, and Earling.

ELK HORN – Richard Mardesen, son of Vernon and Grace Mardesen, was born December 24, 1946, in Atlantic. He grew up in Elk Horn and graduated from Elk Horn-Kimballton High School in 1965.Even though Richard experienced a period of declining health, he passed away rather unexpectedly on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He was 72 years, five months and 21 days of age.

 CLARINDA (June 6) -- In 2018, the Harlan Community softball team didn’t crack double digits in the win column until June 21 on its way to a 15-17 campaign. This year’s Cyclones - even with three early-season rainouts - are two weeks ahead of last year’s pace following Thursday’s doubleheader sweep at Clarinda. Led by Morgan Schaben’s big night at the plate as well as the pitching circle, HCHS beat the Cardinals 14-0 in five innings and 9-6, i

 CLARINDA (June 6) -- Isaiah Ahrenholtz drove in four runs in game one and Tyler Schaben pitched the team’s first seven-inning complete game of the year in the night cap Thursday as Harlan Community swept a baseball doubleheader at Clarinda by scores of 12-2 (five innings) and 5-1. The fifth-ranked (3A) Cyclones improved to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play, good for second place behind Lewis Central.