COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Karla J.

    DEFIANCE -- Genevieve Scheuring, 95, formerly of Defiance, died Thursday, May 30 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    SHELBY -- Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr., 61, Shelby, died May 28 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Holy Family Cemetery in Lidderdale.  Visitation is Friday, May 31 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Julie Kay Bruck, 63, Harlan, died May 28 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service will be held Friday, May 31 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Friday from 4-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Charlotte Jean Frank, 85, Harlan, died May 27 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service was held Thursday, May 30 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Family greeted friends Thursday from 5-7 p.m.

 HARLAN -- For years, Relay For Life has been  a staple in Shelby County, fundraising and donating money raised to the American Cancer Society.    On Friday, May 31 the Shelby County Relay For Life ceremony was held in Harlan at Merrill Field starting at 4 p.m.    The theme for this year’s event was Lights, Camera, Relay!

AVOCA -- The AHSTW Class of 2019 celebrated on Sunday, May 26 when the seniors officially graduated from high school.  

    HARLAN -- Sydney O’Neill, 15, Harlan, the daughter of Tim and Jenny O’Neill, has qualified as a state finalist in the National American Miss Iowa Pageant.    The event will be held June 28-30 at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Omaha, NE.    The pageant is held for girls ages 4-18 in five age divisions.    The newly crowned Miss Iowa Jr.

    HARLAN -- Seth Piro has been appointed to the Harlan Community Schools Board of Education replacing Lonnie Muxfeldt who resigned May 6.    The HCS Board of Education voted 3-2 Wednesday, May 29 appointing Piro, who will serve District 3 for the remainder of Muxfeldt’s term, through November, 2021.