Obituaries
ELK HORN -- Martha J. Eskov, 90, Elk Horn, died Friday, May 4 in Harlan. Services will be held Wednesday, May 9 at 10:30 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery in Elk Horn. A prayer service will be held Tuesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at...
AVOCA -- Howard Gustav Goettsch, 90, Avoca, died April 28 at Avoca Specialty Care. Services will be held Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Walnut with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut. A rosary will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the church. ...
HARLAN -- Irene Margaret Buckley, 65, Harlan, died April 27 at Mercy Hospital. Services will be held Tuesday, May 1 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. A wake service was held Monday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at the church. Family greeted...
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Pearl A. Summers, 76, Council Bluffs, formerly of Harlan, died April 23. Services will be held Friday, April 27 at 11 a.m. at Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home in Council Bluffs. Visitation was held Thursday, April 26 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Summers is survived by...
AVOCA -- Margaret Marilyn Hanson, 78, Avoca, died January 6, 2018 at her home. Services will be held Saturday, April 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with private burial in the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Denison. Hanson is survived by her husband, Milton Hanson...
HARLAN -- Bill Shannon, 95, Harlan, died April 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Tuesday, April 24 at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin. Visitation was Monday, April 23 from 4-8 p.m. with family...
EARLING -- Gerald John Bissen, 92, Earling, died April 19 at his home. Services were held Monday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling. Bissen is survived by daughters Lori (Tom) Heit of Evansdale, Bette (...
HARLAN -- Dallas A. Havick, 101, Harlan, died Tuesday, April 17 in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery in Jacksonville. Friends may call Friday, April 20 from 2-8 p.m. with...
MINDEN -- Marcia L. Ploen, 67, Minden, died April 17 at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. at Minden United Church of Christ in Minden with burial in the Minden Cemetery. Family will greet friends Friday, April 20 from 5-8 p.m. at...
ELK HORN -- Calvin Lee Hoegh, 85, Elk Horn, died Thursday, April 12 at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Services were held Wednesday, April 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery. Hoegh is survived by his wife, Phyllis Hoegh...