SHENANDOAH -- Dennis Dwaine Wade, 57, Shenandoah, died Monday, May 2 at the Gardenview Care Center in Shenandoah.    Wade was a former Harlan resident, graduating from Harlan High School in 1977.    No services are planned.    Wade is survived by his mother, Mary Wade, of Harlan; son Dennis II of Texas; daughter Kirstie Wade and granddaughter Abriana Chavez of Omaha; aunt Norma Hammer of Modale; uncle Richard Marshall of Missouri Valley; sibli

    WILMINGTON, NC -- Word has been received of the death of Linda Rose Petersen Pollert, 72, Wilmington, NC.    She was a former Harlan resident.    Services will be held Saturday, May 21 at 2 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Barbara Stracke, 85, Harlan, died April 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial at a later date in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.  A wake service was held Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Monday from 2-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-9 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea, 56, Avoca, died April 29 at her home.    Services will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. at Walnut High School with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Visitation is Tuesday, May 3 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Patsy Jean Petersen, 87, Elk Horn, died April 27 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services were held Saturday. April 30 at 10:30 a.m.

    PERSIA -- Catherine Ann Franks, 81, Persia, died April 26 at Immanuel Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Valley View Cemetery at Persia.  Visitation was held Thursday, April 28 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    PERSIA -- John Ferdinand Bauer Stamp, 85, Persia, died Sunday, April 24 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m.

    WALNUT -- Wayne Allen Brockhoff, 56, Walnut, died April 23 at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services will be held Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  There will be no burial.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    ELK HORN -- Gilbert H. Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Thursday, April 21 in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville.  Friends are asked to call Thursday, April 28 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Gilbert H. Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Thursday, April 21 in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville.  Friends are asked to call Thursday, April 28 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

     ELK HORN -- Services are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, for Gilbert Hoogensen, 96, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan.    He is survived by his daughter, Rita Wheatley.

    SPRING, TX -- Roger Keith Thompson, 79, Spring, TX, died April 17 at his home.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock.  Family will greet friends Friday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Melvin August Coenen, 93, Elk Horn, died April 16 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 19 at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery.  A wake service was held Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Monday from 5-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    NEVADA -- Dorothy M. Volkens, 85, Nevada, formerly of Shelby, died Sunday, April 10 in Nevada.    Services were held Thursday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Donald Bladt, 95, Shelby, died Sunday, April 10 at the Avoca Specialty Care Center in Avoca.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home.    For more information contact the funeral home at 1-800-831-6805 or visit www.pauleyjones.com.