HARLAN -- Lowell J. Harper, 88, Harlan, died February 17 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Monday, March 2 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with inurnment at a later date in the Ames Cemetery in Ames.  Family will greet friends March 2 from 10-11 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Glen Oliver Hipnar, 87, Shelby, died February 13.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby.  Visitation is Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m. at the church.    Inurnment will be at a later date in the Shelby Cemetery.
 

    SHELBY -- William Galen Barrett, 77, Shelby, died February 13 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services were held Monday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Visitation was Monday from 9:30-11 a.m.

    EARLING -- Michael F. Wilson, 64, Earling, died February 16 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at Faith Family Church in Harlan.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church.    Wilson is survived by his mother, Imogene (Young) Jacksis of Denison; wife Jolene Wilson of Earling; sons Michael (Isabel) Wilson, Jr.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Margaret Christine Maassen, 90, Council Bluffs, died February 8 at Josie Harper Hospice House.    Private family memorial services are planned for Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Jeffery Dean Stehr, 64, Harlan, died February 4 at his home.    Services will be held Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison.  Visitation is Friday from 4-7 p.m.

    WALNUT     -- Luella Jean Hansen, 88, Walnut, died February 3 at Peace Haven Retirement Home.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Public visitation is Friday, Feb. 7 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Doris “Jeanie” Mertz, 96, Avoca, died January 30 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.    Mertz is survived by her husband, LaVerne Mertz, of Avoca; son Ron (Michele) Beckler of Santa Ana, CA; daughter Susan (Jerry) Pells of La Salle, CO; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

    HARLAN -- Edna Lucille Paulsen, 98, Harlan, died February 2 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.    Paulsen is survived by sons Rev. Dr. Wayne (Julie) Paulsen of Wichita, KS and Rueben (JoAnn) Paulsen of Overland Park, KS; daughter Mary Kay (Rev.

    HARLAN -- Philip Ward Madson, 96, Harlan, died February 2 at Peace Haven Retirement Home.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 at 1:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Cuppy’s Grove Cemetery in Harlan.  Visitation is Friday, Feb. 7 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Lynn J. McCord, 94, Harlan, died Saturday, Feb. 1 in Harlan.    Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Bowman’s Grove Cemetery in rural Shelby County.  Friends may call Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    POMEROY -- Bertilla A. Teyen-Mathiasen, 99, Pomeroy, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, Jan. 24 at the Good Samaritan Canter in Manson.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 1 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pomeroy with burial in the Union Cemetery near Pomeroy.  Visitation is Friday, Jan. 31 from 4-6 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Donna M. Bylund, 87, Avoca, died January 27 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Walnut with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family greeted friends Thursday, Jan. 30 from 4-7 p.m.

    HANCOCK -- Donna Lee Hoepner, 74, Hancock, died January 20 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with private family burial at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    AVOCA -- Rita Jeanne Hartigan, 68, Avoca, died January 19 at her home.    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 23 at noon at St.