WALNUT -- Willis Ray Maassen, 90, Walnut, died October 15 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Private family burial will be held at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Saturday, Oct. 26 from 4-7 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Michael “Mike” James Hope, 63, Avoca, died October 18 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  A rosary will be held Thursday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Thursday from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    CORLEY -- Ronald Raymond Ellsworth, 76, Corley, died Sunday, Oct. 20 in Harlan.    Services will be held Thursday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan.  Friends may call Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Ted Nielsen, 77, Avoca, died October 15 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby.    Nielsen is survived by cousins Lois (Larry) Knop of Hancock, Richard (Karen) Robinson of Beardstown, IL, Dave (Lori) Robinson of Shelby and Darlene Flood of Council Bluffs.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is in charge of arrangements. 

    HARLAN -- Randall “Randy” Conrad, 75, Harlan, died Saturday, Oct. 12 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan

    HARLAN -- Theresa Rose Henscheid, 90, Harlan, died October 10 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia.  A wake service was held Monday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends from 4-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Lester Schmitz, 92, Harlan, died October 10 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services were held Monday, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St.

    HARLAN - Cecilia Kleffman, 90, died Oct. 9  at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Visitation is Sun., Oct. 13 from 3 - 8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Family will greet friends from 5 - 8 p.m. with a wake service at 8 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be held on Mon., Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan at 11 a.m. with burial at St.

    HARLINGEN, TX -- Former longtime Harlanite Freda M. Boeck, 89, Harlingen, TX, died September 29 in Laguna Vista, TX.    Memorial services are scheduled for Sat., October 19 at 10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Raymond Joseph Buman, 87, Harlan, died October 6 at his home.    Services will be held Sat., Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Harlan.  A wake service will be held Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family will greet friends that Friday from 5-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Richard Earl Moore, 73, Avoca, died October 7 at his home.    Services were held Wed., Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Raymond J. Buman, 87, Harlan, died at his home Sunday, Oct. 6.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Gail Earle Schnack, 84, Harlan, died Thursday, Oct. 3 in Harlan.    Services will be held Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  There will be no visitation.    Schnack is survived by daughters Kathleen Stanton of Des Moines and Dr.

    TENNANT -- Eugene Lyle Peters, 88, Tennant, died Friday, Oct. 4 in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Oct. 7 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    PORTSMOUTH -- Francis “Frank” Funk, 78, Portsmouth, died October 4 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial at a later date.  A wake service was held Monday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends Monday from 4-8 p.m.