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Harry Gail Aherns, Jr., was born on 24 August 1942 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. He died on 17 February 2004, at age 61.¹ He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.²

Funeral services for Harry Aherns, 86, of Council Bluffs will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer- Woodring Funeral Home with the Rev. Denise Aherns officiating.

Mr. Aherns died Nov. 29 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital.

He was born May 16, 1917, in Modale to Fred and Emma Lee Aherns. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a truck driver for the Council Bluffs Street Department, retiring in 1979 after 32 years service. He was a member of VFW Post No. 737.

Mr. Aherns was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille; three grandchildren; one sister and one brother.

Survivors include his daughter, Grace Traylor, and husband, Mike, of Council Bluffs; sons, Harry G. and wife, Amy, of Bellevue, Neb., Gary and wife, Denise, Teddy and Jerry and wife, Connie, all of Council Bluffs, and Steve and wife, Linda, of Omaha; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; brother, Raymond, and wife, Pat, of Council Bluffs; and sister, Annie Miller, of Council Bluffs.

Visitation with the family will be Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial, with military rites at graveside, will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with luncheon to follow at Crossroads Christian Church.

Leonard Laval Pollock was born on 23 October 1919 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.² He and Beverly Ruth Judy were married on 27 November 1945 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.² He died on 5 September 1998, at age 78, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.² He was buried in Westlawn Memorial Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.²²

Linda Cecelia Edwards was born on 5 November 1947 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota. She and Dale Judy were married on 2 December 1972 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. She died on 1 July 2015, at age 67, in Rochester, Olmstead, Minnesota. She was buried in Red Wing Crematory, Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota.²

Gladys Malahia (Mahalia) Walters was born on 27 March 1902 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.^1,2 She and Albert J. Bryan were married on 15 November 1919 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.² She and Raymond E. Lidgett were married on 31 August 1923 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.² She died on 30 January 1982, at age 79, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.² She was buried in Honey Creek Cemetery, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.²

Marie M. Walter was born about 1905 in Iowa.¹ She and Clifford Hodge were married on 16 May 1921 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.² She and Gerald (Jerry) Jordens were married on 21 July 1928 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa.² She died in November 1971.²

* Her name in the 1910 census was Marie M. Walter (age 5).
* In the 1920 census, her name was Marie Erwin.
* 1921 marriage to Clifford Hodge, her name was Marie Erwin.
* 1928 marriage to Jerry Jordens, her name was Marie Hodge, maiden name Marie Walter.

Arda May Walter was born on 23 May 1923 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.^1,2 She and Freddie Ernest Schroder were married on 27 August 1941 in Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska. She died on 20 October 2015, at age 92, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.² She was buried in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.²

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Arda M. Schroder, age 92 passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20th at the Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. She was born on May 23, 1923 in Council Bluffs, IA and was united in marriage to Freddie E. Schroder on August 27, 1941 in Plattsmouth, NE. They devoted their lives to farming in the Honey Creek and Underwood areas. Freddie passed away in 1993. Arda was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church in Honey Creek.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Terry L. Schroder, brother, Billy Walter, and sister, Norma Pitt.

She is survived by son, Dennis (Jean) Schroder of Beebeetown and daughter, Becky J. (Dennis) Olson of Independence, MO., six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, sister, Charlotte (LeRoy) Burbridge of Woodbine, and other in-laws, relatives, and many friends.

Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23rd at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Honey Creek with visitation one hour prior to service. Burial will be in Grange Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Johns Lutheran Church or Shriners Hospital for Children.

Billy Levern Walter was born on 19 July 1930 in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.^1,2 He and Rose Ann (Roseann) Peterson were married on 10 June 1951 in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.² He died on 8 February 2010, at age 79, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa.² He was buried in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.²

Norma J. Walter was born on 4 January 1935 in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa.^1,2 She and Marion L. Pitt were married on 27 June 1954.² She died on 25 February 2013, at age 78, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.² She was buried in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa.²

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Originally published in The Daily Nonpareil.

Norma J. Pitt, age 78, of Shelby, Iowa, passed away February 25, 2013, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. She was born January 4, 1935 in rural Crescent, Iowa to the late William S. and Amanda A. (Krieger) Walter.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Billy Walter.

Norma is survived by her husband, Marion Pitt to whom she married on June 27, 1954; daughters, Debra Kelso (Steven), Linda Smith, Barbara Richards, Kathie Pitt; sisters, Arda Schroder, Charlotte Burbridge (Leroy); sister-in-law, Rose Ann Walter; 13 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; a host of other family and friends.

Visitation is Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home. Funeral service is Thursday, 10 a.m., at the funeral home. Interment is in the Grange Cemetery followed by a luncheon in the community room at Hoy-Kilnoski. The family will direct memorials in Norma's honor.