CHARLES R. GEARHART, 91, of Harlan, died Sun., Oct. 16th. Funeral services for CHARLES GEARHART will be held 11-a.m. Fri., Oct. 21st, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-until 8-pm Thursday (Oct. 20th), with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

CHARLES GEARHART  is survived by:

His son – Michael (Ruth) Gearhart, of Kearney, NE.

His daughters – Kathleen (Doug) Poehlman, of Kansas City, MO., & Denise (Tim) Arkfeld, of Cincinnati, OH.

His sisters – Shirley McDermott, of Atlantic, & Myrna Poldberg, of Harlan.

His brother – Stewart Gearhart, of Reno, NV.

9 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

JoANN PETERSEN, 82, of Audubon, died Mon., Oct. 17th, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for JoANN PETERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., Oct. 20th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

A family visitation will be held from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service, Thursday, at the Exira Lutheran Church.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

JoANN PETERSEN is survived by:

Her daughter – Jodi Edwards.

Her sister – June Blohm, of Audubon.

Her sister-in-law Ardella Petersen, of Exira; Her special friends Dwain (Carol) Thompson, other relatives and many friends.

LEROY A. SAND, 87, of Kimballton, died Sat., Oct. 15th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for LEROY SAND will be held 1-p.m. Sat., Oct. 22nd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

The family visitation will be from 11-a.m. until the time of service Saturday, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, in Kimballton.

LEROY SAND is survived by:

His wife – Nancy Sand.

His daughters – Susan (Ryan) Brown, and Maren (Derek) Peck, all of Ankeny.

His son – Anders Sand, of Kansas City, MO.

His sisters – Ruth Crandall, of Wheeling, IL; Elsie Cervany, of Omaha; Esther (Wayne) Magnuson, of LaVista, NE.

His brother – Kenneth (Carolyn) Sand, of Prarie du Chien, WI.

His brothers- and sisters-in-law, his cousin in Denmark, other relatives & friends.

DUANE C. JOHNSON, 77, of Holopaw, FL, died Sept. 15th, in Jacksonville, FL. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for DUANE JOHNSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Oct. 22nd, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in Exira. Kessler Funeral HOme in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 7-p.m. Friday, Oct. 21st.

Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in Exira.

DUANE C. JOHNSON is survived by:

His wife – Ramona Johnson, of Holopaw, FL.

His sons – Ronald (Brenda) Johnson, and Rodney Johnson, all of Pleasantville, IA.

His daughter – Cindy (Bill) Tebbetts, of Jacksonville, Fl.

6 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren; his brothers-in-law, Arnold (Lorraine) Bintner, of Exira, & David Stanley, of Orlando, FL; special friends John (Crystal) Weidner, of Rhode Island, and Dan (Sheila) Stone, of St. Cloud, FL, other relatives & friends.