Paulsen, Robert O. H. (1911 – 2007)

PAULSEN, HUGHES, BUDD, SORENSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 18:57:10

Name of deceased: Robert Oliver Henry Paulsen

Aged: 96 yrs, 4 mo, 22 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: Jan. 10, 1911, Jackson Township in rural Shelby County, IA

Died: June 1, 2007, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Rev. Dave Swinton officiated. Burial was at Harlan Cemetery in Harlan, Iowa.

Survived by: wife of 75 years, Evelyn Paulsen of Harlan, IA; his children: Virginia (spouse, Raymond) Hughes, Jr. of Beverly Hills, FL, Barbara (spouse, Harry) Budd of Ames, IA, and Thomas Paulsen (spouse, Ruth) of Harlan, IA; 6 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Nels P. and Dora (nee Sorensen) Paulson; siblings, Harvey, Lillie, Violet, Edgar, Everette, Ralph, Olive, Vernon, Lowell and Dorothy

Education: attended country school at Jackson Township No. 3 through Grade 8 (Shelby County, IA)

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Evelyn Pearl McIntosh, Aug. 26, 1931, Omaha, NE

Employment: self-employed farmer; farmed north of Irwin, IA until 1940, when they moved to his family farm near Jacksonville, IA; retired in 1976. Part of the original home on the family farm also served as a temporary school for Jackson Township No. 3 until a separate school house could be built.

Hobbies/Interests: Bob was one of the first flying farmers in Shelby County and at one time had a designated runway on his farm. When Bob wasn’t farming or flying, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and ballroom dancing with Evelyn.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com