OBITUARIES
Mary Martinson
Dec 5, 2013
Mary Martinson, age 92, of Freeport, Iowa died peacefully at her home on Thursday, December 5, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 14, 2013, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. John Caldwell presiding. A private interment will be held at the Freeport Cemetery. Friends may call...
David Lien
Dec 3, 2013
David Lien, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery, rural...
Virginia Volkering
Nov 30, 2013
Virginia M. Volkering, age 90, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday morning, November 30, 2013 at Seasons Hospice, Joy Forsberg’s Foster Home, in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will begin at...
Amy Monroe
Nov 27, 2013
Amy Monroe, age 38, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at her parents’ home, near Castalia, Iowa, from a courageous battle with cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 2, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church, 302 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. John Caldwell presiding. Burial will be in...
Janeen E. Iverson
Nov 26, 2013
Janeen E. Iverson, age 78, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday morning, November 26, 2013, after a brief illness, at her home in rural Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday,...
Betty Wiest
Nov 21, 2013
Betty Wiest, age 84, of Ft. Atkinson, IA, died Thursday, November 21, 2013, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 25, 2013, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA, with Father Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, IA. Friends may...
Jene Smith
Nov 20, 2013
Jene Smith, age 79, of Ft. Atkinson, IA, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 6, 2013, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA, with Father Nick March presiding. Burial of cremains will be in the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, IA....
Darlene N. Jones
Nov 19, 2013
Darlene Nola (Peterson) Jones, 79, died at her home in Decorah, IA, in the company of family members, on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Visitation will be at her home, 403 Ohio Street in Decorah, from 4 to 6 pm on Sunday, November 24. It will continue on Monday, November 25 at 10...
Leonard Chipera
Nov 17, 2013
Leonard Chipera, age 85, of Jackson Junction, IA, died on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at the West Union Good Samaritan Center in West Union, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Little Turkey, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will...
Ruth A. Blekeberg
Nov 14, 2013
Ruth A. Blekeberg, age 98, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 18, 2013 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, with Rev. Jeff Hansen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00 A.M. Monday, one hour before the...
James "Jimmy" Dawley
Nov 14, 2013
James “Jim” Dawley, age 67, of Boscobel, WI, formerly of Bluffton, IA, died on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Boscobel Hospital in Boscobel, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Bluffton...
Cornelia Bina
Nov 13, 2013
Cornelia M. Bina, 95, of Spillville, passed away at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with burial at the St. Wenceslaus Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM at Balik Funeral Home...
Robert "Bob" Peterson
Nov 12, 2013
Robert ‘Bob’ Peterson, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 15, 2013, at the Hauge Lutheran Church, 3147 Middle Hesper Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Clara Headington
Nov 10, 2013
Clara Headington, age 95, of Mabel, MN, died Sunday morning, November 10, 2013 at The Meadows in Mabel. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, IA with Pastor Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 13...
Gertrude Steele
Nov 8, 2013
Gertrude Steele, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, November 8, 2013, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Melissa Bills presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may...
Nora Moen
Nov 5, 2013
Nora Moen, age 104, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at her home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 9, 2013, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway St, Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-6:00 p.m., on Friday,...
Frank Puffer
Nov 2, 2013
Frank Puffer, age 92, of rural Spillville, IA died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 6,...
Regi Klimesh
Oct 25, 2013
Regina “Regi” Klimesh, age 89, of Calmar, IA, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. There will be no visitation. A rosary will be said...
Linda M. Doyle
Oct 25, 2013
Linda M. Doyle, age 69, of Decorah, IA, and formerly of Egan, IL, died Friday morning, October 25, 2013 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Joan A. Mau officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at...
Carl Oyloe
Oct 23, 2013
Carl Oyloe, age 97, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at his home in rural Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 28, 2013, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-6:00...
