OBITUARIES
Merlin A. Bakken
Aug 21, 2014
Merlin A. Bakken, age 75, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday evening, August 21, 2014 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, with full military honors. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m....
Beatrice "Bea" Glass Tinderholt
Aug 21, 2014
Beatrice “Bea” Glass Tinderholt, age 88, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at St. John’s Catholic Church, in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Maxine M. Yarwood
Aug 18, 2014
Maxine M. Yarwood, age 79, of Decorah, died Monday morning, August 18, 2014 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 22, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday, August 21 at Fjelstul Funeral Home...
Kim Kolaas
Aug 15, 2014
Kim Kolaas, age 60, of Calmar, IA died Friday, August 15, 2014 at his home. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at the Springfield Lutheran Church at 1969 Middle Calmar Rd. Decorah, IA. With Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2014...
Duane A. Boyer
Aug 12, 2014
Duane Boyer, age 39, of St. Lucas, died at his home, on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2014, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, with Rev. Nick March presiding. . Friends may call from 3:00-8:00 p.m., on Friday, August 15, 2014, at St. Luke’s Historical Chapel in St. Lucas,...
Robert R. Weis
Aug 12, 2014
Robert R. Weis, age 44, of Maquoketa, IA, the son of Richard “Tip” and Vernelle Weis of Decorah, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, August 16, 2014 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Private Family...
Luella Elsbernd
Aug 8, 2014
Luella Elsbernd, age 86, of Spillville, Iowa died on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial is Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial is in the church cemetery. Friends may call 3-8 p.m. Monday. There is a rosary...
Jeanette Naley
Aug 4, 2014
Jeanette Naley, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, August 4, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorensen and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m....
Edward Ondrashek
Aug 1, 2014
Edward Ondrashek, age 86, of Spillville died Friday, August 1, 2014 at the Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 4, 2014 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 on...
Robert "Bob" Hunt
Jul 31, 2014
Robert “Bob” Hunt, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. A visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 6, 2014,...
Lester Leidahl
Jul 31, 2014
Lester Leidahl, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 2, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Matthew James Lundt
Jul 23, 2014
Matthew James Lundt, age 25 of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday evening, July 23, 2014, in a drowning accident in the Upper Iowa River. A visitation to celebrate his life will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday, July 28 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. A private family graveside service will be at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating....
Roger Tibben
Jul 21, 2014
Roger Tibben, age 79, of Calmar, IA, died on Monday, July 21, 2014, at Traditions in West Union, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 6:00p.m., Friday, July 25, 2014, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel, 202 South Washington Street, Calmar, IA, with Linda Thompson presiding. Friends may call from 4:00p.m., until the time of service on Friday, July...
Kathryn Spilde
Jul 20, 2014
Kathryn “Kay” Spilde, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Judith Mcintosh
Jul 17, 2014
Judith (Mrs. Howard) McIntosh, age 75, of Decorah, died on Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 21, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Visitation...
Dorothy Rosenthal
Jul 16, 2014
Dorothy Rosenthal, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home, in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Melissa Bills presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
Francis Hageman
Jul 14, 2014
Francis Hageman, age 92, of Calmar, IA, died on Monday, July 14, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 17, 2014, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Clifford Smorstad
Jul 13, 2014
Clifford Smorstad, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home, in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Canoe Ridge Canoe Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson. Burial will be in the Pontoppidan Cemetery, rural Decorah, IA. ...
Lillian H. Erickson
Jul 13, 2014
Lillian H. Erickson, age 87 of Decorah, IA and formerly of Waterloo, IA, died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Waterloo with Rev. Jim Knudson officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. Visitation will be...
Leon Hageman
Jul 9, 2014
Leon Hageman, age 81, of rural Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in...
