OBITUARIES
Bonnie Kruse
Jul 8, 2014
Bonnie Kruse, age 74, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2014, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Darlyne Stoen
Jul 5, 2014
Darlyne Stoen, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson presiding. Burial will be in the Freeport Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends...
John Moore
Jul 5, 2014
John Moore, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Veteran’s Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be at a later date. Friends may call...
Robert "Bob" Lien
Jul 3, 2014
Robert “Bob” Lien, age 78, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday,...
Charles J. “Cj” Forman
Jun 28, 2014
Charles J. “CJ” Forman, age 64, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday evening, June 28, 2014 at home in Decorah, in hospice care. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Additional visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 at Behr Funeral Home in Dubuque, IA. Entombment will follow...
Ronald Anderson
Jun 26, 2014
Ronald “Ron” Anderson, age 67, of Decorah, IA, died suddenly on June 26, 2014, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery, Castalia, IA. Friends...
Margie J. Knutson
Jun 22, 2014
Margie J. Knutson, age 77, of West Union, IA, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014, surrounded by her family, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Zion Lutheran Church, 130 Washington Street, West Union, IA, with Rev. Nancy Larson presiding. Friends may call...
Irma Bullerman
Jun 22, 2014
Irma Bullerman, age 90, of Calmar, IA, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2014, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Curtis Spilde
Jun 22, 2014
Curtis Spilde, age 70, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Friends may call after 10:00 a.m., at...
Evelyn M. Green
Jun 21, 2014
Evelyn M. Green, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday morning, June 21, 2014 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. A private family graveside service will be held on July 2, 2014. Evelyn Margery Green was born July 7, 1920 in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Nels and Ruby (Anderson) Haugen, and was the middle child of three. She graduated...
Dolores "Doly" Lynch
Jun 20, 2014
Dolores “Doly” Lynch, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Janice Woodhouse
Jun 20, 2014
Janice Woodhouse, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at Wellington Place in Decorah. Since 2006 she had lived at Patty Elwood Center, Cresco, and Wellington Place. Memorial contributions may be made to Wellington Place Auxiliary, 2479 River Road, Decorah, IA 52101, or to St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA 52101. Mass...
Marian V. Ness
Jun 18, 2014
Marian V. Ness, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, June 18, 2014 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, after suffering a severe stroke and while in hospice care. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Private Family Inurnment...
Adrian Holthaus
Jun 18, 2014
Adrian Holthaus, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dan Knipper presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
Joyce Farina
Jun 18, 2014
Joyce Farina, age 79 of Decorah, formerly of Sumner, IA., died Wednesday June 18, 2014 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial services to be held Wednesday July 16, 2014 at 10:30AM at Immaculate Conception Parish in Sumner, IA. Joyce Ann (Meighan) Farina was born November 15, 1934 to Leonard and Catherine (Miller) Meighan at her Grandmother’s house...
Lois Mae Thompson
Jun 15, 2014
Lois Mae Thompson, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway St., Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Friends may call after 12:00 noon until time of...
Leroy Franzen
Jun 14, 2014
LeRoy Franzen, age 78, of Festina, IA, died on June 14, 2014. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, with...
Dean Larson
Jun 13, 2014
Dean Larson, age 69, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, June 13, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday at the Schluter – Balik...
Melvin Hageman
Jun 11, 2014
Melvin Hageman, age 86, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 16, 2014, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. ...
Ethel Stuckman
Jun 9, 2014
Ethel Stuckman, age 96, of Decorah, IA died Monday June 9, 2014 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Richard Stuckman; her son and daughter-in-law: David...
