OBITUARIES
Dawn Lechtenberg
Jun 27, 2013
Dawn Lechtenberg, age 63, of Festina, IA, died Thursday, June 27, 2013, at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 1, 2013, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, IA. Friends may call from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday at the Schluter- Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel in Calmar, IA. There will...
Anna H. Larson
Jun 24, 2013
Anna H. Larson, age 98, of Decorah, IA, died Monday, June 24, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Canoe Ridge Cemetery. Visitation begins on Saturday, June 29 at 1:00...
Sandra Osler
Jun 24, 2013
Sandra Osler, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, June 24, 2013, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 28, 2013, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Philip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery....
Russell Nelson
Jun 20, 2013
Russell Nelson, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 24, 2013, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa....
Larry Heying
Jun 19, 2013
Larry Heying, age 72, of Calmar, IA, died on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at his home with his loving family at his side. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery with...
Anna Ondrashek
Jun 16, 2013
Anna Ondrashek, age 86, of Spillville, IA died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Regional Health Center in Cresco, IA Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 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...
Ervin Wangsness
Jun 16, 2013
Ervin Wangsness, age 94, of Calmar, IA, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 20, 2013, at the Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 North East Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Calmar Lutheran Cemetery, Calmar, Iowa. Friends...
Tilman Ellingson
Jun 12, 2013
     Tilman Ellingson, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at his home.     Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 21, 2013, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA, with full military rites by...
Norbert Tierney
Jun 10, 2013
Norbert Tierney, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Monday, June 10, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, June 13, 2013 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs and Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah,...
Kenneth Kinkor
Jun 7, 2013
Kenneth J. Kinkor January 26, 1954 - June 7, 2013 Answering the call from Davy Jones’ Locker, Kenneth Joseph Kinkor passed away unexpectedly at his workplace on Friday June 7th, 2013 in Provincetown, MA. Ken was born to his proud parents on the 26th of January in the year 1954. A graduate of South Winneshiek Community High School in 1972,...
Melvin Jirak
Jun 4, 2013
Melvin Jirak, age 89, of Spillville died Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at his home Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 7, 2013 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation will be on Thursday from 3:00 – 7:00 at the Balik Funeral Home...
Kaitlyn Quandahl
Jun 4, 2013
Kaitlyn Quandahl, age 5, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 7, 2013, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson and Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Hauge Lutheran...
Edna M. Thompson
Jun 3, 2013
Edna M. Thompson, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, June 3, 2013 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, June 7, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorensen and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Freeport Cemetery in Freeport. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. on...
Helen Carolan
Jun 2, 2013
Helen Carolan, age 91, of Ridgeway, IA died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, With Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 3:00...
Madonna Vine
May 26, 2013
Madonna Vine, age 75, of Decorah, IA died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 31, 2013 at St. Benedict's Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict’s Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Visitation will...
Donna Hovden
May 25, 2013
Donna Hovden, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery, Decorah,...
Janet L. Thompson
May 23, 2013
Janet Lea Thompson, age 61, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday morning, May 23, 2013 in her home after a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to...
Paul Marti
May 23, 2013
Paul N. Marti, age 66, of Decorah, IA died on Thursday, May 23, 2013,surrounded by his family. after a year long battle with cancer. There will be visitation from 3:00 - 6:00 Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Schluter Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA, there will not be any other formal service. Paul was born on September 12, 1946 in...
Kermit Mestad
May 21, 2013
Kermit Mestad, age 89, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 24, 2013, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway St., Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends...
Karmen John "K.J." Hovden
May 21, 2013
Karmen John "K.J." Hovden, age 19, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
