OBITUARIES
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...
Daniel "Duke" Schrandt
Oct 21, 2013
Daniel “Duke” Schrandt, age 54, of Cresco, IA formerly of Spillville, IA, died Monday, October 21, 2013 at his home in Cresco, IA, Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 Friday, October 25, 2013, at...
Jim Perry
Oct 13, 2013
Jim Perry, age 85, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, with Rev. Marvin Salz presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery, St. Lucas, Iowa. Friends may call from 9:00- 10:30 a.m., on...
Pauline Lange
Oct 8, 2013
Pauline Lange, age 97, of Bluffton, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 11, 2013, at the Burr Oak United Methodist Church, 3597 – 237th Avenue, Burr Oak, Iowa, with Pastor Linda Thompson presiding., Friends may call after 11:00 am the day of the...
Duane Shanks
Oct 3, 2013
Duane Shanks, age 60, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at his home. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Henrytown Lutheran Church, rural Canton, MN, with Rev. Paul Thompson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be visitation from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday, October 4, 2013 at...
Lester Seim
Sep 27, 2013
Lester Seim, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, September 27, 2013 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with military honors. Visitation will be from 12:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, prior to the...
Corrine Lensing
Sep 23, 2013
Corrine Lensing, age 87, of Festina, Iowa, died on Monday September 23, 2013 at the Ossian Senior Hospice. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 27, 2013 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, IA, Monsignor Cletus Haws presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery, Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 at...
Julie C. Boots
Sep 22, 2013
Julie C. Boots, age 97, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Spring Grove, MN with Rev. Allen Hermeier officiating. Inurnment will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will one hour before the service...
Rosella Goettelman
Sep 19, 2013
Rosella “Rosie” Goettelman, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 23, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church, 302 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Laura Arnold presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends...
John D. "Jack" Board
Sep 18, 2013
John D. “Jack” Board, age 75, of Decorah, IA, a former resident of Chester, WV and Toronto, OH, died Wednesday morning, September 18, 2013, at home after valiantly battling COPD for many years. Funeral Services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. His son, John F. Board, minister of the Church...
Dr. David W. Wright
Sep 11, 2013
Dr. David W. Wright, 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 18 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. James S. Dale presiding. Private family burial in Phelps Cemetery will be held following the service. The family will...
Marge Solem
Sep 11, 2013
Marge Solem, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 16, 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....
Roger Kratz
Sep 11, 2013
Roger Kratz, age 83, of Ridgeway, IA, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Patty Elwood Center, Cresco, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at Peace Lutheran Church, 745 County St., Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hanson presiding. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Monday at the Schluter – Balik Funeral...
Ted Schrandt
Sep 9, 2013
Ted Schrandt, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, September 9, 2013, at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 14, 2013, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be at St. Benedict's Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa....
Gary Crozier
Sep 7, 2013
Gary Crozier, age 52, formerly of Decorah, died on September 7, 2013, at his home in North Liberty, Iowa. Visitation will be Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 2:00 – 4:00 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral home in Decorah, IA. There will be no other services. Gary Gene Crozier was born on July 16, 1960, to Darrel and Darlene (Novotny) Crozier in...
