OBITUARIES
Colletta Vick
Mar 13, 2013
Colletta Vick, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 18, 2013, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Pastor Paul F. Andersen
Mar 11, 2013
Pastor Paul F. Andersen, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died Monday morning, March 11, 2013 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Pastor Paul Frederick Andersen was born on February 6, 1928 to Arnold H....
Ruth Lucille Tollefsrud
Mar 11, 2013
Ruth Lucille Tollefsrud, age 89, of Mabel, MN, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, March 11, 2013, at the Green Lea Manor in Mabel, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the...
Antoinette H. O. Webb
Mar 10, 2013
Antoinette H. O. Webb, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday morning, March 10, 2013 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA, surrounding by her family. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Mark Kvale officiating. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation...
Agnes M. Christianson
Mar 9, 2013
Agnes Marian Christianson, 84, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Seasons Hospice. Agnes was born March 21, 1928, near Thompson, Iowa, to Helmer and Ruth Peterson. The family later moved to Forest City, Iowa. She attended country school and graduated from Forest City High School in 1945 and Waldorf College in 1947. Agnes taught elementary...
Donald D. Hart
Mar 8, 2013
Donald D. Hart, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully at his daughter’s home in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, March 8, 2013. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 16, 2013 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah...
Marie Neuzil
Mar 5, 2013
Marie Neuzil, age 88, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 9, 2013, at St. John’s Catholic Church, in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Colleen Askelson
Feb 27, 2013
Colleen Askelson, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Dave Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah,...
Marshall W. Pierce
Feb 24, 2013
Marshall W. Pierce, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 9, 2013 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Dr. Richard Simon Hanson and Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery in Burr...
Thelma M. Otterholt
Feb 24, 2013
Thelma M. Otterholt, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 P.M. Saturday March 2 in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Spring...
John Bernatz
Feb 18, 2013
John Bernatz, age 70, of Davenport, IA formerly of Spillville, IA died Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota surrounded by family after a very short battle with cancer. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church at 207 Church St. Spillville, IA with...
Sally Sampson
Feb 16, 2013
Sally Sampson, age 94, of Decorah, IA died Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 23, 2013 at The St. Benedict’s Catholic Church at 307 West Main St. in Decorah, IA Father Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Loretta Collins
Feb 15, 2013
Loretta Collins, age 81, of Decorah, IA died Friday, February 15, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the St. Aloysius Cemetery. There will be visitation at the church...
Dorothy M. Wedeking
Feb 13, 2013
Dorothy M. Wedeking, age 85 of Decorah, and formerly of Waukon, IA, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon with Pastor Samantha Houser officiating. Dorothy is survived by her two children and six grandchildren: Karen (Jim) Norton...
Penelope N. Allen
Feb 2, 2013
Penelope N. Allen, age 59 of Decorah, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at home. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 9, 2013 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Gary Lee officiating. Visitation begins on Saturday at 1:00 P.M., one hour before services, at the church. Penelope N. (Noble) Allen was born on September 22,...
Irene Schmitz
Jan 30, 2013
Irene Schmitz, age 94, of Festina, IA, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 – County Road B32 in Festina, IA, with Msgr. Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will in the church cemetery. Friends...
Kathryn T. Kroshus
Jan 29, 2013
Kathryn T. Kroshus, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died early Tuesday morning, January 29, 2013 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. David H. Andreae officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation begins on Saturday at 10:00...
Brad Engeldinger
Jan 27, 2013
Brad Engeldinger, age 43, of Spring Grove, MN, died on Sunday, January 27, 2013, as a result of an automobile accident near Dorchester, Iowa. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, 1381 Big Canoe Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m., on...
Dorothy M. Woldum
Jan 25, 2013
Dorothy Marie "Dottie” (Hall) Woldum, formerly of Pinellas Park, Florida, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Waconia Ridgeview Medical Center's Marie Steiner Kelting Hospice Home in Victoria, Minnesota. She was born in Chester, Iowa on December 8, 1916. Dorothy married Telford Woldum on April 9, 1936. They were married for 67 years and raised their two daughters, Barbara and...
Irvin E. Flage
Jan 25, 2013
Irvin E. Flage, age 89, of Decorah, IA and formerly of Postville, IA, slept away to meet his master on Friday morning, January 25, 2013 at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Home in Decorah, the result of Congestive Heart Failure. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Private Family Inurnment will be in Bethlehem Presbyterian Cemetery in rural...
