OBITUARIES
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...
Marcella A. Rooney
Sep 6, 2013
Marcella A. (O’Brien) Rooney, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, September 6, 2013 at her home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, September 12, 2013 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00...
Leonard Tietz
Sep 6, 2013
Leonard Tietz, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, September 6, 2013, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 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 call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday...
Lawrence "Larry" N. Lynch
Sep 5, 2013
Lawrence “Larry” N. Lynch, age 66, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, September 5, 2013 at his home in Decorah of natural causes. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 9, 2103 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah with Rev. Laura Arnold officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00...
David "Mickey" Bulgren
Sep 4, 2013
David “Mickey” Bulgren, age 81, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, Chekal Chapel in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Deacon Jim Zajicek presiding. Burial will be in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, IA. Friends...
Adeline I. Swella
Sep 4, 2013
Adeline I. Swella, age 83, of Decorah, died Wednesday evening, September 4, 2013 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorensen and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, one...
Jared Timp
Sep 2, 2013
Jared Timp, age 34, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, died on Monday, September 2, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, September 5, 2013, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville St., Calmar, IA, with Rev. Daniel Knipper presiding. Burial will be in Memory Hill...
Rosalyn Bodensteiner
Sep 2, 2013
Rosalyn Bodensteiner, age 76, of West Union, IA, died on Monday, September 2, 2013, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 6, 2013, 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 3:00-8:00 p.m.,...
Hazel Styve
Aug 23, 2013
Hazel Styve, age 89, of Decorah died Friday, August 23, 2013 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 26, 2013 at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 – 7:00 pm. at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home...
Kellie Ann Sharp
Aug 23, 2013
Kellie Ann Sharp, age 16, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday August 23, 2013, from injuries she received in a fall at Palisades Park in Decorah, IA. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will...
Magdalen"Maggie" Numedahl
Aug 22, 2013
Magdalen Numedahl, age 91, of Calmar, IA died Thursday August 22, 2013 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a. m., Monday August 26, 2013 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Aase Haugen Home or...
Frank R. Barth
Aug 22, 2013
Frank R. Barth passed away at Heritage Manor in Dubuque, Iowa on Thursday, August 22, 2013 surrounded by family and friends, with his wife of 73 years by his side. He was 95 years old and a vibrant, curious conversationalist up until the end. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 1, 2013 in the Recital Hall...
Rita Humpal
Aug 14, 2013
Rita Humpal, age 86, of Decorah, IA died August 14, 2013 at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 19, 2013 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18,...
