OBITUARIES
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...
Bernie Phillips
Jan 24, 2013
Bernie Phillips, age 74, of Spillville, IA died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 28, 2013, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, in Spillville, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Robert Z. Rucker
Jan 23, 2013
Robert Z. Rucker, age 85, passed away on January 23, 2013, in Miami, Florida. He is formerly of Decorah, and has been living in Senoia, Georgia, with his daughter’s family. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, June 15, 2013 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery...
John Schnitzler
Jan 22, 2013
John Schnitzler, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 25, 2013, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 2358 – 360th Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr...
Ardith M. Koenig
Jan 20, 2013
Ardith M. Koenig, age 88 of Decorah, IA, died early Sunday morning, January 20, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Joan A. Mau officiating. Visitation begins on Thursday at 10:00 A.M., one hour before services, at the church. Fjelstul Funeral...
Elizabeth J. "Jo" Tierney
Jan 17, 2013
Elizabeth Jo Tierney, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Wellington Place in Decorah. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, January 22, 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...
Lavern Syverson
Jan 16, 2013
LaVern “Luvy” Syverson, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on...
Ursula Heier
Jan 14, 2013
Ursula Heier, age 80, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 14, 2013, at the Winneshiek Medical center in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Rd., Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson presiding. Burial will be in the Canoe Ridge Cemetery....
Thelma A. Nelson
Jan 11, 2013
Thelma Astrid Opheim Nelson of Decorah, Iowa passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah at the age of 101. Thelma was born November 29, 1911 in Shevlin, Minnesota. She was the youngest daughter of Arne and Thale (Marso) Opheim, immigrants from Nordfjord, Norway. Thelma was baptized, confirmed and married at Clearwater Lutheran Church in Shevlin....
Mary Lou Jacobson
Jan 11, 2013
Mary Lou Jacobson, 65, of Toddville, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013, at the Schluter - Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Friends may call from: 10:00-11:00 am Thursday at...
Dorothy Ellickson
Jan 11, 2013
Dorothy Ellickson, age 92 of Decorah, IA, died Friday, January, 11, 2013, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 18, 2013, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Road, in Locust, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson and Rev. Kyle Jackson presiding. Friends may call on Thursday from 3:00-7:00 p.m., at...
Marlene J. Taylor
Jan 8, 2013
Marlene J. Taylor, age 78, of Holmen, WI and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Bluffview Memory Care in Holmen. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 11, 2013 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be after...
Leona B. Roher
Jan 6, 2013
Leona B. Roher peacefully passed away while surrounded by loved ones at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the age of 93. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church. Inurnment will be a later date in Springwater Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation begins on Saturday...
Adam J. Christopherson
Jan 4, 2013
Adam J. Christopherson, age 38, of Marion, Iowa, died Friday, January 4, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 8 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah,...
Lynne Henningsgaard
Jan 4, 2013
Lynne Henningsgaard, age 64, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, January 4, 2013, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
