OBITUARIES
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...
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...
