OBITUARIES

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Marie Neuzil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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