OBITUARIES
Kermit E. Bergan
Dec 21, 2011
Kermit E. Bergan, age 68, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Hauge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah with Rev. Ronald Fretheim officiating. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is serving the family. Kermit Eugene...
Elinor (Mrs. Emil) Miller
Dec 16, 2011
Elinor (Mrs. Emil) Miller, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a 15 year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home Chapel with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah...
Albert Humpal
Dec 16, 2011
Albert Humpal, age 91, of Spillville, IA, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Father Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00...
Nicholas Winter
Dec 15, 2011
Nicholas Winter, age 84, of St. Lucas, IA died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA Rev. Nick March presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be a visitation...
Edith N. Grosser
Dec 14, 2011
Edith N. Grosser, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday evening, December 14, 2011 at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M....
Lavon Bucheit
Dec 8, 2011
LaVon Bucheit, age 87, of Calmar, IA, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Friends may call after 12:30 p.m., at the Nursing Home on Tuesday afternoon....
Roger Westby
Dec 5, 2011
Roger Westby, age 80, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, December 5, 2011, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, with Rev. Allen and Rev. Gene Hermeier presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood East Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call from...
Joann L. Hanson
Dec 5, 2011
JoAnn L. Hanson, age 52, of Decorah, IA, died Monday, December 5, 2011 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Canoe Ridge Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday, December 9...
Virginia "Ginger" Stoen
Dec 4, 2011
Virginia “Ginger” “Ginny” Stoen, age 59, of Waterloo, IA, died on Sunday, October 4, 2011, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, IA. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church with Rev. David Andreae and Rev. Wayne Ellingson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Jacquelyn Ann "Jackie" Fritchen
Dec 4, 2011
Jacquelyn Ann “Jackie” Fritchen, 82, of Murfreesboro, TN formerly of Winchester, TN, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Adams Place. Mrs. Fritchen was born in Sioux Falls, SD to the late Leslie Owen and Mae Elizabeth Fonkalsrud. She was a homemaker and a member of Christ the King Anglican Church in Winchester, TN. Mrs. Fritchen was preceded in death...
Angeline Jacobson
Dec 1, 2011
Angeline Jacobson, age 101 of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 1:30 PM Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Joan A. Mau officiating. A Private Family Inurnment will be held at a later date at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Stone...
Donna Vine
Nov 22, 2011
Donna Vine, age 73, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, Iowa, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m., on...
James W. Ylvisaker
Nov 22, 2011
James W. Ylvisaker, age 73 of New Canaan, CT, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, where he was being treated for cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 26, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson and Rev. Don Hommen officiating. Private Family Burial will...
Doris Blaess
Nov 21, 2011
Doris Blaess, age 98, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, November 21, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 25, 2011, at the Burr Oak Lutheran in Burr Oak, Iowa, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Friends may call after...
Larry Ward
Nov 21, 2011
Larry Ward, age 75, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones, after a valiant fight against cancer and amyloidosis. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 28, 2011, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson and Rev. Simon Hanson presiding. Burial...
Frances M. Boe
Nov 17, 2011
Frances M. Boe, age 97, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 21, 2011 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 2:00-4:00 P.M. Sunday, November...
Ronald Numedahl
Nov 13, 2011
Ronald Numedahl, age 66, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family with a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 18, 2011, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Greta Bruns
Nov 13, 2011
Greta Bruns, age 103, of Decorah, died Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery in Monona, Iowa. Friends may call after 12:30 p.m. on...
Edna Gjere
Nov 8, 2011
Edna Gjere, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2011, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Luella M. Dale
Nov 8, 2011
Luella M. Dale, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday morning, November 8, 2011 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah with Rev. Keith Selberg officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins on Saturday at 10:00 A.M....
