OBITUARIES
James "Jimmy Pete" Peterson
Nov 6, 2011
James “Jimmy Pete” Peterson, age 67, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2011 at Decorah Lutheran Church. Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding, burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah Visitation will be 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 10,...
Delores Emery
Nov 5, 2011
Delores Emery, age 78, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, November 14, 2011, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery. There will be visitation after 12:00...
William "Bill" Meyer
Nov 4, 2011
William “Bill” Meyer, age 75, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Friday, November 4, 2011, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 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 from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on...
Irene H. Falck
Nov 4, 2011
Irene H. Falck, age 60, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Mark Kvale officiating. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Tuesday,...
Lottie A. Good
Nov 1, 2011
Lottie A. Good, age 100, of Bluffton, IA, died Tuesday morning, November 1, 2011 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Cox of Waterloo, IA officiating. Burial will be in Bluffton Cemetery in Bluffton. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday,...
Doris Bender
Oct 29, 2011
Doris Bender, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa passed away at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust, Iowa, Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00 – 7:00...
Ruth Moen
Oct 26, 2011
Ruth Johnson Moen, age 93, of Cedar Rapids, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at St Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 29, 2011, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, 1197 Old Stage Road, with Rev. Dr. T. Edwards Breed presiding. Burial will be...
Jennifer J. Upton
Oct 25, 2011
Jennifer J. Upton, age 36, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday evening October 25, 2011 at her mother’s home in Decorah of a heart ailment. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 5, 2011 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville, Iowa with Rev. Steve Brackett officiating. Visitation will be on Saturday from 12:00-2:00 P.M. at St. Paul...
Pfc Christopher A. Horns
Oct 22, 2011
PFC Christopher Alexander Horns, age 20, of Colorado Springs, CO, was killed during combat operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan when the assault force triggered an improvised device. PFC Horns was a Ranger automatic rifleman assigned to Co. C, 2nd BN, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA. He was on his first deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation...
Leverne Headington
Oct 17, 2011
Leverne Headington, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, October 17, 2011, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Road, rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Gene Hermeier presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Curtis Rude
Oct 17, 2011
Curtis Rude, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, October 17, 2011, at the Green Lea Manor, in Mabel, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at the Highland Lutheran Church, 3824 Highlandville Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00...
James B. Musser
Oct 14, 2011
James (Jim) Bruce Musser, a resident of Thief River Falls, MN, died at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND on Friday, October 14, 2011—three days after his 55th birthday, following a two-year battle with cancer compounded by recent lung complications. A Celebration of Jim’s Life will be held on Monday, October 17 at 6:00 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Service in...
Mildred Benischek
Oct 10, 2011
Mildred Loesch Benischek, age 89, of Spillville, formerly of Oxford Junction, IA, died on Monday, October 10, 2011, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Rev....
Leo "Pat" Einck
Oct 10, 2011
Leo R. “Pat” Einck, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, October 10, at Manor Care Health Services. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery where full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo Amvets Post 19 and Evansdale Amvets Post 31. Public visitation will be...
Alice M. Tollefson
Oct 8, 2011
Alice M. Tollefson, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt- Jefferson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be at First Lutheran Church one hour...
Daniel Drew
Oct 7, 2011
Daniel Drew, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, October 7, 2011, at the Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Gary Krivachek
Oct 6, 2011
Gary Krivachek, age 34, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at his home in Decorah, IA, from meningitis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Larry Stockman
Oct 5, 2011
Larry Stockman, age 64, of Lime Springs, IA, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in La Crescent, MN. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the Burr Oak Cemetery, with Rev. Matt Larson, from the Burr Oak Lutheran Church presiding. There will be military honors at the graveside by...
Milton Huffman
Oct 2, 2011
Milton Huffman, age 75, of Decorah, IA died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI. after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery in Decorah. There will be visitation after 1:00 p.m. at...
Laura Gnade
Oct 1, 2011
Laura Gnade, age 95, of Calmar, IA died Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2011 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA Rev Donald Hawes presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday,...
