OBITUARIES
David Frana
Aug 20, 2011
David Frana, age 75, of Decorah, IA died Saturday August 20, 2011 at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 26, 2011, at Wellington Place Nursing Home, 2479 River Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be sent to Wellington Place, 2479...
James "Jim" Skillings
Aug 19, 2011
James “Jim” Skillings, age 61, of Decorah, IA, died on August 19, 2011 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday at the Schluter - Balik Funeral Home...
Florence Spilde
Aug 17, 2011
Florence Spilde, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Ole Winter presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00...
Ann Houdek
Aug 16, 2011
Ann Houdek, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, August 19, 2011, at St. Agnes Catholic Church at 2883 - A18 rural Cresco, IA (2 Mi. West of Burr Oak Iowa) with Rev. Donald Hawes...
Andrew T. Branhagen
Aug 14, 2011
Andrew Travis Branhagen, 22, passed away August 14, 2011. He was born October 31, 1988, in Dallas, TX. He is survived by his loving parents, Darrel and Betty of DeSoto, TX; his sister Sarah of Austin, TX; two aunts; five uncles; and many cousins and friends. Andrew was a senior at the University of Texas at Arlington. He really enjoyed...
Idella Onsager
Aug 13, 2011
Idella Onsager, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Gerald D. Bernatz
Aug 9, 2011
Gerald D. Bernatz, age 86, of Decorah, IA and formerly of Chatfield, MN, died Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 12, 2011 in the Recital Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the upper campus of Luther College in Decorah with Rev. Scott Thomas...
Marcella Humpal
Aug 7, 2011
Marcella Humpal, age 87, of Spillville, IA died Sunday, August 7, 2011 at her daughter Shirley’s home in Spillville after a short illness. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2011 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA Rev. Donald Hawes will preside. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4:00 – 7:00 P.M. at the Balik...
Keith Foltz
Aug 1, 2011
Keith “Chico” Foltz, age 86, of Burr Oak, IA, died on Monday, August 1, 2011, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 4, 2011, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Hesper Public Cemetery, Hesper, IA. Friends may call from...
Duane Bergan
Jul 30, 2011
Duane Bergan, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Dean Holzer
Jul 30, 2011
Dean Holzer, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the Canoe Ridge Cemetery, Decorah, IA. In lieu of flowers,...
Ralph Lensing
Jul 28, 2011
Ralph “Jackie” Lensing, age 87, of Festina, IA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 28, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Darlene Humpal
Jul 22, 2011
Darlene Humpal, age 84, of Calmar, IA, died on Friday, July 22, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
William Stenseth
Jul 22, 2011
William “Willie” Stenseth, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, July 22, 2011, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at the Calmar Lutheran Church, in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Norman Bauer presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Memorials may be given in memory...
Rita Shatek
Jul 19, 2011
Rita Shatek, age 84, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 22, 2011, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Norman Mikkelson
Jul 19, 2011
Norman Mikkelson, age 72, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 22, 2011, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson presiding. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
Elsie E. Taylor
Jul 19, 2011
Elsie E. Taylor, age 91, of Decorah, IA, and formerly of New York and Jamaica, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Mike Blair officiating. Inurnment will be in New York. Elsie’s survivors include her daughter Wintlett...
Sharon Miears
Jul 14, 2011
Sharon Miears, age 64, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery, Locust, IA. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Arthur Otters
Jul 12, 2011
Arthur Otters, age 85, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at the Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 16, 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...
Alvin Kruse
Jul 1, 2011
Alvin Kruse, age 73, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA., with Rev. Marvin Salz presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
