OBITUARIES
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...
Richard "Ronnie" Lawson
Jul 1, 2011
Richard "Ronnie" Lawson, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Winneshiek Memorial Hospital in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be in the Bluffton Cemetery, Bluffton, IA. Friends may call...
Donald Schissel
Jul 1, 2011
Donald Schissel, age 79, of Ossian, IA died Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday July 4, 2011 at the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Ossian, IA with Msgr. Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00...
L. June Rucker
Jun 28, 2011
L. June Rucker died at her home in Senoia, Georgia, on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the age of 79. She was formerly of Waukon and Decorah, Iowa. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 25, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. Michael Carey officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah....
Clayton Michael Henning
Jun 24, 2011
Clayton Michael Henning, infant son of Marcus and Emily Henning, of Cedar Rapids, IA, died on Friday, June 24, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home, 4200 First Avenue N.E., in Cedar Rapids, IA. Friends may call from...
Helen Balik
Jun 22, 2011
Helen Balik, age 92, of Spillville, IA, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab Center in New Hampton, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 25, 2011, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Agatha Neuzil
Jun 22, 2011
Agatha Neuzil, age 88, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 27, 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...
