OBITUARIES
Donald Mihm
Oct 27, 2010
Donald Mihm, age 80, of St. Lucas died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at the Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union, IA, after a long illness with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 1, 2010, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Father Marvin Salz presiding. Burial will be in...
Gary Barth
Oct 27, 2010
Gary Barth, age 66, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA, after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 30, 2010, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Wayne Hagen and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Springwater Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from...
P. Norman Berge
Oct 26, 2010
P. Norman Berge, age 96, died Tuesday evening, October 26, 2010 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 30, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, one hour before services,...
Margaret Phillips Busch
Oct 25, 2010
Margaret Phillips Busch, age 92, of Spillville, IA, died on Monday, October 25, 2010, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 28, 2010, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Marvin Salz presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Kenneth L. Olson
Oct 24, 2010
Kenneth L. Olson, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday morning, October 24, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 29, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marian Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with full military honors. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00...
Alois (Louis) Kovarik
Oct 22, 2010
Alois (Louis) Kovarik, age 93, of Spillville died Friday October 22, 2010 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at 11:00 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Father Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation will be from 3:00...
Carol Mincks, Sr.
Oct 17, 2010
Carol “Red” Mincks, Sr., age 83, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 17, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 21, 2010, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Galen Smith presiding. Burial will be in the Calmar City Cemetery, Calmar, Iowa. Friends may call...
Edward H. Paul
Oct 17, 2010
We lost a brother and good friend early Sunday morning, October 17, after his quiet, dignified struggle with esophageal cancer. Skip, as he was affectionately known throughout his 67 years, died at Wellington Place, his place of residence since 2001. Skip was born on March 31, 1943, in Berwyn, Illinois, and raised in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield. He graduated...
Ransome Bolson
Oct 15, 2010
Ransome Bolson, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, October 15, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Richard Simon Hanson presiding. Burial will be in the Union Prairie Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday,...
Verdis L. Little
Oct 14, 2010
Verdis L. Little, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, Iowa with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Private Family Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00 A....
Thelma Sampson
Oct 12, 2010
Thelma Sampson, age 82, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Harris Hostager presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call from...
Ronald "Sam" Schuler
Oct 11, 2010
Ronald “Sam” Schuler, age 75, of Festina, IA, died on Monday, October 11, 2010, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. A memorial mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12,...
Dorothy E. Monson
Oct 9, 2010
Dorothy E. Monson, age 95, died on Saturday evening, October 9, 2010 at Asse Haugen Home in Decorah. A Celebration of Life memorial will be held Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Decorah Elks Lodge, 402 West Main St., Decorah. Light refreshments will be served. Private inurnment will be at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Born January...
Robert "Bob" Grainger
Oct 7, 2010
Robert “Bob” Grainger, age 74, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday, October 11, 2010, at the...
Brenda Stofferahn
Oct 7, 2010
Brenda Stofferahn, age 59, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN, from complications of breast cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the Calmar Lutheran Church, in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Dr. Frank F. Nelson
Oct 6, 2010
Dr. Frank F. Nelson, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, October 6, 2010 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday, October 9, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson and Rev. Harris Hostager officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from...
Elmer O. Sorenson
Oct 1, 2010
Elmer Sorenson, age 71, of Decorah died Friday, October 1, 2010 at his home after a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, IA. Friends may call from 4:00 –...
Curtis Haugen
Sep 28, 2010
Curtis Haugen, age 74, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, from Myodysplastic Syndrome. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 4, 2010, at the Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Wayne Hagen and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery,...
Robert A. Olson
Sep 28, 2010
Robert A. Olson, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 1, 2010 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah with full military honors. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M....
Lester Schneberger
Sep 25, 2010
Lester Schneberger, age 78, of Rockford, IL, formerly of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, IL. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
