OBITUARIES
Irma Slebiska
Mar 27, 2011
Irma Slebiska, age 96, of Calmar, IA, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. It was Irma’s wish to have her body donated to the University of Iowa. There will be a memorial service at a later date.
Lila Langreck
Mar 22, 2011
Lila Langreck, age 71, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 28, 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 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m.,...
Leonard Hertges
Mar 19, 2011
Leonard Hertges, age 92, of Decorah, IA died Saturday March 19, 2011 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Father Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00...
Howard Orville Ruen
Mar 19, 2011
Howard Orville Ruen, age 61, of Kalona, IA (formerly of Decorah, IA), died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 24, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA with Rev. Harris Hostager officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah with full military honors. Visitation...
Francis "Fritz" Holthaus
Mar 17, 2011
Francis “Fritz” Holthaus, age 78, of Calmar, IA, died on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Maynard E. Aaker
Mar 16, 2011
Maynard E. Aaker, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, March 16, 2011 at Barthell Nursing Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, March 21, 2011 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Wayne Hagen officiating. A Private Family Inurnment will be held at a later date at Holden Lutheran Cemetery...
Norbert Hovey
Mar 16, 2011
Norbert Hovey, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Orleans Lutheran Church, rural Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Joelle Colville-Hanson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday at the...
Jeanette Martinson
Mar 15, 2011
Jeanette Martinson, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Wayne Hagen, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Dave Berg presiding. Burial will be in the Zion-Sarpsborg Lutheran Church cemetery in...
Lori (Rausch) Milbrandt
Mar 15, 2011
Lori (Rausch) Milbrandt, age 49, of Ft. Atkinson, IA, died Tuesday March 15, 2011, at her home after a long battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2011, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA, with Father Nick March presiding. Friends may call from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. on...
Gertrude E. Hendricks
Mar 12, 2011
Gertrude Ellen (Smith) Hendricks was born March 17, 1925 on her parent’s farm in Canoe Township, rural Decorah, IA, the daughter of Horace S. and Ella M. (Korsen) Smith. Gertrude was united in marriage to John A. Hendricks on September 1, 1946 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah. This union was blessed with three sons: Horace (Ace), Jeff, and Jerry....
Frank L. Holland
Mar 10, 2011
Frank L. Holland, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00...
Carl F. Schick
Mar 10, 2011
Carl Frederick Schick passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Winneshiek Medical Center Hospice in Decorah, Iowa at the age of 82. Carl was born September 27, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. Frank J. Schick and Dagny (Hoeg) Schick. During the Korean conflict, Carl served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. He...
Beatrice "Bea" Amundson
Mar 8, 2011
Bea Amundson, age 90, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 11, 2011 at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA, at a later date. Schluter Balik...
Gertrude E. "Tudy" Holmberg
Mar 6, 2011
Gertrude E. “Tudy” Holmberg, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Private Family Burial is at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Gertrude Esther Holmberg was born April 19, 1916...
Charlotte E. Erickson
Mar 6, 2011
Charlotte E. Erickson, age 106, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. A Memorial Service is being planned for Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at First United Methodist Church in Decorah. Charlotte Evelyn (Noecker) Erickson was born September 7, 1904 in Hesper, Iowa, the daughter of Hugo and Grace (Allen) Noecker....
Dorothy Kuennen
Mar 6, 2011
Dorothy Kuennen, age 89, of St. Lucas, IA, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Father Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery,...
Dean A. Womeldorf
Mar 4, 2011
Dean A. Womeldorf, age 61, of Decorah, IA, died suddenly on Friday, March 4, 2011 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. A visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 10th at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Dean Alan Womeldorf was born May 18, 1949 in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Walter and Eleanor (Vick) Womeldorf. He married...
Gena J. Casterton
Mar 3, 2011
Gena J. Casterton, age 91 of Decorah, Iowa, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Hesper Lutheran Church in rural Decorah with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in Hesper Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-5:00 P.M....
Ernest Bigler
Feb 27, 2011
Ernest Bigler, age 75, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 3, 2011, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Locust, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery, Locust, IA. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 p.m., on Wednesday, March 2, 2011,...
Irene Doris (Lubke) Olson
Feb 26, 2011
Irene Doris Olson, 88, passed from her long and eventful life on Saturday, February 26, 2011, following a short-lived residence at the Cresco Care Center in Cresco, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Matthew H. Perkins officiating. Visitation is from 10:00 to 11:00...
