OBITUARIES
Hermina Boeding
Nov 12, 2010
Hermina Boeding, age 91, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Friday, November 12, 2010, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab Center in New Hampton, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 19, 2010, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church...
Barb Marhoul
Nov 10, 2010
Barb (Phillips) Marhoul, age 39, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, from apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 15, 2010, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Irvin Ameling
Nov 10, 2010
Irvin Ameling, age 78, of St. Lucas, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 15, 2010, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday, November 14, 2010,...
Dale Mccormick
Nov 9, 2010
Dale McCormick, age 59, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Father Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may...
Lavonne Jacobson Waldron
Nov 9, 2010
LaVonne Jacobson Waldron, age 86, of Decorah, IA died Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Funeral Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2010 at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding, burial will be in the North Washington Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday from...
Robert "Bob" Koch
Nov 3, 2010
Robert "Bob" Koch, age 65, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Marion Pruitt – Jefferson and Rev. Harris Hostager presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah,...
Alice Y. Hoiness
Oct 31, 2010
Alice Margretta Young Hoiness - 100 years, two months - of Harmony, MN passed away peacefully at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA on Sunday, October 31, 2010 due to complications from pneumonia. Alice was born September 14, 1910 near Locust, Iowa to John Young, originally of Buswiller, Alsace France, and Emma Lena Koppen Young of Canoe Township, Iowa. She...
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...
