OBITUARIES
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....
Reuben Allard Bergan
Sep 18, 2010
Reuben Allard Bergan age, 98 of Decorah, IA died Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Barthell, Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, October 17, 2010, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to Childrens Hospital at St. Francis...
Johanna Weiss
Sep 10, 2010
Johanna Weiss, age 90, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, September 10, 2010 at Aase Haugen Assisted Living in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 17, 2010 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust, IA, rural Decorah, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson officiating. Burial will be in Locust Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, September...
Edna A. R. Prestsater
Sep 8, 2010
Edna Prestsater, age 95 of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Glenwood Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, IA with Rev Douglas Mathison officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood East Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Monday, September 13, 2010 at Fjelstul...
Olga I. Ottesen
Sep 8, 2010
Olga I. Ottesen, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, September 13, 2010 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa with Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00...
Maythel R. Stee
Sep 8, 2010
Maythel R. Stee, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Inurnment is in Pleasant View Cemetery in Castalia, Iowa. Visitation is on Thursday beginning at 10 A.M., one hour before...
Jennifer (Lukes) Murphy
Sep 7, 2010
Jennifer (Lukes) Murphy, age 31, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at the Hospice of the Valley, Gardiner Home in Phoenix, AZ, due to complications from cystic fibrosis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip...
Jane Holthaus Blair
Sep 6, 2010
Jane Holthaus Blair, age 64, of Miamisburg, OH, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, September 6, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 9, 2010, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery, Decorah,...
Morris Bergan
Sep 2, 2010
Morris Bergan, age 92, of Ridgeway, IA, died Thursday, September 2, 2010, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Philip and Ginny Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter, Iowa. Friends may call on...
Craig Hunt
Aug 31, 2010
Craig Hunt age, 58 of Decorah, Iowa died Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 13, 2010, at the Pulpit Rock Campground in Decorah, Iowa, with Jan Gluth – King presiding. All are asked to bring a lawn chair and salad and bars to share...
Roselyn Lensch
Aug 30, 2010
Roselyn Lensch, age 68, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, August 30, 2010, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 3, 2010, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from...
Thelma Moen
Aug 29, 2010
Thelma Moen, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call...
Alanson Lance Lillbridge
Aug 26, 2010
Alanson “Lance” Lillibridge, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday evening, August 26, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Wayne Hagen officiating. Private Family inurnment will be at a later date in Lutheran Cemetery in...
Ethel O. Kittelson
Aug 20, 2010
Ethel O. Kittelson, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Friday morning, August 20, 2010 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Wayne Hagen, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Randal Kittelson officiating. Burial will be in Hesper Lutheran Cemetery in Hesper, IA. Visitation...
