OBITUARIES
Louise Kapler
Dec 30, 2009
Louise Kapler, age 93, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 2, 2010, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Rodman E. Sunday
Dec 29, 2009
Rodman Earle Sunday peacefully passed away in the care of WMC Hospice on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 with his loving wife, Dorothy, at his side. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 8, 2010 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Bryan Robertson with inurnment in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring of 2010. Visitation will be...
David T. Nelson
Dec 27, 2009
David T. Nelson, age 82 of Decorah, died Sunday evening, December 27, 2009 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with inurnment in Lutheran Cemetery in the spring of 2010. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Monday, January...
Shirley A. Murley
Dec 25, 2009
Shirley A. Murley was born December 21, 1932 in Arlington, IA, the daughter of Fred & Florence (Kamerer) Peeper. She was a 1951 graduate of Arlington High School. She was united in marriage to Thomas S. Murley on August 31, 1951 in Arlington, IA. This union was blessed with four children, Deb Saunders (Len) of Polo, IL, Steve Murley (Kris)...
Lucille Lechtenberg
Dec 24, 2009
Lucille Lechtenberg, age 81, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 24, 2009, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Josephine Bullerman
Dec 23, 2009
Josephine Bullerman, age 95, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 28, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00-5:00...
James Bernard May
Dec 19, 2009
James May, age 66, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died on Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. James Bernard May was born on May 21, 1943, the son of James...
Iona Kubesh
Dec 17, 2009
Iona Kubesh age 88 of Calmar died Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 21, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-8:00 p.m. on...
Agnes Forde
Dec 16, 2009
Agnes “Aggie” Forde, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson presiding. Burial will be in the Big Canoe Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa Friends may...
Mel Lee
Dec 15, 2009
Mel Lee, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday at the Schluter –...
Charleen "Chuckie" Gilbertson
Dec 15, 2009
Charleen “Chuckie” Gilbertson, age 70, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 18, 2009, at the Madison Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phil and Ginny Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Madison East Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends...
Eunice Larson
Dec 13, 2009
Eunice M. Larson, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, December 13, 2009, at the Green Lea Manor in Mabel, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 18, 2009, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Douglas Mathison presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 10:00...
Ervin E. White
Dec 12, 2009
Ervin E. White, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress. Inurnment will be at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah in the spring of 2010 with full military honors....
Merlin Chris Rilling
Dec 11, 2009
Merlin Rilling, age 84, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Friday December 11, 2009, at his home in Fort Atkinson after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Owen Riley Puffer
Dec 11, 2009
Owen Riley Puffer, infant son of Rachel Severson and Chaz Puffer, of Decorah, Iowa, was born and died on Friday, December 11, 2009, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, of Trisomy 18. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Bryan Robertson...
Ray Ramsey
Dec 10, 2009
Ray Ramsey, age 82, of Burr Oak, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at his home, after a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 14, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, in Decorah, with Rev. Joan Mau presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak, Iowa. Friends may...
James "Jim" Herold
Dec 7, 2009
James "Jim" Herold, age 77, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 11, 2009, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be held in the church cemetery with Military Rites....
Betty I. Smith
Dec 4, 2009
Betty I. Smith, age 75, of Decorah, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Grace Episcopal Church in Decorah. Inurnment is at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church Cremains Garden in Gainesville, FL. Betty Irene Rule was born on April 23, 1934 in Laporte...
Ruth Pauline Keune
Dec 3, 2009
Ruth Pauline Keune, age 83, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 03, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Glen Smith, presiding. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Fort Atkinson,...
Jim Burreson
Nov 24, 2009
Jim Burreson, age 65, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. James Glesne presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday at the Schluter –...
