OBITUARIES
Nellie I. Falck
May 3, 2010
Nellie I. Falck, age 90 of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday evening, May 3, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Bryan Robertson, with burial in the Hauge Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday, May 7 at...
Inez Marjorie Viste
Apr 27, 2010
Inez M. Viste, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Wellington Place in Decorah where she had been a resident since October 29, 2001. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, Iowa, by Rev. Mark Kvale, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Loren R. Rue
Apr 22, 2010
Loren R. Rue, age 92, of Ridgeway, IA, died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, IA by Rev. Phil Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery in rural Ridgeway. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 P.M....
Jeanette Williams
Apr 9, 2010
Jeanette Williams, age 69, of Iowa City, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, died suddenly on Friday, April 9, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Bryan Robertson from the Decorah Lutheran Church...
Karen Myhre Mikesh
Apr 3, 2010
Karen Bredeson Gjerdrum Myhre Mikesh, age 78, of Winterset, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Madison County Hospital in Winterset, IA, of congestive heart failure. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at the Wilmington Lutheran Church, rural Spring Grove, MN. Burial will be held at the...
Donald L. Gray
Apr 1, 2010
Always the gracious gentleman, Donald Lowell Gray, age 85, died on April 1, 2010, at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa where he resided for the past six months. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 8, 2010 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday,...
Harold Erickson
Mar 27, 2010
Harold S. Erickson, age 96, of of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the Green Lea Manor in Mabel, MN. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at the Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Springwater Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. The family...
Cheryl Andersen
Mar 27, 2010
Cheryl Andersen, (Mrs. Ed) age 76, of Pocola, Oklahoma, died on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at St. Edwards Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the Schluter - Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Marion Pruitt- Jefferson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa....
Lila Grace Schneider
Mar 20, 2010
The Lord has called our Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother to come to his home on March 20, 2010 from the Aase Haugen Home at the age of 99 years, five months and 15 days. Lila Grace Schneider was born October 5, 1910, the daughter of Vernon C. and Elsie (Palley) Sheetz. Lila’s wishes were to be...
Ruth Courtney
Mar 17, 2010
Ruth Courtney, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA. A Memorial Mass will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial of ashes will be in St. Bridget’s Cemetery in Bluffton, IA....
William G. Naef
Mar 16, 2010
William G. Naef, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. A private family graveside service will be held at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in charge of arrangements. William George Naef was born August 26, 1930, Women’s Suffrage Day, the only child of Ulrich George and...
Anna Mikota
Mar 14, 2010
Anna Mikota, age 91, of Spillville, IA, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Father Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 16,...
Helen Andera
Mar 11, 2010
Helen Andera, age 89, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa, after a lengthy bout with Alzheimer’s. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 15, 2010, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman, presiding. Burial will be in...
Clarence "Clem" Reicks
Mar 1, 2010
Clarence “Clem” Reicks, age 76, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Monday, March 1, 2010, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA. with Rev. David Beckman presiding burial of ashes will be at a later date in St....
Jules M. Fretheim
Feb 28, 2010
Jules M. Fretheim, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday morning, February 28, 2010 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 4, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson with burial in Madison Lutheran Cemetery in rural Ridgeway, IA. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday, March...
Clifford L. Kroshus
Feb 24, 2010
Clifford L. Kroshus, age 89, of Sparta, WI, died Wednesday morning, February 24, 2010 at Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta. A Celebration Of Clifford's Life and Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. David H. Andreae with inurnment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Adrian Hageman
Feb 24, 2010
Adrian Hageman, age 84, of Ossian, Iowa, died on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
James C. Hippen
Feb 24, 2010
James C. Hippen, Historian of Engineering, Industry, and Transportation (April 14, 1937 – February 24, 2010) James Campbell Hippen, age 72, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, February 24, 2010 at his home in Decorah. A memorial service will be held in the spring with inurnment in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Jim was born in Oklahoma City on April 14,...
Ralph Milligan
Feb 22, 2010
Ralph Milligan, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died Monday, February 22, 2010, at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, after a battle with Supranuclear Palsy. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 27, 2010, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-8:00 p.m....
Agnes Lee
Feb 21, 2010
Agnes Lee, age 92, of Rochester, MN and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, February 21, 2010 Madonna Towers Nursing Home in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, Iowa, by Rev. Mark Kvale, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation begins at 10:00 A.M....
