OBITUARIES
Bill Headington
Nov 23, 2009
William “Bill” Headington, age 71, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday evening, November 23, 2009, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 27, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Carol Kress and Rev. Wayne Wasta presiding. There will be no visitation, it was Bill's wishes to be cremated....
Lillian Snyder
Nov 23, 2009
Lillian Snyder, age 85, of Castalia, Iowa, died on Monday, November 23, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the Zion Lutheran Church, with Rev. David Lenth presiding. Burial will be in the Greenwood – Centennial Cemetery, rural Castalia, Iowa. Friends my call from: 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday at the...
Agnes Anna Shindelar
Nov 22, 2009
Agnes Shindelar, age 87, of Spillville, Iowa, died on Sunday, November 22, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Rosalyn Lee
Nov 20, 2009
Rosalyn Lee, age 75, of Burr Oak, Iowa, died on Friday, November 20, 2009, at her home. A Time of Remembrance will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah. Rosalyn Maude (Reed) Lee was born on November 20, 1934, the daughter of Frank and Ethyl (Brown) Reed in...
Rita Schmitt
Nov 18, 2009
Rita Schmitt, age 86, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 21, 2009, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-8:00 p.m. on...
Alvin Harold Vick
Nov 15, 2009
Alvin H. Vick, age 100, of Decorah, IA died on Sunday morning, November 15, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah from complications of a stroke. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah by Rev. Bryan Robertson with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the...
Henry William Remington
Nov 12, 2009
Henry William Remington was born quietly into the world on Thursday, November 12th, 2009. He will be greatly missed by his parents William and Nicole, his big brother Grant and our families. He is survived by his grandparents Clifford and Joyce Bullerman of Decorah and Mary Roberts of Vancouver, Washington, his aunts, Brenda Bullerman of Decorah, Lea Chitwood of St....
Cora Tangen
Nov 12, 2009
Cora Tangen, age, 96 of Waukon, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA, after a long illness. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 16, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran...
Theodore "Ted" Hageman
Nov 11, 2009
Ted Hageman, age 78, of St. Lucas, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, November 13, 2009, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Jettie D. Borsheim
Nov 5, 2009
Jettie D. Borsheim, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, November 5, 2009 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 9, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Sunday, November 8 at Fjelstul...
Dorothy E. Welch
Oct 30, 2009
Dorothy E. Welch was born March 16, 1923, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Olaf and Tilla (Thoraldson) Anderson. She was a 1940 graduate of Moorhead High School. She was united in marriage to Paul V. "Peck" Welch on October 5, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio. This union was blessed with two daughters, Georgiann & Terrie. Dorothy worked in women's retail...
Vivian Root
Oct 30, 2009
Vivian Root, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, October 30, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Deocrah. There will be a rosary at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Vivian Frances (Pritchard) Root...
Arnold Havel
Oct 27, 2009
Arnold Havel, age 91, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, October 30, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on...
Marjorie L. Rekward
Oct 24, 2009
Marjorie L. Rekward, age 94, of Decorah, IA died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, from complications of a stroke. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol Kress with burial in Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 P.M. Tuesday, October...
Michael Ameling
Oct 23, 2009
Michael Ameling, age 56, of Dorchester, Iowa, died on Friday, October 23, 2009, at his home, from natural causes. Private family services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to your favorite charity or to Colette Ameling, 805 North Pine Street, West Union, IA 52175. Michael Joseph Ameling was...
Lori Ottney
Oct 22, 2009
Lori Ottney, age 64, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 22, 2009, at her home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 26, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be at a later date in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call on Sunday...
Elmer Slifka
Oct 15, 2009
Elmer Slifka, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, with Deacon Nick Francois presiding. Burial will be at a later date in St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery,...
Norma M. Hopperstad
Oct 12, 2009
Norma M. Hopperstad, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died Monday evening, October 12, 2009 at her daughter’s home in Decorah of cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Friday, October 16, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiant. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in...
Thelma Pahl
Oct 11, 2009
Thelma Pahl, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery, Locust, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on...
Jane Bentley
Oct 11, 2009
Jane M. Bentley, age 52, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, of complications from diabetes. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s...
