OBITUARIES
Arnold "Arnie" Meyer
Jan 13, 2010
Arnold Meyer, age 84, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 16, 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 Friday at the...
Benjamin Larson
Jan 12, 2010
Benjamin Judd Ulring Splichal Larson, 25, died in the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 6, 2010 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:30 P.M. Friday, February 5 at First Lutheran...
Gary Hove
Jan 10, 2010
Gary Hove, age 72, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 10, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 14, 2010, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon, Iowa, with Rev. Lynn Groe presiding. Burial with military rites will be held in the Lincoln Cemetery,...
Tim Novak
Jan 9, 2010
Tim Novak, age 65, of Spillville, IA died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at his home after a long illness. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 14, 2010 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Rev. Donald Hawes and Rev. Norm Bauer presiding. Burial of ashes will be at a later date in the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery...
Sharon Kakos
Jan 7, 2010
Sharon Kakos, age 61, of Decorah died Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen presiding. Burial will be the Russell Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 2:00-5:00 p.m., on Sunday,...
Beverly Erickson
Jan 4, 2010
Beverly M. Erickson, age 75, of Charlotte, NC and formerly of Decorah, IA, died January 4, 2010 at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, June 25, 2010 at Hauge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah with Rev. Mark Kvale officiating. Inurnment will be in the Hauge Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation begins on Friday...
Cicely B. Joslyn
Dec 31, 2009
Cicely B. Joslyn, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Her body was donated to the Anatomy Bequest Program at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, MN. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Vennehjem, 1102 Nordic Drive, Decorah. Fjelstul Funeral Home is...
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....
