OBITUARIES
Evelyn Boyer
Aug 30, 2009
Evelyn Boyer, age 81, of St. Lucas, Iowa, died on Sunday, August 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Home in West Union, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Arnold "Arnie" Rohm
Aug 29, 2009
Arnold “Arnie” Rohm, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, August 29, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Tom Pietz, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Gene Hermeier presiding. Burial will...
Duane R. "Curly" Hartson
Aug 29, 2009
Duane R. “Curly” Hartson, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at home in Decorah of cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah by Matthew H. Perkins with burial at sea in San Diego, California with full military honors. Visitation will be from...
Agnes C. Hageman
Aug 26, 2009
Agnes Hageman, age 97, of Calmar, Iowa died on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 2009, at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Barbara J. Hanzlik
Aug 26, 2009
Barbara J. Hanzlik, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN, following a sudden illness. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 31, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Tom Pietz and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in...
Leland "Cy" Wilson
Aug 14, 2009
Leland “Cy” Wilson, 85, of Decorah, IA passed away on August 14th, 2009 at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home, from an extended illness. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Kirk Hageman
Aug 12, 2009
Kirk Hageman, age 25, of North Liberty, Iowa, died on Tuesday, August 12, 2009, in North Liberty, Iowa, from a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, August 17, 2009, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Gary Krapfl presiding. Burial will be in the Hesper Public Cemetery, Hesper, Iowa....
Valerian "Vally" Kuboushek
Aug 11, 2009
Valerian “Valley” Kuboushek, age 71, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at his home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer presiding. Burial will be in the Calmar Lutheran Cemetery, Calmar, Iowa. Friends may call...
Judge Joseph C. Keefe
Aug 3, 2009
Judge Joseph C. Keefe, age 82, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday evening, August 3, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, August 7, 2009 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah by Rev. Phillip Gibbs. Burial will be in St. Benedict Cemetery with full military...
Rev. Peter L. Swiggum
Aug 1, 2009
Rev. Peter L. Swiggum, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, August 7, 2009 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Richard Simon Hanson. Visitation with the family will be held on Thursday, August 6, from 5:00-7:00 P.M., in the...
William "Bill" Gallegos
Aug 1, 2009
William "Bill" Gallegos, age 59, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, August 1, 2009, at his home in Decorah, Iowa. No services are being planned. William Thory “Bill” Gallegos was born on February 4, 1950, the son of Donald William and Ila (Lindelien) Drury in Harmony, Minnesota. As a child he moved to California with his mother, and Bill graduated...
Margaret L. Kruchek
Jul 27, 2009
Margaret L. Kruchek, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 30, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Paul Jordahl with burial in Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 –...
Emma Eide
Jul 27, 2009
Emma Eide, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, July 27, 2009, at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 31, 2009, in the Fellowship Room at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Tom Pietz and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may...
Norbert Lechtenberg
Jul 21, 2009
Norbert Lechtenberg, age 82, of Festina, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at his home following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 24, 2009, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, in Festina, Iowa, with Rev. Marvin Salz officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Roger K. Fjelstul
Jul 18, 2009
Roger K. Fjelstul, age 77 of Decorah, Iowa, died early Saturday morning, July 18, 2009 at Imperial Health Care Center in Naples, Florida. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with burial in Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 P.M. Monday...
Herbert G. Arp
Jul 16, 2009
Herbert G. Arp, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 20, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with inurnment in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be after 10:00 A.M. Monday, one...
Ludmilla Lu Humpal
Jul 15, 2009
Ludmilla Humpal, age 95 of rural Calmar died Wednesday July 15, 2009 at the Regional Health Center in Cresco after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Beatrice Iverson
Jul 14, 2009
Beatrice Iverson, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Rita Hackman
Jul 12, 2009
Rita Hackman, age 90, of Ft. Atkinson, Iowa, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa, after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Alma V. Harvey
Jul 11, 2009
Alma V. Harvey, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Thomas Pietz and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16,...
