OBITUARIES

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Arnold "Arnie" Meyer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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