OBITUARIES
Merlin Chris Rilling
Dec 11, 2009
Merlin Rilling, age 84, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Friday December 11, 2009, at his home in Fort Atkinson after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Owen Riley Puffer
Dec 11, 2009
Owen Riley Puffer, infant son of Rachel Severson and Chaz Puffer, of Decorah, Iowa, was born and died on Friday, December 11, 2009, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, of Trisomy 18. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Bryan Robertson...
Ray Ramsey
Dec 10, 2009
Ray Ramsey, age 82, of Burr Oak, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at his home, after a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 14, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, in Decorah, with Rev. Joan Mau presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak, Iowa. Friends may...
James "Jim" Herold
Dec 7, 2009
James "Jim" Herold, age 77, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 11, 2009, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be held in the church cemetery with Military Rites....
Betty I. Smith
Dec 4, 2009
Betty I. Smith, age 75, of Decorah, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Grace Episcopal Church in Decorah. Inurnment is at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church Cremains Garden in Gainesville, FL. Betty Irene Rule was born on April 23, 1934 in Laporte...
Ruth Pauline Keune
Dec 3, 2009
Ruth Pauline Keune, age 83, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 03, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Glen Smith, presiding. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Fort Atkinson,...
Jim Burreson
Nov 24, 2009
Jim Burreson, age 65, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. James Glesne presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday at the Schluter –...
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...
