OBITUARIES
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...
Renda Sacquitne
Oct 9, 2009
Renda Sacquitne, age 58, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, October 9, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Douglas Mathison presiding. Burial will be held in the Glenwood East Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
William H. Hervey
Oct 8, 2009
William H. Hervey William Hugh Hervey died on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah, IA after many years of health problems. He was born on August 6, 1925 in Butler, Pennsylvania and lived a remarkable life in spite of many illnesses. During the 1930’s depression, his family lived in many Pennsylvania cities and towns as...
Mildred Vick
Oct 8, 2009
Mildred Vick, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Monday, October 12, 2009, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, with Rev. Douglas Mathison presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood East Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call on Sunday...
A. Bruce Wrightsman
Oct 4, 2009
A. Bruce Wrightsman, age 76, of Decorah, died October 4, 2009 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota from complications of primary amyloidosis following a recent car accident. Professor Emeritus of the Department of Religion and Philosophy and Russian Studies, Bruce taught at Luther College from 1967, retiring in 2001 and continued to teach as visiting professor part-time through 2008....
Rita Anna Hanson
Oct 3, 2009
Rita Anna Hanson Rita Anna Hanson was born March 26, 1928, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota the daughter of Marie (Yochum) Sumbs and was later christened as Rita Anna Sumbs, though her father died well before her birth. Rita was united in marriage to Richard Simon Hanson on September 2, 1954 in Pequot Lake, Minnesota. Rita passed away at 7:25...
Carleton A Sperati
Oct 3, 2009
Carleton A. Sperati, age 91, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, died Saturday, October 3, 2009 at his home in Parkersburg. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The public is invited to a graveside committal service at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, October 9, 2009 at Lutheran Cemetery...
Wilma O'Gorman
Oct 2, 2009
Wilma O’Gorman, age 89, of DeSoto, Kansas, formerly of Calmar, Iowa, died Friday, October 2, 2009, at the Hillside Village Nursing Home in DeSoto, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, in Calmar, Iowa, with Msgr. Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church...
Kathleen Huber
Sep 24, 2009
Kathleen Huber, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, September 24, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, September 26, 2009, at St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church in Ossian, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Donald Pinter Sr.
Sep 22, 2009
Donald Pinter Sr., age 75, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, September 25, 2009, at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Little Turkey, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in...
Melvin Humpal
Sep 19, 2009
Melvin Humpal, age 85, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Saturday, September 19, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 23, 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 3:00-7:00...
Nancy Einck
Sep 18, 2009
Nancy Einck, age 52, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, September 18, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Decorah, Iowa, following a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church...
Gladys Kalec
Sep 17, 2009
Gladys Kalec age, 94 of Decorah, IA formerly of Spillville, IA died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the Aase Haugen Nursing home in Decorah, IA after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA by Rev Donald Hawes burial will be in...
Sena Downing
Sep 8, 2009
Sena Marie Downing, age 25, of Clarksville, Tennessee, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, September 12, 2009, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, 1381 Big Canoe Road, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Burial will be in the Iowa River Cemetery. Friends...
