OBITUARIES
Virgil Goettelman
Sep 7, 2009
Virgil Goettelman, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, September 7, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at the First United Methodist Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Carol Kress presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa, with full military rites...
Ralph Petrick
Sep 5, 2009
Ralph Petrick, age 83, of Calmar, IA, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA, after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the Calmar Lutheran...
Cyrena K. Kinseth
Sep 5, 2009
Cyrena K. Kinseth, age 80, of Council Bluffs, Iowa and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen and Rev. Jon Benson. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah....
Curtis Lien
Sep 4, 2009
Curtis Lien, age 82, of Decorah, died Friday, September 4, 2009, at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa, after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be military rites...
Nora Guttebo
Aug 31, 2009
Nora Guttebo, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, August 31, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home, in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, prior to the...
Ethel I. Iverson
Aug 30, 2009
Ethel I. Iverson, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, August 30, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 4, 2009 at Hauge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. Nancy Solomonson with inurnment in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Friday,...
Robert S. Mccargar
Aug 30, 2009
Robert S. McCargar, who was born November 8, 1922 in Chicago, IL and was a long-time resident of Ann Arbor, MI, died at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA on August 30, 2009. Preceding him in death were his brother, Donald (Levittown, PA, 1961), his mother, Hattie (Largo, FL, 1962), his father, Harold (Largo, FL, 1964), and his wife, Sophia...
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...
