OBITUARIES
Marian Thelma Wilkins
Feb 14, 2009
Marian T. Wilkins, age 85, of Decorah,Iowa, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Wellington Place in Decorah following a lengthy illness. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Glenwood Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. Doug Mathison with burial in Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM Tuesday at Fjelstul Funeral...
Frances J. Rude
Feb 10, 2009
Frances J. Rude, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 13, 2009 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation is after 1:00 P.M....
Marlis J. Zweibohmer
Feb 9, 2009
Marlis J. “Pat” Zweibohmer, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, February 9, 2009 at Wellington Place in Decorah following a long illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, February 13, 2009 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah....
Karen Hanson
Feb 4, 2009
Karen Hanson, age 70, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 9, 2009, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Douglas Mathison officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Bernard D. Coonradt
Feb 3, 2009
Bernard D. Coonradt, age 66, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Joan A. Mau officiating. Inurnment will be in the spring of 2009 in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with full military honors....
Lloyd S. Strinmoen
Feb 1, 2009
Lloyd S. Strinmoen, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. David H. Andreae. Burial will be in Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery with full military honors....
Coletta Busta
Jan 28, 2009
Coletta Busta, age 89, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN, following a short illness. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Sharon E. Benson
Jan 26, 2009
Sharon E. Benson, age 59, of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at home following a long battle with cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 PM Saturday, April 25, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah. The Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen will officiate with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is...
Lois C. Hagensick
Jan 23, 2009
Lois C. Hagensick, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, January 23, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress with burial in Oakland Cemetery in Waukon, IA. Visitation is from 4:00 to 7:00...
Hulda L. Wicks
Jan 20, 2009
Hulda L. Wicks, age 99, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 23, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress with burial in Canoe German Methodist Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation is after...
Janet R. Rausch
Jan 18, 2009
Janet R. Rausch, age 75, of Lansing, IA and St. Petersburg, FL, and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL following a brief illness. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah by Rev. Phillip Gibbs...
Harry Halverson
Jan 17, 2009
Harry Halverson, age 91, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the Madison Lutheran Church with Rev. Phil and Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Vivienne Gossman
Jan 16, 2009
Vivienne Gossman, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, January 16, 2009, at her home following a battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Schluter – Balik...
Ronald Gehling
Jan 15, 2009
Ronald J. Gehling, age 48, of Lansing, IA, formerly of Calmar, IA died on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at the Thornton Manor in Lansing, IA, following complications from hydrocephalus. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in...
Michael R. Schroeder
Jan 15, 2009
Michael Schroeder, age 25, of Oelwein, IA, died on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at the Grandview HealthCare Center in Oelwein, Iowa, of complications from myotonic muscular dystrophy. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 19, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Tom Pietz and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Inurnment will be held in the spring...
Carol Sue Engbretson
Jan 14, 2009
Carol Sue Engbretson, age 62, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the Madison Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phil and Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Raymond "Bud" Balik
Jan 13, 2009
Raymond Balik, age 77, of Protivin, Iowa, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Regional Health Services of Howard County, in Cresco, Iowa, following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin, IA, by Rev. David Beckman. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Carroll W. Nesseth
Jan 12, 2009
Carroll W. Nesseth, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, January 12, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a short illness. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, January 24, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Private family inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring, with...
Laura A. Ness
Jan 12, 2009
Laura A. Ness, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, January 12, 2009 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. David H. Andreae with burial in Big Canoe Cemetery. Visitation is from 4:00-6:00...
Albert Zweibahmer
Jan 3, 2009
Albert Zweibahmer, age 83, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Saturday, January 3, 2009, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
