OBITUARIES
Norbert Lechtenberg
Jul 21, 2009
Norbert Lechtenberg, age 82, of Festina, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at his home following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 24, 2009, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, in Festina, Iowa, with Rev. Marvin Salz officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Roger K. Fjelstul
Jul 18, 2009
Roger K. Fjelstul, age 77 of Decorah, Iowa, died early Saturday morning, July 18, 2009 at Imperial Health Care Center in Naples, Florida. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with burial in Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 P.M. Monday...
Herbert G. Arp
Jul 16, 2009
Herbert G. Arp, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 20, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with inurnment in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be after 10:00 A.M. Monday, one...
Ludmilla Lu Humpal
Jul 15, 2009
Ludmilla Humpal, age 95 of rural Calmar died Wednesday July 15, 2009 at the Regional Health Center in Cresco after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Beatrice Iverson
Jul 14, 2009
Beatrice Iverson, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. David Andreae presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Rita Hackman
Jul 12, 2009
Rita Hackman, age 90, of Ft. Atkinson, Iowa, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa, after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. David Beckman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Alma V. Harvey
Jul 11, 2009
Alma V. Harvey, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Thomas Pietz and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16,...
Carolla Vick Miyoshi
Jul 7, 2009
Carolla Vick Miyoshi, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, with Rev. Gary K. Lee, Chaplain from Aase Haugen Nursing Home, presiding. Burial will be in...
Kenneth Huinker
Jul 3, 2009
Kenneth Huinker, age 77, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Friday, July 03, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, July 7, 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...
Audrey Smorstad
Jul 1, 2009
Audrey Smorstad, age 83, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 4, 2009, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, 1197 Old Stage Road, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Doug Mathison presiding. Burial will be in the Pontoppidan Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may...
Melvin J. Noecker
Jun 29, 2009
Melvin James Noecker, a lifelong resident of Decorah, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2009 at Wellington Place, at the age of 89. Mel was well known and well regarded by many, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in...
Chelsea Nicole Hart
Jun 26, 2009
Chelsea Nicole Hart, age 25, died Friday, June 26, 2009 in an early morning fire in Decorah caused by an electrical problem in her apartment. A memorial service was held Monday, June 29 at 2 P.M. at Phelps Park in Decorah. Chelsea was the beautiful daughter of Dr. Steve and Peggy Hart of Decorah, Iowa. She was a loving sister...
Ruth S. E. Bakken
Jun 25, 2009
Ruth S. E. Bakken, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, and formerly of Ridgeway, IA, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 3, 2009 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway by Rev. Ginny Olson and Rev. Phillip Olson. Private family inurnment will be in Lincoln Cemetery in...
Dawn (Peterson) Patino
Jun 21, 2009
Dawn Marie (Peterson) Patino, age 34, of Fort Worth, TX, died on Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Harris Methodist Hospital, in Fort Worth, TX, from a pulmonary embolism. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA, by Rev Steven Jacobsen. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery...
Marinus Mihm
Jun 21, 2009
Marinus Mihm, age 88, of West Union, Iowa, formerly of St. Lucas, Iowa, died on Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Stony Brook Assisted Living Home in West Union, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at St. Luke's Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Marvin Salz presiding. Burial...
Virginia Bina
Jun 19, 2009
Virginia Bina age, 90 of Spillville, IA died Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Northbrook Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids, IA after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 am Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA by Rev. Donald Hawes Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Dean Orwoll
Jun 16, 2009
Dean Orwoll, age 78, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be held at the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. In lieu of flowers,...
Pauline B. Meyers
Jun 7, 2009
Pauline B. Meyers, 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress. Graveside services will be at 6:00 P.M. Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Mamre Cemetery in Stanton, Iowa by...
Carol J. Shale
Jun 5, 2009
Carol J. Shale, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, formerly of Baraboo, WI, died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Baraboo, WI for family and friends. Inurnment will also take place later. Carol is survived by a daughter, Robin (Jon) Romelton of...
Kathryn Hoyme
Jun 2, 2009
Kathryn Hoyme, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Gary K. Lee presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
