OBITUARIES
Lyle Ottney
Jun 1, 2009
Lyle Ottney, age 71, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, June 1, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, June 5, 2009, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Doug Mathison officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on Thursday at the...
K. Ted Green
May 28, 2009
K. Ted Green, age 82, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, June 1, 2009 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Tom Pietz, Rev. Allen Vik and Rev. Bryan Robertson with burial in Postville Cemetery in Postville, IA. Visitation will be from...
Lillian Bakken Borseth
May 28, 2009
Lillian Borseth, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Wellington Place at 2479 River Rd., Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, IA. Friends may call after 9:00...
Ruth E. Spilde Dinger
May 26, 2009
Ruth E. Spilde Dinger, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Wellington Place in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Chapel in Wellington Place in Decorah by Rev. Douglas L. Mathison with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 9:00...
Marcellus W. Broghamer
May 25, 2009
Marcellus Broghamer, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, May 25, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church, at 307 West Main St. in Decorah, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Lyle Rosendahl
May 21, 2009
Lyle Rosendahl, age 80, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died on Thursday, May 21, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon on Monday, May 25, 2009, at the Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa, with Rev. Phil and Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, Iowa. Friends may call from 2:00-6:00 p.m. on...
Harry "Shafe" Cole
May 18, 2009
Harry “Shafe” Cole, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 22, 2009, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday...
Cora Rebecca Kirkeby
May 16, 2009
Cora R. Kirkeby, age 106, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday morning, May 16, 2009 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Glenwood Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. Douglas L. Mathison with burial in Pontoppidan Cemetery Visitation will be on Wednesday, one...
Edward F. Bouska
May 16, 2009
Edward Bouska, age 91 of rural Protivin, IA died Saturday May 16, 2009 at his home after a short illness. Memorial Mass will be Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin, by Rev. David Beckman. Following Ed’s wishes his body was donated to the Mayo Foundation. Visitation will be on Monday May...
Harriet C. Hovde
May 12, 2009
Harriet Carla Hovde died on May 12, 2009, at Presbyterian Homes in Arden Hills, Minnesota, at the age of 92. She had formerly resided in Decorah, Iowa, for 62 years. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. The family will have a private...
Mildred O. Lundby
May 10, 2009
Mildred O. Lundby, age 91, of Cresco, Iowa, died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, May 15, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Cresco by Rev. Robert G. Thacker with burial in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway. Visitation will...
Leroy Joseph Kopriva
May 1, 2009
LeRoy J. Kopriva, age 73, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota following a lengthy illness. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, May 8, 2009 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah by Rev. Phillip Gibbs. Burial will be in St. Benedict Cemetery with full military...
Inez M. Viste
Apr 27, 2009
Inez M. Viste, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, Iowa, by Rev. Mark Kvale, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation begins at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, one hour before services, at...
Helen Brand
Apr 25, 2009
Helen Norton Brand, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness.She had recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family members, and friends from Decorah and the Eastern Star Home. Private family services will be held at a later date. The Schluter - Balik Funeral Home in...
Tom Burreson
Apr 20, 2009
Tom Burreson, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Tom Pietz, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in the...
Diane Marie Anderson
Apr 20, 2009
Diane M. Anderson, age 70, of Decorah, Iowa, left to be with the Lord on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI after complications of the heart. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 24, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with burial in Lutheran...
Delmar Kostman
Apr 15, 2009
Delmar Kostman, age 72, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call on Monday, April 20, 2009, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Schluter - Balik Funeral Home in Decorah. There will be no other services. Delmar Francis Kostman was born on November 22, 1936, the...
Harriet Forde
Apr 14, 2009
Harriet Forde, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Monday, April 20, 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 2:00-5:00...
Leona Hilberg
Apr 11, 2009
Leona Hilberg, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, April 11, 2009, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Tom Pietz, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Burial will be...
Norman J. Woldum
Apr 11, 2009
Norman J. Woldum, age 94, died on Saturday, April 11, 2009 after complications from pneumonia at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, April 18, 2009, at St. Benedict Catholic Church by Rev. Phillip Gibbs. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with full military honors. Visitation is from 5:00...
