OBITUARIES
Betty Smalley
Jan 2, 2009
Betty Smalley age, 80 of Priest River, Idaho died Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington after a sudden Illness. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with a prayer service at 12:30 on January 13, 2008, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa. Burial will follow at...
Arline Edde
Jan 2, 2009
Arline Edde, age 87 of Decorah, died on Friday, January 2, 2009 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following a long illness. A Memorial Gathering will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. at the V.F.W. Club, 104 State Street in Decorah. Private Family Inurnment will be at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah in the...
Marian J. Steele
Jan 2, 2009
Marian J. Steele, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, January 2, 2009 at The Village at Legacy Pointe Nursing Facility in Waukee, Iowa following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah....
Paul C. Smith
Dec 28, 2008
Paul C. Smith, age 48, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, December 28, 2008, at his home, following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, January 2, 2009, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers,...
Lloyd Hanson
Dec 28, 2008
Lloyd Hanson, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, December 28, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 2, 2009, at the Hesper Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Hesper Lutheran Cemetery, Hesper, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00 – 6:00...
Laura Meyer
Dec 23, 2008
Laura Meyer, age 101, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday December 27, 2008 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, IA by Rev. David Beckman. Burial will be in the...
Arla B. Sersland
Dec 23, 2008
Arla B. Sersland, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 27, 2008 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation is after 1:00 P.M. Saturday...
David P. Weis
Dec 20, 2008
David P. Weis, age 72, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Wellington Place in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, December 29, 2008 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah by Rev. Phillip Gibbs with burial in St. Benedict Cemetery. Visitation is from 3:00-6:00 P.M. Sunday, December 28, and...
Mary Katherine Stine
Dec 20, 2008
Mary K. Stine 88, of Spillville, IA. died Saturday December 20, 2008 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mary donated her body to the University of Iowa, her Funeral Services will be at a later date. Mary is survived by three sons: Robert Stine, San Francisco CA., Scott Stine, Berkeley, CA. and Gary Stine, Fort Miller, NY. Two...
Marie I. Peterson
Dec 19, 2008
Marie Peterson, age, 87, of Marion, Iowa, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, December 19, 2008, at the Willow Garden Nursing Facility in Marion, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, December 26, 2008, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Douglas Mathison officiating. Burial will be...
Naomi Halweg
Dec 18, 2008
Naomi Halweg, age 75, of Burr Oak, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 18, 2008, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Monday, December 22, 2008 at the Burr Oak Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Blevins officiating. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak,...
Iona M. Price
Dec 18, 2008
Iona M. Price, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 22, 2008 at Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation is after 9:30...
Duane Mcintosh
Dec 18, 2008
Duane McIntosh, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 18, 2008, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, following a short courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church, Burr Oak, Iowa, with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah,...
Robyn Kolaas Hageman Schmitt
Dec 17, 2008
Robyn Kolaas Hageman Schmitt, age 48, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Monday, December 22, 2008, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Inez B. Gjere
Dec 16, 2008
Inez B. Gjere, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA, following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. David H. Andreae with burial in Big Canoe Cemetery. Visitation begins at 10:00 A.M....
Ingrie A. Iverson
Dec 15, 2008
Ingrie A. Iverson, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, December 15, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. O. Paul Hougen with inurnment in Hauge Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah in the spring. Visitation is...
Donald Praska
Dec 11, 2008
Donald Praska, age 63, of Jackson Junction, Iowa, died on Thursday, December 11, 2008, at the Scott Nature Institute in Strongsville, OH, following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2008, at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Little Turkey, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will...
Heather Ann Kimber
Dec 10, 2008
Heather A. Kimber, age 20, of Waukon, Iowa, and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI as a result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon, November 30, 2008 on Highway 9 east of Churchtown in Allamakee County. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M....
Paul E. Quandahl
Dec 6, 2008
Paul E. Quandahl, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in Waterloo Ridge Cemetery in rural Dorchester, Iowa,...
Palmer A. Anderson
Dec 5, 2008
Palmer Anderson, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, December 5, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 8, 2008, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust, Iowa. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery, Locust, Iowa. Friends may call from...
