OBITUARIES
Ingrid R. Olsen
Dec 3, 2008
Ingrid R. Olsen, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, December 6, 2008 in the Common Room at Vennehjem in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson with burial in Ocean View Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in...
Orville H. Hove
Dec 2, 2008
Orville H. Hove, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Wellington Place in Decorah following a long illness. There is no visitation or funeral service planned. His body was cremated. Private family burial will be in Madison Lutheran Cemetery in rural Ridgeway at a later date. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in charge of arrangements....
Byron L. Torvik
Dec 2, 2008
Byron Torvik, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial and military rites will be held at...
Alvin Gerleman
Nov 24, 2008
Alvin Richard “Ricky” Maxmillon Gerleman, age 57, of Cabot, Arkansas, and formerly of Ossian, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M., Saturday, November 29, 2008 in the Chapel of Moore’s Cabot Funeral Home in Cabot, Arkansas. Visitation will be from 2:00-3:00 P.M., prior to the service on Saturday. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M....
Virginia Hovey
Nov 19, 2008
Virginia Hovey, age 83, of Decorah, formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse WI, following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Orleans Lutheran Church, rural Ridgeway, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip and Rev. Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will be in...
Leila M. Matter
Nov 18, 2008
Leila M. Matter, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 22, 2008 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Locust, Iowa, rural Decorah, with Rev. Gene Hermeier officiating. Burial will be in Locust Cemetery. Visitation is after 10:00...
Cindy L. Ballard
Nov 13, 2008
Cindy Ballard, age 50, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at her home following a short courageous fight with cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther College Campus in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Amy Zalk Larson officiating. The...
Roman Lensing
Nov 11, 2008
Roman Lensing, age 84, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at his home from long illness with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, November 15, 2008, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Robert Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Hazel (Ottney) I. Smorstad
Nov 11, 2008
Hazel (Ottney) Smorstad, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, November 11, 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, November 17, 2008, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Douglas Mathison officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Vincent J. Gerlich
Nov 10, 2008
Vincent “Vince” J. Gerlich, age 59, of Ossian, Iowa, died on Monday, November 10, 2008, the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, Iowa, following a probable heart attack. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Robert Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Roy W. Smith
Nov 9, 2008
Roy W. Smith, age 47, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, November 9, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa, from fibrosis of the lung. A time of gathering will be held from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel in Calmar, Iowa. No formal services are...
Marie Henning
Nov 7, 2008
Marie Henning, age 91, of Ridgeway, WI and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Friday, November 7, 2008 peacefully in her sleep, in the home of her daughter where she had lived the past 14 months. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Allen Vik, Rev. Tom Pietz and Rev....
Robert James Cowie, Jr.
Nov 6, 2008
Robert J. Cowie, Jr., age 53, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, November 6, 2008, of injuries suffered from a fall in Decorah. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, November 10, 2008 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation...
Leander Einck
Nov 3, 2008
Leander “Lenny” Einck, age 78, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Monday, November 3, 2008, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, November 7, 2008, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be in...
Timothy R. Langholz
Nov 2, 2008
Tim Langholz, age 43, of Decorah, Iowa, died suddenly Sunday, November 2, 2008 in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Tom Pietz, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik. Friends may call from 4:00 – 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Fjelstul Funeral Home...
Andrew H. Hemesath
Oct 31, 2008
Andrew H. Hemesath, age 98, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Friday, October 31, 2008, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
John E. Jennerjohn
Oct 31, 2008
John E. Jennerjohn, age 81, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and formerly of Decorah, IA, passed away Friday, October 31, 2008 at Imperial Health Center in Naples, FL. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Tom Pietz and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah...
Lucella I. Bender
Oct 26, 2008
Lucella Bender, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 26, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 30, 2008, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust, Iowa, with Rev. Gene Hermeier officiating. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery, Locust, Iowa....
Gerda Mccaffrey
Oct 25, 2008
Gerda McCaffrey, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s...
Carl F. Nichols
Oct 24, 2008
Carl F. Nichols, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah as a result of congestive heart failure. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, October 27, 2008 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah by Rev. Matthew H. Perkins with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may...
