OBITUARIES
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....
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,...
