OBITUARIES
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...
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...
