OBITUARIES
Charles Mikesh
Dec 10, 2007
Charles Mikesh, age 87, of Spillville, Iowa, died on Monday, December 10, 2007, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa, following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December15, 2007, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Richard Loren Rue
Dec 8, 2007
Richard L. Rue, age 53, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN of an apparent heart attack. Funeral Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway by Rev. Phillip Olson with burial in the Lincoln Cemetery in rural Ridgeway. Friends may call from...
Evelyn Thomas
Dec 6, 2007
Evelyn Thomas, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2 P.M. Monday, December 10, 2007 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah by Rev. Matthew H. Perkins with burial in Frankville Cemetery in Frankville, Iowa. Friends may...
Andrew J. Helgerson
Dec 5, 2007
Andrew J. Helgerson, age 25 days, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at St Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN from a rare congenital heart defect. Private Family Interment will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah by Rev. Dwight Albers. Visitation is on Friday, December 7, 2007 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at...
Dave Taylor
Dec 5, 2007
Dave Taylor, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah after a short hospitalization. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 10, 2007 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress. Private family burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with full...
Vernon Ellickson
Dec 2, 2007
Vernon Ellickson, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, December 2, 2007, at his home following a lingering illness. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday December 8, 2007 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust, with Rev. Gene Hermeier officiating. Burial will be in the Union Prairie Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call...
Melvin Leo Bruening
Nov 24, 2007
Melvin L. Bruening, age 73, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at St. Bridget Catholic Church in rural Bluffton, IA by Rev. Richard Ament with private family inurnment in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah....
Gertrude Charlotte Johnson
Nov 23, 2007
Gertrude (Gert) C. Johnson, age 100, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, November 23, 2007 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday, November 29, 2007 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with burial in Oakland Cemetery in Waukon, Iowa. Friends may call beginning at...
Raymond Sorenson
Nov 22, 2007
Raymond Sorenson, age 83, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, November 22, 2007, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 26, 2007, at the Hesper Lutheran Church in Hesper, Iowa, with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Friends may call from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on Sunday at the...
Esther Peck
Nov 21, 2007
Esther Peck, age, 64, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA, after a lingering illness. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 26, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA, by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen of the First Lutheran Church. Burial will be in...
Ellen Stinson
Nov 21, 2007
Ellen Stinson, age 83, of Cresco, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at the Howard County Regional Health Services in Cresco, Iowa, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 24, 2007, at the Cresco Community Chapel in Cresco, Iowa, with Rev. Mike Simiele officiating. Burial will be in the Ridgeway United Lutheran...
William Hilsabeck
Nov 20, 2007
William “Bill” Hilsabeck, age 63, of Calmar, Iowa, died at his home, on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, from a sudden illness. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2007, at the Calmar Community United Methodist Church in Calmar, Iowa. The family will greet friends after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Bill’s survivors include his...
R. Eleanor Smith
Nov 18, 2007
R. Eleanor Smith, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah from ovarian cancer. There are no services planned according to her wishes. Private inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Ruth Eleanor Smith was born May 13, 1913 in rural Decorah to Dr. Carsten C. and Gyda (Holkesvik) Smith. She...
David Goettelman
Nov 16, 2007
David Goettelman, age 59, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, November 16, 2007, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Carol Kress officiating from the First United Methodist Church in Decorah. Burial will be in the Phelps...
Norman Fisher
Nov 15, 2007
Norman Fisher, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 19, 2007, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home with Rev. Gene Hermeier, from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust officiating. Burial will be in...
Lucille White
Nov 14, 2007
Lucille White, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 17, 2007, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa, with Rev. Richard Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Robert Roney
Nov 13, 2007
Robert “Bob” Roney, age 73, of Decorah, Iowa, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at his home, surrounded by his family, from lung cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 16, 2007, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in the Burr...
Marian Symonds
Nov 11, 2007
Marian Symonds, age 91, of Decorah died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Jim Dale officiating. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call...
Carroll O. Sunde
Nov 11, 2007
Carroll O. Sunde, age 79, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Friday, November 16, 2007 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Joan A. Mau with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00 –...
Dolores Mcconnell
Nov 11, 2007
Dolores McConnell, age 83, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, November 11, 2007, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah. Burial will be in the St. Benedict's cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from...
