OBITUARIES
Myrtle Macal
Mar 2, 2008
Myrtle L. Macal, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, March 02, 2008, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne officiating. Burial will be in the Hauge Lutheran Cemetery, rural Decorah, IA. Friends...
Arnold C. Olson
Mar 1, 2008
Arnold C. Olson, age 84 of Decorah, died Saturday, March 1, 2008 at Wellington Place in Decorah. His wish was to donate his body to Mayo Foundation Department of Anatomy in Rochester, Minnesota. A complete obituary will appear later.
Bernice G. Espeseth
Feb 29, 2008
Bernice G. Espeseth, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Pastor Garry Birth officiating. Burial will be United Lutheran Cemetery in rural Ridgeway, Iowa. Friends may call after...
Olga Halverson
Feb 24, 2008
Olga Halverson, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at her home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in the Hauge Lutheran Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends may...
Irene Henningsgaard
Feb 24, 2008
Irene Henningsgaard, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA....
Elisabeth Mccauley
Feb 22, 2008
Elisabeth McCauley, age 104, of Council Bluffs, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, died at home on February 22, 2008, in Council Bluffs, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, by Father Phillip Gibbs. Burial will be in the St. Benedict’s Cemetery. Friends may call on...
Harold G. Aschim
Feb 21, 2008
Harold Aschim, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 25, 2008, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Evelyn L. Haugen
Feb 21, 2008
Evelyn L. Haugen, age 97, of Decorah, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 24, 2008 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen with inurnment in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call after 10:00 A.M....
Lila M. Mccormick
Feb 20, 2008
Lila McCormick, age 76, of Cresco, Iowa, died on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at the Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa, from cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 25, 2008, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa, with Rev. Richard Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
George A. Snell
Feb 19, 2008
George A. Snell, age 66, of rural Burr Oak, Iowa, died suddenly Tuesday, February 19, 2008 of a heart ailment in rural Waucoma, Iowa, doing what he loved to do, trucking. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 23, 2008 at St. Agnes Catholic Church at Plymouth Rock in rural Cresco, Iowa by Rev. Donald...
David C. Tjostem
Feb 16, 2008
David C. Tjostem, age 44, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Allen Vik with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4-7 PM...
Sadie Lensch Ward
Feb 16, 2008
Sadie Lensch Ward, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at the Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Friends...
David W. Rambo
Feb 15, 2008
David W. Rambo, 72, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at his home following a long illness. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 22, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol Kress with inurnment in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4-8 P.M. on Thursday at Fjelstul Funeral...
Gladys J. Carolan
Feb 14, 2008
Gladys Carolan, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, February 18, 2008, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s...
Leo O. Moen
Feb 9, 2008
Leo Moen, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev. Kim Smith presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa....
Loren Albert Moen
Feb 8, 2008
Loren A. Moen, age 54, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, February 8, 2008 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a long illness. Graveside Services will be held in the spring of 2008 at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen will officiate. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is handling the arrangements. Loren Albert Moen was born April 7,...
Clinton W. Monson
Feb 6, 2008
Clinton W. Monson, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 11, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 3:00 –...
Marlys Emery
Feb 4, 2008
Marlys Emery, age 85, of Bluffton, Iowa, died on Monday, February 4, 2008, at the Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2008, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, Iowa, with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Virginia M. Humpal
Feb 4, 2008
Virginia Humpal, age 80, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Monday, February 4, 2008, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 7, 2008, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Richard C. Hlubek
Feb 3, 2008
Richard Hlubek, age 56, of Shellrock, IA, formerly of Fort Atkinson, IA, died Sunday, February 3, 2008, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA, after complications from diabetes and renal disease. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, IA, by Rev. David Beckman. Burial will...
