OBITUARIES
Don A. Davis
Feb 25, 2007
Don A. Davis, age 82, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, March 1, 2007 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by Rev. Carol A. Kress. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M....
Curtis Merrill Solem
Feb 24, 2007
Curtis M. Solem, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah By Rev. Douglas L. Mathison with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Tuesday at Fjelstul...
Orlando Theophilus Sime
Feb 21, 2007
Orlando T. Sime, age 100, of Decorah and formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Service for Orlando have been postponed due to the severe winter weather. The services will be rescheduled and the new day and time announced as soon as possible. Funeral Services had been scheduled for 11:00 A.M....
Pearl R. Goetsch
Feb 13, 2007
Pearl R. Goetsch, age 100, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Aase Haugen Home Chapel in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah...
Kermit Kruger
Feb 11, 2007
Kermit Kruger, age 77, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at his home, following sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at the Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the Zalmona Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Waukon, IA. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00...
Helen Kurash
Feb 10, 2007
Helen Kurash, age 87, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at St. John's Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Rev. Kristen H. Kvamme
Feb 9, 2007
Rev. Kristen H. Kvamme, age 78, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of complications from a blood disorder. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 16, 2007 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik. There is no visitation. His body was...
Robert H. Jevne
Feb 5, 2007
Robert “Bob” Jevne, age 69, of rural Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, February 5, 2007, at his home from lung cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 12:00 Noon, on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer and Rev. Ed Meyer officiating. Private burial will be at a later...
Lee Thomas Schissel
Feb 5, 2007
Lee Thomas Schissel, age 62, passed away at Iowa Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Monday, February 5, 2007, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at St. Francis – de Sales Catholic Church in Ossian, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Glen Klimesh
Feb 4, 2007
Glen Klimesh, age 73, of rural Calmar, Iowa, died Sunday, February 4, 2007, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage, Iowa, after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, by Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church...
Evelyn Kittlesby
Jan 31, 2007
Evelyn Kittlesby, age 99, formerly of Calmar, Iowa, died on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home in Cedar Falls, Iowa, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 5, 2007 at the Calmar Lutheran Church, in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Elsie Rothmeyer
Jan 28, 2007
Elsie Rothmeyer, age 74, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 28, 2007, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2007, at the Calmar Lutheran Church with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00...
Morand E. Broghamer
Jan 28, 2007
Morand Broghamer, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 28, 2007, at his home following a long illness. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 2, 2007 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be no visitation; the family will greet friends...
Caroline Cook Hunter
Jan 23, 2007
Caroline Cook Hunter, age 95, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 27, 2007, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Lavonne S. Hanson
Jan 22, 2007
LaVonne Hanson, age 78, of Decorah, Iowa, died suddenly on Monday evening, January 22, 2007, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 26, 2007, at the Hesper Lutheran Church with Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in the Hesper Cemetery, Hesper, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00 –...
Esther Mae Houck
Jan 21, 2007
Esther Mae Houck, age 74, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 21, 2007, at Wellington Place, Decorah, Iowa, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. James Glesne officiating. Burial will be in the Freeport Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m....
Dean Allan Radtke
Jan 15, 2007
Dean Allan Radtke, age 73, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, Janaury 15, 2006 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 18, 2006 at Wellington Place by Rev. Wayne Wasta. Friends may call after 1:00 P.M. Thursday at Wellington Place. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in charge of the arrangements. Dean Allen...
Adeline M. Mccormick
Jan 12, 2007
Adeline McCormick, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, January 12, 2007, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00...
Ralph "Joe" Joseph Mcmullen
Jan 11, 2007
Ralph "Joe" Joseph McMullen, age 26, of Seattle, Washington and formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, died Thursday, January 11, 2007 in Seattle. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Bethany Lutheran Church, rural West Union, Iowa by Pastor Ryan Nilsen. Burial will be held at a later date at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends...
Margaret Cutsforth
Jan 10, 2007
Margaret R. “Marge” Cutsforth, age 84, of Calmar, IA, died on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 13, 2007, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
