OBITUARIES
Ruth S. Ellingson
Sep 20, 2006
Ruth S. Ellingson, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 of injuries received in a car accident on Highway 9 in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 25, 2006 at First Lutheran Church by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, with Full Military Honors accorded by...
Stella H. Erickson
Sep 20, 2006
Stella H. Erickson, age 101, of Iola, Wisconsin and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at Iola Nursing Home in Iola. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 23, 2006 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 10:00 A.M....
Grace Lien
Sep 19, 2006
Grace Lien, age 99, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home, in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 23, 2006, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Gerald Wiltgen
Sep 18, 2006
Gerald “Augi” Wiltgen, age 56, of Calmar, Iowa died on Monday, September 18, 2006, from an apparent heart attack, south of Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Irving R. Eittreim
Sep 17, 2006
Irving R. Eittreim, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at his home following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday...
Lewis John Meyer
Sep 16, 2006
Lewis John Meyer, 67, of Spillville, IA, died at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI on September 16,2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held at the Balik Funeral Home in Spillville, IA on Monday, September 18, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.. The funeral service will be held in St. Peter Lutheran Church in Eldorado, IA on...
Marie O'Shea
Sep 16, 2006
Marie O’Shea, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa died on Saturday, September 16, 2006 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa with Rev. Richard Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Clifford F. Bakken
Sep 14, 2006
Clifford F. Bakken, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, September 18, 2006 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, IA, by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson. Burial will be in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway, with Full Military Honors...
Lillian B. Brandenburg
Sep 11, 2006
Lillian Brandenburg, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, September 11, 2006, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Grace Fellowship Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Michael McCann and Rev. Bruce Brandenburg officiating. Burial will be in the...
Ramona A. Peterson
Sep 5, 2006
Ramona A. Peterson, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, by Rev. Gary F. Krapfl, with private inurnment in Madison Lutheran Cemetery, rural Decorah. There will be no visitation. Fjelstul Funeral...
Violet S. Winger
Sep 3, 2006
Violet S. Winger, age 89 of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, September 3, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah of complications from a stroke. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, by the Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call...
Amanda M. Swenson
Sep 3, 2006
Amanda M. Swenson, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, September 3, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 8, 2006 at Hauge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah by Rev. Gene H. Hermeier, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday, September...
Lavonne Corrigan
Sep 2, 2006
LaVonne Corrigan, age 66, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, September 23, 2006, at her home after a sudden illness. Memorial services will be on Wednesday September 6, 2006 at 11:00 at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa by Rev. Gary Krapfl. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4:00 until 8:00 at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home in Decorah...
Barbara D. Olson
Sep 2, 2006
Barbara D. Olson, age 81 of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, September 2, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Barbara Dean (Hudson) Olson was born August 23, 1925 in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Bill and Ola Hudson. She graduated from Newton High School. She was united in marriage with Arnold C. Olson on December 10, 1960 in...
L. Mildred Luzum
Sep 1, 2006
L. Mildred Luzum, 97, passed away Friday, September 1, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, IA, where she had resided for the past two and a half years. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Calmar Lutheran Church with the Rev. Norman Bauer officiating, with inurnment in the Calmar Lutheran...
Franklin H. Beard
Aug 27, 2006
Franklin H. Beard, age 87 of rural Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 2, 2006 at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah by Rev. Matthew H. Perkins, with Private Family burial in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call...
C. Richard Fjelstul
Aug 25, 2006
C. Richard Fjelstul, age 80, of Centennial, CO and formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Friday, August 25, 2006 at his home in Colorado following a long illness. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 3, 2006 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, rural...
Dennis Knutson
Aug 20, 2006
Dennis Keith Knutson, age 56, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Sunday, August 20, 2006 at his home in rural Decorah after a ten year inspirational battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen, Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson. Burial will be...
Margaret E. Buzza
Aug 17, 2006
Margaret E. Buzza, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, and formerly of Waukesha, Wisconsin, died Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa. Margaret Erol (Hayden) Buzza was born on May 29, 1921 in San Francisco, California, where she grew up with her mother, Florence (Oliphant) Mowbray, and step-father, Melton Mowbray. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in English...
Edward H. Dotzler
Aug 15, 2006
Edward H. Dotzler, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, August 18, 2006 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson. Burial with Full Military Honors will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends...
