OBITUARIES
Palmer Orval Anderson
Jul 1, 2006
Palmer O. Anderson, age 88 of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, July 1, 2006 at his home following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 6, 2006 at Jerico Lutheran Church in Jerico, IA, by the Rev. Kent Dethlefsen. Burial will be in the church cemetery with full military honors by Helof Holm V.F.W. Post...
Ruby A. Wickham
Jun 28, 2006
Ruby A. Wickham, age 80 of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 1, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, by the Rev. Allen Vik, Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson. Burial will be in the Minert Cemetery in rural Postville, IA. Friends...
Milo Harvey
Jun 22, 2006
Milo Harvey, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, June 22, 2006, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in the Frankville Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday...
Thelma Thorson
Jun 16, 2006
Thelma Thorson, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, June 16, 2006, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at the Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Dorchester, Iowa, with Rev. Allen E. Hermeier officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Frank Meyer
Jun 14, 2006
Frank Meyer, age 89, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 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, June 17, 2006 at St. John’s Catholic Church, in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be in the...
Ralph Laverne Youngblood
Jun 11, 2006
Ralph L. Youngblood, age 84, of Council Bluffs, Iowa and formerly of Freeport, Iowa, died Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 15, 2006 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, by Adam Humburg of Souled Out Ministries. Burial with...
Troy Kruse
Jun 9, 2006
Troy C. Kruse, age 22, of Decorah, Iowa, died suddenly at his home on June 9, 2006. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Pastor Mike McCann officiating. Friends may call from 1:00-3:00 on Sunday at the funeral home. Troy Christopher Kruse was...
Evelyn Julia Stephens
Jun 8, 2006
Evelyn J. Stephens, age 81, of Waukon, IA and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, June 8, 2006 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Allen Vik with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call after 1:00...
Margaret Emma Phelps
Jun 6, 2006
Margaret Emma (Grube) Phelps passed away on June 6, 2006 in Moses Lake, WA. Margaret was born the youngest of eight children to John and Emma Grube of Cresco, IA. She began her retail sales career after high school graduation when she went to work for George Laub’s Ready to Wear in Cresco. While working for the Laub family she...
Iva M. Sampson
Jun 6, 2006
Iva Sampson, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital, in LaCrosse, WI following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 10, 2006, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen and Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's...
Pat P. Drew
Jun 6, 2006
Patrick Drew, age 57, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at his home from pancreatic cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 9, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl and Rev. Joan Mau officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may...
Helen Emma Hedemann
Jun 4, 2006
Helen E. Hedemann, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, June 4, 2006 at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, June 9, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday,...
Beverly Thuente
Jun 4, 2006
Beverly “Bev” Thuente, age 52, of Bloomington, MN, formerly of Festina, IA, died on Sunday, June 4, 2006, after a courageous battle of three years with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa with Monsignor Cletus Hawes. Burial will be...
Lillie Mae Thompson
Jun 1, 2006
Lillie Mae Thompson, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, June 1, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa, by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in Lincoln Cemetery in rural Ridgeway. Friends may...
Esther Hovden
May 31, 2006
Esther B. Hovden, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2006 at the First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah,...
Lorence Marion Lundby
May 30, 2006
Lorence M. Lundby, age 87 of Cresco, Iowa and formerly of Decorah, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, Iowa following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, June 2, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Cresco, by the Rev. John Gannett, with burial in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery,...
Larry Francis Phillips
May 29, 2006
Larry Phillips, age 63, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, May 29, 2006, at his home, following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 3, 2006, at the First United Methodist Church, in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Carol Kress officiating. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on...
Nina Elvera Wangsness
May 27, 2006
Nina E. Wangsness, age 94, of Mabel, Minnesota and formerly of rural Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, May 27, 2006 at Green Lea Manor in Mabel following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at Highland Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, by Rev. David Andreae, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Arlyne Kurash
May 23, 2006
Arlyne E. Kurash, age 88, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 26, 2006 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Harvey Abrahmson officiating. Burial will be in the Calmar City Cemetery,...
Everett O. Halweg
May 21, 2006
Everett Halweg, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, May 21, 2006, at his home, following a lingering illness. Private Family Graveside Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at the Lutheran Cemetery, in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. James Glesne officiating, from the Decorah Lutheran Church. There will be full military rites at the...
