OBITUARIES
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...
Nora L. Sharp
Aug 15, 2006
Nora L. Sharp, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik, with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call...
Lorraine Fullerton
Aug 12, 2006
Lorraine Fullerton, age 48, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, August 12, 2006, in an automobile accident near Lansing, Iowa. A celebration of Lorraine's life will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, 2006, at the Fullerton Home, 208 Leif Erickson Drive, Decorah, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in memory of Lorraine to P.A.W.,...
Geraldine A. Vick
Aug 12, 2006
Geraldine “Gerry” A. Vick, age 74, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI. after a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Joan A. Mau, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from...
Angeline Roney
Aug 11, 2006
Angeline Roney, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, August 11, 2006 at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 15, 2006, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, with Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran...
Kathryn Ferguson
Aug 9, 2006
Kathryn (Malli) Ferguson, age 88, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died on Wednesday, August 9, 2006, at the Pine Island Nursing Home in Pine Island, Minnesota, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2006, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating from St. Benedict’s Catholic Church. Burial...
Vernon L. Olson
Aug 7, 2006
Vernon L. Olson, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at Green Lea Manor in Mabel, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 11, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. H.G. Engebretson. Burial with Full Military Honors will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M....
Maribeth Wickett
Aug 6, 2006
Maribeth Wickett, age 78, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a long illness. Maribeth Wickett was born June 7, 1928 in Canton, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Beth (Torgenrude) Wickett. She graduated from Canton High School; studied music in Chicago, Illinois, and later attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota....
Immanuel Weiss
Aug 6, 2006
Immanuel Weiss, age 90, of rural Decorah, died Sunday, August 6, 2006 at his home following a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 10, 2006 at St. John Lutheran Church - Locust, rural Decorah, by the Rev. Gene Hermeier, with burial in the Locust Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00-8:00 P.M. Wednesday at Fjelstul...
Anna K. Olson
Aug 2, 2006
Anna K. Olson, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 4, 2006 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with burial in the Church Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, August 3,...
Luella Benda
Jul 29, 2006
Luella Benda, age, 92 of Spillville, IA. died Saturday July 29, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday August 1, 2006 at 10:30 At the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA. By Rev Donald Hawes with Burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be after...
Margaret Austad
Jul 28, 2006
Margaret Austad, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, July 28, 2006, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 4, 2006, at St. Benedict's Catholic Church, with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery, Calmar, Iowa. There...
Lillian Jeanette Larsen
Jul 25, 2006
Lillian J. Larsen, age 103, died early Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Homne in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Home Chapel in Decorah by Rev. James Glesne, Pastor of Decorah Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends...
Ida Ingram
Jul 24, 2006
Ida Ingram, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday July 24, 2006, at the Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 27, 2006 at the Springfield Lutheran Church, with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00...
Marjorie Borseth
Jul 21, 2006
Marjorie “Margie” Borseth, age 68, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, July 21, 2006, at her home following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 24, 2006, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00...
