OBITUARIES
Esther R. Miller
Feb 13, 2006
Esther R. Miller, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, February 13, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 18, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Friday, February 17, 2006 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in...
Dr. William Ross Merritt, Jr.
Feb 11, 2006
Dr. William R. Merritt, Jr., age 76, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Saturday, February 11, 2006 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. William Ross Merritt Jr. was born April 11, 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of William Ross and Nell Warren (Shiddell) Merritt. He graduated from Dunbar...
Myrtle A. Reisner
Feb 10, 2006
Myrtle A. Reisner, age 89, of Calmar, Iowa died on Friday, February 10, 2006, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Harvey Abrahmson officiating. Burial will be in the Calmar City...
Gordon Macmasters
Feb 9, 2006
Gordon “Gordie” MacMasters, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa died on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at his home following an apparent heart attack. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 13, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call on Sunday,...
Pearl B. Soreide
Feb 7, 2006
Pearl B. Soreide, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 11, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Bryan Robertson with burial in Lincoln Cemetery, rural Ridgeway, Iowa. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah...
Darlyne M. Johnson
Feb 4, 2006
Darlyne M. Johnson, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa died on Saturday, February 4, 2006 at her home following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa. Friends may call on Tuesday,...
Gladys Lien
Feb 2, 2006
Gladys M. Lien, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa died on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Springfield Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Norm Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery....
Marvin Louis Thompson
Jan 31, 2006
Marvin L. Thompson, age 80, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at James A. Haley Veterans' Nursing Home in Tampa, Florida. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, February 6, 2006 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in United Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway. Full Military Honors...
Maurice Calvin Krauskopf
Jan 30, 2006
Maurice C. Krauskopf, age 80, of Decorah, IA, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 2, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen and Rev. H.G. Engebretsen, with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call...
Francis Norman "Frank" Teslow
Jan 30, 2006
Francis N. “Frank” Teslow, age 90 of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 3, 2006 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call on Thursday,...
Bryan Bartelt
Jan 25, 2006
Bryan H. Bartelt, age 47, of Mason City, Iowa, formerly of Calmar, Iowa, died on January 25, 2006 at his home from complications of heart failure. Private family graveside services held on Saturday at Calmar City Cemetery in Calmar, Iowa by Rev. Norman Bauer. Friends may call on Friday from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, French...
Viola Houdek
Jan 21, 2006
Viola Houdek, age 87, of Calmar, Iowa died on Saturday, January 21, 2006 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following a lingering illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Walter M. Hovey
Jan 19, 2006
Walter “Walt” M. Hovey, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at the Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah, Iowa following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 23, 2006 at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steve Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Union...
Andrew O. Bakke
Jan 17, 2006
Andrew Bakke, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa died on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Kim Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Leslie L. Laterman
Jan 15, 2006
Leslie L. Laterman, age 82 of Waukon, Iowa and formerly of Frankville, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a long illness. Funeral Service is at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Frankville Community Presbyterian Church in Frankville, IA by Rev. James Walker, with burial in Frankville Cemetery. Visitation is on Friday,...
Geraldine Denk
Jan 9, 2006
Geraldine Denk, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call on...
Curtis "Curt" Faldet
Jan 5, 2006
Curtis “Curt” Faldet, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, January 5, 2007, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a lingering illness. Arrangements are pending with the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, in Decorah, Iowa.
Curtis Faldet
Jan 5, 2006
Curtis “Curt” Faldet, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, January 5, 2007, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a lingering illness. Arrangements are pending with the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, in Decorah, Iowa.
Edith Remke
Jan 5, 2006
Edith Remke, age 68, of Decorah, Iowa died on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 9, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may greet...
Kristin Ann Kopriva
Jan 3, 2006
Kristin A. Kopriva, age 45, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Fjelstul Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Kristin Ann Kopriva was born January 15, 1960 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of LeRoy J. and M. Bernadine “Bernie” (Baker) Kopriva. Kris has been...
