OBITUARIES
E. S. Povelsen
Jan 2, 2006
E. S. Povelsen died on Monday, January 2, 2006, at the Barthell Eastern Star nursing home in Decorah, Iowa, at the age of 97. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 6, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with inurnment Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Fjelstul Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Egil...
Olga Beatrice Omdahl
Jan 1, 2006
Olga B. Omdahl, age 86, of Roseville, MN and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at Good Samaritan Center in Roseville following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 6, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne, with burial in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah. Friends may...
Heath Dean Mann
Dec 31, 2005
Heath D. Mann, 21 month old son of John and Jessica Mann of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 4, 2005 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in Madison Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway. Friends may call from 12:00 P.M. until...
Kathleen J. "Kay" Finberg
Dec 31, 2005
Kathleen J. "Kay" Finberg, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 5, 2006 at First Lutheran Church by Rev. H.G. Engebretson with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call on Thursday, January 5, 2006 after 10:00 AM at the...
Gladys O. Fjelstul
Dec 24, 2005
Gladys O. Fjelstul, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a stroke. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar, IA, by Rev. Norman L. Bauer and Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with inurnment in Calmar Lutheran Cemetery. The Family will...
Marie Vondersitt
Dec 23, 2005
Marie Vondersitt, age 82, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Friday, December 23, 2005 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN following a sudden illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after...
Stella Elizabeth Numedahl
Dec 20, 2005
Stella E. Numedahl, age 104, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 23, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Bryan Robertson, with burial in Calmar Lutheran Cemetery in Calmar, Iowa. Friends may call from 10:00 A.M. until the...
Bernice Grinna
Dec 20, 2005
Bernice Grinna, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at the Tweeten – Lutheran Health Center in Spring Grove, MN, following a long illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Susan Debner officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery,...
Irene Klimesh
Dec 20, 2005
Irene Klimesh age 86 of Spillville, IA, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at her home following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 11:00 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa by Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday December 21,...
Mildred Agnes Jennisch
Dec 18, 2005
Mildred A. "Midge" Jennisch, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Mildred "Midge" Jennisch (née Mildred Agnes Gossman), age 93, who was a long-time resident of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, December 18. She had moved from her home on Day Street in September of 2004 and had since been living...
Kenneth Ervin Forde
Dec 17, 2005
Kenneth E. Forde, age 64 of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah of pancreatic cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah with full military honors. Visitation is on Tuesday,...
Leonard L. Cervenka
Dec 16, 2005
Leonard L. Cervenka, age 87, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died on Friday, December 16, 2005 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2005. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be in the...
Clair William Kuntz
Dec 11, 2005
Clair W. Kuntz, age 40, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, December 11, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Fjelstul Funeral Home, by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller. Inurnment will be at a later date in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from 1:00-3:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 14, 2006...
Florence Albertson
Dec 10, 2005
Florence Albertson, age 97, of Spillville, Iowa died on Saturday, December 10, 2005 at the Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah, Iowa following complications from a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00...
Marie A. Kipp
Dec 7, 2005
Marie A. Kipp, age 84, of Festina, Iowa died on Wednesday morning 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, December 10, 2005 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the...
W. Richard "Dick" Bosanko
Dec 4, 2005
W. Richard "Dick" Bosanko, age 78 of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of complications from pneumonia. Funeral Service is at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah, IA by Rev. Matthew H. Perkins. Additional services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, December...
Lucille Marie Hart
Nov 30, 2005
Lucille M. Hart of Decorah, Iowa died peacefully at home on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 following a 3-month battle with brain cancer at the age of 76 years. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, December 3, 2005 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah by Rev. Gary F. Krapfl. Private family burial will be...
Hazel Clara Dahlquist
Nov 22, 2005
Hazel C. Dahlquist, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 26, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 1:00...
Ann Lee Zalk
Nov 20, 2005
Ann Lee Zalk, age 59, of Edina, Minnesota, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of heart failure Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 26, 2005 at Normandale Lutheran Church in Edina, Minnesota by Rev. Dale Howard with a reception following at the church. The family will greet friends from 5:00-8:00 P.M....
Daryl Luzum
Nov 19, 2005
Daryl R. Luzum, age 52, of Calmar, Iowa died unexpectedly at his home in Calmar, Iowa on Saturday, November 19, 2005. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes & Rev. Robert Ament officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
