OBITUARIES
Thelma B. Keefe
Apr 7, 2006
Thelma B. Keefe, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven Jacobsen with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 5:00-8:00 P.M. Monday, April...
Mildred I. Beitland
Apr 6, 2006
Mildred I. Beitland, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, April 10, 2006 at Fjelstul Funeral Home by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller with inurnment at a later date in South Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery in Bricelyn, MN. Friends...
O. Glen Larson
Apr 4, 2006
O. Glen Larson, age 95 of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at Barthell Eastern Star Home following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Hauge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, by the Rev. Gene Hermeier. Burial will be in the church cemetery with full military honors. Friends may call...
Marjorie E. Mason
Apr 1, 2006
Marjorie E. Mason, age 68, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah at the age of 68 years after a valiant battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at Grace Fellowship Church in Decorah by Rev. Michael McCann, with burial in Freeport Cemetery, Freeport,...
Victor Pavlovec
Mar 31, 2006
Victor Pavlovec, age 79, of Fort Atkinson, Iowa, died Friday, March 31, 2006, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA, by Rev. Robert Ament. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
John P. Chipera
Mar 28, 2006
John Chipera, age 45, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2006, from injuries he received from an automobile accident on Highway #52 between Calmar and Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 1, 2006 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Rosella (Rosie) Foltz
Mar 26, 2006
Rosella M. Foltz, age 79, of Hesper, Iowa died on Sunday, March 26, 2006 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a lingering illness. Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 1:30 p.m., at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa, by Rev. Richard Simon Hanson. Burial will be in Hesper Cemetery in Hesper,...
Sophia (Novak) Bender
Mar 23, 2006
Sophia (Novak) Bender, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at her daughter’s home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust with Rev. Gene Hermeier officiating. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-6:00...
Raymond L. Peck
Mar 20, 2006
Raymond Peck, age 69, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Postville Good Samaritan Home in Postville, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Steven Jacobsen, from the First Lutheran Church in Decorah....
Conrad L. Hageman
Mar 19, 2006
Conrad L. Hageman, age 82, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Sunday, March 19, 2006, at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa, following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 24, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Verne Duane Hovden
Mar 15, 2006
Verne D. Hovden, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of congestive heart failure. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 18, 2006 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, Iowa, by Rev. Phillip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in the church cemetery, with full military...
Kathryn Kuehner
Mar 13, 2006
Kathryn Ann “Katie” Kuehner, age 66, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, March 13, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family in her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 16, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, Iowa by Rev. Gary Krapfl. Burial will be in...
Carl Phillip Moe
Mar 10, 2006
Carl P. Moe, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah with full military honors. Friends may...
Gloria (Hougen) Ormord
Mar 9, 2006
Gloria Ormord, age 36, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Burial will be in the Hauge Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Decorah, Iowa. Friends...
Rita Mae Gerleman
Mar 5, 2006
Rita Mae Gerleman, age 75, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Private family graveside services have been held with burial in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is handling the arrangements. Rita Mae (Gipson) Gerleman was born on October 7, 1930 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, the daughter of...
Grayce Halse
Mar 5, 2006
Grayce Halse, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, March 5, 2006 unexpectedly at her home. Funeral Service will be Wednesday March 8, 2006 at 11:00 at the Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Allen Vik. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak, Iowa. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00...
Noel Henry
Mar 5, 2006
Noel Henry, age 63, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Dorothy Jean Mcmahon
Mar 1, 2006
Dorothy McMahon, 79, of Decorah since 1991, died at home on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. A celebration of her life will be held at Bass Point Cemetery in Boone, Iowa to coincide with McVicker-Dutton and Sturtz Annual Reunions on June 4, 2006 at 4:30pm. Dorothy was born in Boone, Iowa, the daughter of Blanche (Dutton) and William McVicker; she graduated...
Arnold Shimek
Feb 28, 2006
Arnold Shimek, age 77, of Calmar, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa, after a long illness. Mass of Christian burial will be on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, by Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
William "Bill" Dean Sylvanus
Feb 28, 2006
William "Bill" D. Sylvanus, age 71, of Wabasha, MN and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006 in Mankato, MN. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, March 3, 2006 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik. Military Honors will be accorded by Helof-Holm V.F.W. Post No. 1977, Bernatz-Symonds American Legion...
