OBITUARIES
Beatrice "Betty" Margaret Finanger
Aug 16, 2005
Beatrice M. Finanger, age 99, of Decorah, Iowa and formerly of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, died Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 25, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by the Rev. James Glesne with burial at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at Coon Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in...
Edna Margaret Sandberg
Aug 16, 2005
Edna Margaret Sandberg, age 90 of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Family graveside services will be held at a later date at Winnebago Lutheran Cemetery in rural Lake Mills, Iowa. There will be no visitation. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa is in charge of the arrangements. Edna Margaret Sandberg was born...
Lavonne Brown
Aug 14, 2005
LaVonne Brown, age 75, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Decorah, Iowa died on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA following a long illness. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA with Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating from the Decorah...
Robert Hitesman
Aug 14, 2005
Robert “Bob” Hitesman, age 82, of Calmar, Iowa died on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Calmar Lutheran Church with Rev. Norman Bauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call on...
Vendolin Timp
Aug 9, 2005
Vendolin Timp, age 86 of Ft. Atkinson, IA. died Tuesday August 9, 2005 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Postville, IA. after a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday August 12 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson by Rev. David Beckman burial will be in St. John’s cemetery Visitation...
Bonnie Jean Westby Huebner
Aug 8, 2005
Bonnie Jean Huebner, age 74, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, August 8, 2005 at her home following a short illness. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 12, 2005 at First Lutheran Church by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. Friends may call from 10:00-11:00 A.M. Friday at the church. Additional Memorial and burial services will be held 10:00...
Julia Phillips
Aug 3, 2005
Julia Phillips, age 95, of Spillville, Iowa died on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa, following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Gilman Julian Lundtvedt
Jul 31, 2005
Gilman J. Lundtvedt, age 81 years of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel, MN. following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Tuesday,...
Myra Snyder
Jul 31, 2005
Myra L. Snyder, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa died on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. No services will be held, memorials can be sent in Myra's name to the Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL, 36104. Arrangements are being handled by the Schluter –...
Marian Elizabeth Harding
Jul 23, 2005
Marian Elizabeth (Solheim) Harding, 61, of Decorah, Iowa, and formerly of Bremerton, WA, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 1, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Allen Vik and Rev. James Glesne, with inurnment in Lutheran...
Mark William Nelson
Jul 19, 2005
Mark W. Nelson, age 43 of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Visitation is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 from...
Gary Svenson
Jul 19, 2005
Gary Svenson, age 66, of Decorah, Iowa died suddenly at his home on Tuesday, July 19, 2005. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2005 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Gary...
Glenn Rilling
Jul 16, 2005
Glenn Rilling, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa died on Saturday, July 16, 2005 at the Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah,...
Richard Wiltgen
Jul 15, 2005
Richard “Dick” Wiltgen, age 84, of Calmar, Iowa died on Friday, July 15, 2005 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Carolyn Joan Johnson
Jul 4, 2005
Carolyn Joan Johnson, 70 of Decorah, Iowa passed away at 6:03 AM on Monday, July 4, 2005 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, July 7, 2005 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2101 South Prospect Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61821 with Reverend Donna Hacker Smith officiating. Visitation will be from...
Esther Clarice Hill
Jul 3, 2005
Esther C. Hill, age 90 of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, July 3 2005 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA of complications from colon cancer. Funeral Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with interment in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Visitation is on Wednesday, July 6,...
Norva Landa
Jul 3, 2005
Norva Landa, age 87, of Dallas, TX, formerly of Calmar, Iowa died on Sunday, July 3, 2005 at the Medical City Hospital in Dallas TX. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2005 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Elmer Neste
Jun 29, 2005
Elmer Neste, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa died on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following complications from Alzheimer’s Disease. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2005 at the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Bryan Robertson, from the Decorah Lutheran Church officiating. There will be no...
Ida Hageman
Jun 28, 2005
Ida Hageman, age 92, of Festina, Iowa died on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following an age related illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2005 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be in...
Melbourne Oliver "Mel" Faldet
Jun 28, 2005
Melbourne O. "Mel" Faldet, age 87, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 1, 2005 at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, by Rev. Susan K. Debner, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, June 30, 2005...
