OBITUARIES
Rhett Hovey
Jun 28, 2005
Rhett Lee Hovey, three week old son of Tim and Jess Hovey of Ridgeway, Iowa died on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota following heart complications. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2005 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa with Revs. Phil and Ginny Olson officiating. Burial will...
Henry Morris Aschim
Jun 27, 2005
Henry Aschim, age 92, of Mankato, Minnesota and formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Monday, June 27, 2005 at Sibley Manor in Mankato. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, by Rev. Philip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson. Burial will be in Sanderson Cemetery, Ridgeway. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00...
Leo Martin
Jun 27, 2005
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. John Moser officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, Chekal Chapel in Fort Atkinson, Iowa. There will be...
Michael O'Shea
Jun 22, 2005
Michael O’Shea, age 58, of Ridgeway, Iowa died on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa with Monsignor Edward Lechtenberg officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Virgil R. Stortz
Jun 20, 2005
Virgil R. Stortz, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, June 20, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 25, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church by the Rev. Bryan Robertson with burial in Hauge Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday, June 24, 2005...
Marvin Houdek
Jun 17, 2005
Marvin Houdek, age 77, of Burr Oak, Iowa died on Friday, June 17, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 20, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Plymouth Rock, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the...
Lavonne Gehling
Jun 16, 2005
LaVonne Gehling, age 67, of Calmar, Iowa died suddenly at the Winneshiek County Medical Center, in Decorah, Iowa on June 16, 2005. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 20, 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 cemetery. Friends may call...
Helen Margaret Allen
Jun 10, 2005
Helen M. Allen, age 88 of Oelwein, IA and formerly of Ossian, IA., died on Friday, June 10, 2005 at Oelwein Health Care Center following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial is at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Elkader, IA, by Rev. Paul Peters, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Francis (Frank) Bouska
Jun 6, 2005
Francis (Frank) Bouska, age 87 of Protivin died Monday June 6, 2005 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday June 10, 2005 at 10:30 at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin by Rev. Robert Ament with Burial in the church cemetery Visitation will be on Thursday June 9 from 3:00...
Kenneth E. Bigler
Jun 3, 2005
Kenneth Bigler, of Decorah, Iowa died on Friday, June 3, 2005 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2005 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust with Rev. John Mayer officiating. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery. There will be full military...
Irene Ann Hageman
May 28, 2005
Irene Hageman, age 93, of Calmar, Iowa died on Saturday, May 29, 2005 at the Good Samaritan Home in Postville, Iowa following a lingering illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Dean Witzke
May 26, 2005
Dean Witzke, 54, of Decorah, died suddenly Thursday, May 26, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, from a pulmonary embolism. Memorial services are Saturday, June 4 at 11 a.m. at the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther College campus in the recital hall with Rev. David Vasquez officiating. There is no visitation. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home in...
Peter Kuhn
May 26, 2005
Peter Kuhn, age 91, of Spillville, Iowa died on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at the Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, May 28, 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...
Eric Paul Twesme
May 25, 2005
Eric Paul Twesme, age 42, of Waterloo, Iowa and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at his home in Waterloo following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, May 29, 2005 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Robert Cline
May 25, 2005
Robert T. Cline, age 83, of Decorah, Iowa died on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, IA following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Friends...
Kenneth A. Knutson
May 24, 2005
Kenneth A. Knutson, age 77, of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah,IA following a car accident in Ridgeway, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 27, 2005 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, by Rev. Phillip and Rev. Ginny Olson, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Jeff E. Schmitz
May 23, 2005
Jeff Schmitz, age 23, of Festina, Iowa died on Monday, May 23, 2005 at his farm from a farming accident. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Dale I. Dietz
May 23, 2005
Dale I. Dietz, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, May 23, 2005 at home in Decorah following a sudden illness. Funeral Service is at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Matthew H. Perkins, with interment with full military honors in Bluffton Cemetery in Bluffton, IA. Visitation will...
Elsie M. Osmundson
May 18, 2005
Elsie M. Osmundson, age 99, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. David H. Andreae with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday, May 20, 2005...
Alice Houdek
May 16, 2005
Alice Houdek, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa died on Monday, May 16, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Gary Krapfl. Burial will be in the St. Benedict's cemetery....
