OBITUARIES
Edith Gruhn Clesi
May 14, 2005
Edith Clesi age, 83 of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, May 14, 2005, at the Oneota Riverview Care Facility, Decorah, Iowa. Graveside Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday May 21, 2005 at the Postville Cemetery by Pastor David Lenth. Schluter Balik Funeral Home in Decorah in charge of arrangements. Edith Gruhn Clesi was born on May 22, 1921 the daughter...
Ruth Louise Foltz
May 8, 2005
Ruth L. Foltz, age 98, of Decorah, Iowa died Sunday, May 8, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 12, 2005 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, by the Rev. Carol A. Kress. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday, May...
John Aloysius Cronin
May 6, 2005
John A. Cronin, age 76 of Decorah, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 6, 2005 following an accident at his home. Mass of Christian Burial is at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Gary F. Krapfl, with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, with full military honors. Visitation is on...
August "Blackie" Holthaus
May 5, 2005
August “Blackie” Holthaus, age 85, of Ossian, Iowa died on Thursday, May 5, 2005 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following a lengthy illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 9, 2005 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, Iowa with Monsignor Cletus Hawes officiating. Burial will be...
David Gerald Jaastad
May 4, 2005
David G. Jaastad, age 56 of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Private Family Memorial Services will be held at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller. There will be no visitation. Fjelstul Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. David Gerald Jaastad was born February 10,...
Mabel Olson
Apr 28, 2005
Mabel I. Olson, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa died on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following a brief illness. Memorial services will be held on Monday, May 2, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Glenwood Lutheran Church with Rev. Susan Debner officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery at a later date....
Kathryn White Tjossem
Apr 28, 2005
Kathryn White Tjossem, age 75, of Decorah, died Thursday, April 28, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah following a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2 P.M. Monday, May 2, 2005 at Hesper Friends Church in Hesper, Iowa, by Rev. Keith Mardock, with burial in Hesper Public Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Fjelstul Funeral Home...
Lester Torresdal
Apr 28, 2005
Lester Torresdal, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa died on April 28, 2005 at home in Decorah, Iowa following a short illness. Memorial services will be held on Monday, May 2, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Allen Vik officiating. There will be a time to greet the family one hour before...
Frances Jane Seim
Apr 22, 2005
Frances J. Seim, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Fjelstul Funeral in Decorah. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah. Friends may call from 12 P.M. until the time of services on Wednesday...
Olive Luella Sime
Apr 17, 2005
Olive L. Sime, age 99, of Decorah and formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 21, 2005 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa, by Rev. Philip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson with burial in Lincoln Lutheran...
Greg Karnik
Apr 17, 2005
Greg “Woody” Karnik, age 48 of Fort Atkinson, Iowa died Sunday April 17, 2005 at his home of cancer. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 22, 2005 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. John Moser and Rev. George Karnik officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Friends may call...
Edward Frana
Apr 12, 2005
Edward A. “Eddie” Frana, age 90 of Calmar, Iowa died on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, Iowa following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2005 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Albert Peterson
Apr 10, 2005
Albert Peterson, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa died on Sunday, April 10, 2005 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Steven Jacobsen officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa....
John Gustav Gabrielsen
Apr 7, 2005
John G. Gabrielsen, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, April 11, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 10:00-11:00 A.M. Monday...
David Joe Alcock
Apr 3, 2005
David J. Alcock, age 46 of Decorah, died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at his home in Decorah of a sudden illness. Funeral Service is at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. James Glesne, with burial in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation is on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 from...
Katherine Running Figler
Apr 2, 2005
Katherine Running Figler, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa died Saturday, April 2, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah following a brief illness. Private family services will be held. Inurnment will be in Sarasota Memorial Park Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is in charge of the arrangements. Katherine Running Figler was born June 24, 1908...
Lester Snyder
Mar 26, 2005
Lester “Pete Snyder” age 84, of Castalia, Iowa, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester MN, after a brief illness. Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, March 30, at 11:00 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia by Rev. David Lenth. Burial will be in the Greenwood - Centennial Cemetery, rural Castalia. Friends may call on...
Ronald H. Lovstuen
Mar 22, 2005
Ronald H. Lovstuen, age 64, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 26, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Friday, March 25, 2005 at Fjelstul Funeral Home...
Frank Wagner
Mar 21, 2005
Frank Wagner, age 92 of Spillville died Monday March 21, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah after a brief illness. Funeral services will be on Friday March 25, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville by Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation will be on Thursday from...
Orville Kenneth Halverson
Mar 18, 2005
Orville K. Halverson, age 80 of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, March 18, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2005 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, IA by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with interment at Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in rural...
