OBITUARIES
Ashley Cooper
Feb 20, 2005
Ashley Cooper, age 14, of Decorah, Iowa died on February 20, 2005 at her home at the Decorah Municipal Airport in Decorah, Iowa following a lifelong heart ailment. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church with Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the Center Point Cemetery,...
Bernadette Kruse
Feb 13, 2005
Bernadette Kruse, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa died on Sunday, February 13, 2005 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Benedicts Catholic Church with Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
E. Max Van Gorp
Feb 8, 2005
E. Max Van Gorp, age 83 of Decorah, died on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, IA following a long illness. Memorial Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 12, 2005, at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah by Rev. Anita Bane, with inurnment in Freeport Cemetery in rural Decorah, with full military honors. Visitation is...
Hazel Jean Olson
Feb 8, 2005
Hazel Jean Francis Olson, age 67 of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wisc. following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 14, 2005 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah by the Rev. Carol Kress, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah. Visitation will be held...
Adrian P. Bucheit
Feb 1, 2005
Adrian P. Bucheit, age 83, of Calmar, Iowa died on Tuesday, February 1, 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. Saturday, February 5, 2005 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Donald Hawes. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Elvira Barr
Jan 29, 2005
Elvira Barr, age 80 of Calmar died Saturday January 29, 2005 at the Aase Haugen home in Decorah after a short illness. Funeral Mass will be on Thursday February 3, 2005 at 11:30 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar by Rev. Donald Hawes burial will be in the St. Aloysius Cemetery in Calmar Visitation will be on Wednesday February...
Marie Riehle
Jan 29, 2005
Marie Riehle, age 87, of Milwaukee, WI, died on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at the Alexian Village Nursing Home in Milwaukee, WI following a brief illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 5, 2005 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, Iowa with Rev. John Moser. Burial will be in the church...
Raymond Styve
Jan 28, 2005
Raymond Styve, (pronounced Stevie) age 90 of Alexandria, Minnesota, formerly of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, January 28, 2005 at the Knute Nelson Home in Alexandria, MN following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, Iowa with Rev. Gary Krapfl of St....
Irma Elenora Buchheit
Jan 25, 2005
Irma E. Buchheit, age 94 of Decorah, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah following a long illness. Mass of Christian Burial is at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 28, 2005 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Festina, IA, by Rev. Gary F. Krapfl, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Floyd Seegmiller
Jan 24, 2005
Floyd Seegmiller, age 90, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Decorah, IA died on Monday, January 24, 2005 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust with Rev. John Mayer officiating. Burial will be in the Locust...
Kathreen Berthe Bradley
Jan 22, 2005
Kathreen "Katy" B. Bradley, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a long illness. Funeral Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, by Rev. Marion Pruitt Miller, with burial In Hillside Cemetery in Ossian, Iowa. Visitation is on Friday,...
Kenneth Dean Moburg
Jan 17, 2005
Kenneth Dean Moburg, age 79, of Decorah, Iowa died Monday evening, January 17, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah of complications of Parkinson's Disease. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 21, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. Private Family Graveside services will be held in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah....
Carsten Willard Ingvoldstad
Jan 17, 2005
Carsten W. Ingvoldstad, age 100, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday morning, January 17, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, following a long illness. Funeral Service is on Friday, January 21, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at Decorah Lutheran Church by the Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson, with burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation is on...
James "Jimmy" Paul Layeux
Jan 16, 2005
James “Jimmy” P. Layeux, age 36 of Waukon, IA and formerly of Decorah, died on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah following a brief illness. Memorial Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2005 at Decorah Lutheran Church Fellowship Room in Decorah, IA by Rev. James Glesne, with inurnment at a later date...
Frank Arthur Reed
Jan 16, 2005
Frank A. Reed, age 90, of Burr Oak, IA, died Sunday, January 16, 2005 at his home of lung cancer. Due to the winter storm the weekend of January 22nd, Memorial Services have been re-scheduled for Saturday January 29, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at Burr Oak Lutheran Church by Rev. Curtis Fox. Inurnment will be held at a later date...
Stella Theressa Sorenson
Jan 16, 2005
Stella T. Sorenson, age 94 of Decorah, Iowa died on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2005 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen, with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, IA. Visitation is on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 from...
Thomas Ellingson
Jan 14, 2005
Thomas “Tom” Ellingson, age 78, of Decorah, Iowa died on Friday, January 14, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 17, 2005 at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church with Rev. Susan Debner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will...
Maxine Boyer
Jan 14, 2005
Maxine Boyer, age 59, of St. Lucas, Iowa died on January 14, 2005 at home with her family after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 17, 2005 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa with Rev. Marvin Salz officiating. Burial will be in the church...
Rev. Emil Martinson
Jan 12, 2005
Rev. Emil Caroll Martinson, age 84, of Appleton, WI, formerly of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, in Appleton, following a short illness. Funeral services were held on Monday, January 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa. Burial services were held on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at...
Julia M. Shima
Jan 2, 2005
Julia M. Shima, age 95, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, January 2, 2005 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah following a lengthy illness. Funeral Service is at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 7, 2005 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with burial in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah. Visitation is on Friday, January 7, 2005 from 10:00-11:00 A.M. at the...
