OBITUARIES
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...
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...
