OBITUARIES
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...
Arnold Melvin Hogenson
Dec 27, 2004
Arnold M. Hogenson, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, December 27, 2004 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at Springfield Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, IA, by Rev. Norman L. Bauer, with burial in the Springfield Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is on Tuesday, December...
Shirley Adeline Bengtson
Dec 26, 2004
Shirley A. Bengtson, age 89 of Decorah, died on Sunday, December 26, 2004, at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a short illness. Funeral Service is at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2004 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. Graveside services are at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Woodbury Cemetery in Lyle, MN. Visitation...
James Leo Carolan
Dec 24, 2004
James L. Carolan, age 73, of Decorah, Iowa, and formerly of Lawler, IA. died Friday, December 24, 2004 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI., following a short illness. Funeral Mass is on Monday, December 27, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, IA by Rev. Gary F. Krapfl. Burial with Full Military Honors, will...
Fay R. Ward
Dec 19, 2004
Fay R. Ward, age 87, of Frankville, Iowa, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral Service is on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa by Rev. James Glesne, Rev. Bryan Robertson and Rev. Ole Winter. Burial will be at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, December 22, 2004...
Lavanda Irene Hanson
Dec 14, 2004
Lavanda I. Hanson, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at Oneota Riverview Care Facility in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 17, 2004 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, by Rev. H.G. Engebretson and Rev. Steven M. Jacobsen. Burial will be in Glenwood East Cemetery in rural Decorah. Friends may call...
Willard Carsten Clement
Dec 3, 2004
Willard C. Clement, age 87, of Ossian, Iowa and formerly of rural Decorah, died Friday, December 3, 2004 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa following a short illness. Funeral Service is on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah by Rev. Kim W. Smith, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Reuben O. Rovang
Nov 16, 2004
Reuben O. Rovang, age 81, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday evening, November 16, 2004 at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah following a sudden illness. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 20, 2004 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, by the Rev. Kim W. Smith. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, with...
Orval Clista Seegmiller
Nov 10, 2004
Orval Seegmiller, age 91, of Decorah and formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church in Decorah. Rev. Carol Cress will officiate. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00...
Dr. Jeffrey John Swella
Oct 30, 2004
Dr. Jeffrey J. Swella, age 38, of St. Petersburg, Florida and formerly of Decorah, IA., died Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida following a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 5, 2004 at Decorah Lutheran Church by the Rev. James Glesne. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah....
Alta Mae Nelson
Oct 24, 2004
Alta M. Nelson, age 84, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, October 24, 2004 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota following a lengthy illness. Funeral Service is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at Madison Lutheran Church, rural Ridgeway, Iowa, by Rev. Philip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson with burial in the Madison Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is on...
John Joseph Kelly
Oct 20, 2004
John J. Kelly, age 77, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following a lengthy illness. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 23, 2004 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, by the Rev. Gary F. Krapfl. Burial will be in St. Bridget’s Catholic Cemetery, rural Bluffton, Iowa...
Audrey Jane Malkan
Aug 29, 2004
Audrey Jane Malkan died August 29, 2004 after a brief illness at her home of 40 years in Fort Worth, Texas. Born Audrey Jane Meyer to parents Howard Meyer and Lois Thompson in Dubuque on August 26, 1929, she spent her childhood with her grandparents Frank and Anna Thompson in Decorah where Frank was the station agent for the Central...
Hazel Sharp
Aug 29, 2004
Hazel Sharp, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, August 29, 2004 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah of complications from diabetes. Funeral Service is on Friday, September 3, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church in Decorah by the Rev. Anita Bane. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation is on Thursday,...
