OBITUARIES
Clair Knutson
Sep 11, 2022
Clair Harvey Knutson, 97, died Sunday, September 11th at Barthell Eastern Star nursing home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at Madison Lutheran Church - 2658 Madison Rd, Decorah, IA 52101. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the...
Colleen Peterson
Sep 8, 2022
Colleen Peterson age 86 of Decorah, Iowa passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 W Broadway St. in Decorah with Rev. Michael Wilker presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m....
Larry Gunhus
Sep 6, 2022
Larry T. Gunhus May 27, 1932 – Sept. 6,2022 Larry T. Gunhus, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on September 6th, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Oak...
Darlene Andera
Sep 5, 2022
Darlene Andera, age 84, of rural Calmar, IA, died on Monday, September 5, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 9, 2022, at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Rev. Henry Huber presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Diana Johnson
Aug 31, 2022
Diana Johnson, age 72, of Decorah, IA passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at her home outside of Decorah. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 5, 2022, at the Helms Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah. Burial in Phelps Cemetery will be at a later date. Diana was born on July 26, 1950,...
Ruth Reitan
Aug 27, 2022
Ruth Reitan age 91 of Decorah, IA, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at the church on Saturday morning....
Rosemarie Anderson
Aug 25, 2022
Rosemarie Anderson, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died away on August 25, 2022, at Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA. Rosemarie was born in New Haven, CT on January 10, 1926. Eventually, she moved to the Bronx, NYC, where she attended an all-girl school in Manhattan. This required her to take the subway to and from, which she just hated!...
James Womeldorf
Aug 22, 2022
James (Jim) Curtis Womeldorf, age 79, of Decorah, died on Monday, August 22, 2022, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN of heart failure. We will celebrate Jim's life at the Decorah Fish Hatchery on Sunday, September 25 from 2-5 p.m. There will be special music around 3:00 p.m. Private burial will be held at a later date. In lieu...
Debra Ryan
Aug 20, 2022
Debra Ryan, 58, of Decorah, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, after an aggressive battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 12:00 p.m., on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church rural Decorah, with Rev. Todd Stiles presiding. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on...
Darvin Hacker
Aug 20, 2022
Darvin Lee Hacker of Decorah, Iowa passed away on August 20, 2022, at his residence, Wellington Place after a long illness. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2022, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 W Broadway St. in Decorah with Rev. Michael Wilker presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00...
James O. Thompson
Aug 18, 2022
James Orlen Thompson age 90 of Decorah, IA passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, August 18, 2022. A private graveside service with military rites will be held at a later date. He was born April 4, 1932 the son of Oscar Thompson and Alice Gilbertson. He graduated from Decorah High School in 1950 and served in the U.S....
Lorraine Wangsness
Aug 18, 2022
Lorraine Wangsness, age 96, of Calmar, Iowa, died on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Barthell Eastern Star in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022, at the Calmar Lutheran Church with Rev. Daryl Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25,...
Lee Holkesvik
Aug 12, 2022
Lee Holkesvik age 54 of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, August 12, 2022 at his home in Decorah. His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at St. John's Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Locust Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at...
Barbara Dostal
Aug 11, 2022
Barbara M. Dostal died peacefully on August 11, 2022, surrounded by loving family, after a brief illness. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2022, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the...
Corey Buchheit
Aug 9, 2022
Corey Buchheit, age 59, of St. Lucas, IA died Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 19, 2022, at the St. Luke’s Catholic Church- 215 East Main St. in St. Lucas, IA with Father Nick Radloff presiding. Burial will be in the St. Luke’s Cemetery...
Ida Ameling
Aug 6, 2022
Ida Ameling age 95, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street in Fort Atkinson, IA with Rev. Nick Radloff presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
John Dale Meyer
Aug 2, 2022
John Meyer age 94 of Calmar, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. A memorial mass will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, Iowa with Rev. Henry Huber presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30...
Barbara Hinz
Aug 2, 2022
Barbara Hinz, age 99, formerly of Decorah, IA, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the Solon Care Center in Solon, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 5, 2022, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation...
Margaret Arneson
Jul 31, 2022
Margaret Arneson age 92 of Decorah, IA passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. A private family service will be held at a later date with burial in the Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery. Cards and memorials may be sent to the family at: 701 Rural Ave, Decorah, IA 52101, WMC Hospice or to...
Luella Pavlovec
Jul 27, 2022
Luella Pavlovec age 85, formerly of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday July 27, 2022 at Gundersen Health Systems in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street in Fort Atkinson, IA with Rev. Nick Radloff presiding. Burial will be in the...
