OBITUARIES
Billie Noecker
Mar 20, 2022
Billie Noecker, age 72 of Decorah, IA passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 25, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Rd. rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Burial will be in the Hesper Public Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be...
James "Mick" Whitehill
Mar 20, 2022
James Michael (Mick) Whitehill, age 74, of Decorah left to be with the Lord on Sunday morning, March 20, 2022 at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, Iowa after a nearly year-long battle with Leukemia. Funeral services will be on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway St, in Decorah with Pastor Michael...
Gordon Anderson
Mar 19, 2022
Gordon Anderson, age 90 of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. There will be no formal services for Gordon. Private family burial at a later date. Gordon was born December 20, 1931. He was Born and raised in Decorah. He worked at Deco Products for many years. In his retirement he...
Rita Jump
Mar 19, 2022
Rita Marlene Jump (Groth), age 73, passed away on March 19, 2022, at home surrounded by her family from congestive heart failure in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 26, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Rd. rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Nancy Solomonson presiding. Burial will be in the Locust...
Allen Holkesvik
Mar 11, 2022
Allen Holkesvik, age 99 of rural Decorah died Friday, March 11, 2022 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1638 Big Canoe Rd. rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Locust cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00...
Jerome Kriener
Mar 10, 2022
Jerome Kriener, age 81, of Fort Atkinson, IA died on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Rev. Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-6:00 p.m., on Friday, March...
Nora Hendrickson
Mar 9, 2022
Nora Hendrickson, age 95 of Decorah, IA passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at her home in Decorah. Nora's wishes were to donate her body to the University of Iowa for medical research. A Celebration of life will be held for Nora on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway St, in...
Ivanell Lang
Mar 8, 2022
IvaNell Lang, age 100, of Decorah passed away on March 8, 2022, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Peter Kowitz officiating. A private family burial will be at Lutheran Cemetery later in the spring. Visitation will be from 4:00 –...
Marie Beatty
Mar 3, 2022
Marie Beatty died March 3, 2022, at the age of 97 in the Barthell Eastern Star Home. She was a resident of Decorah, IA since 1971, when she moved from Marshalltown, IA with her husband, Jim Beatty, when he accepted an engineering position with Deco Products. Until her retirement, Marie worked part time as a nurse at Winneshiek Medical Center....
Janice Jaehnig
Mar 2, 2022
Janice Marie Jaehnig, 82, died Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Celebration of life will be held on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Whalen Cabin in Phelps Park - Decorah at 1:00 p.m. Janice “Jan” was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Helen and Clifford Huhn. Her father died when she was young; she was partially raised by...
Donald Olson
Feb 27, 2022
Donald D. Olson, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday morning, February 27, 2022, at Wellington Place in Decorah. Private Family Burial Services will be held later this spring at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Donald is survived by one sister-in-law, Florence Olson of Decorah, and his nieces and nephews: Ranell Bolson, Randy Olson, Mark Olson, Karla Olson and Judy Peter.
Donald "Buck" Boice
Feb 26, 2022
Donald D. “Buck” Boice, age 67, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz officiating. Burial will be in the Union Prairie Cemetery in rural Decorah, later in the spring. Visitation...
Darlene Graves
Feb 25, 2022
Darlene Mae (Stendel) Graves, beloved mother and grandmother, slipped quietly away in her sleep Friday evening on February 25, 2022 at Wellington Place. She was 88 years old. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Hyeunmee Kang officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah later...
Shirlee Neubauer
Feb 23, 2022
Shirlee Neubauer, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at St Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. A dinner will be served in the church hall after mass...
Mary Benson
Feb 23, 2022
Mary Lou Benson, 70, passed away comfortably February 23rd, 2022, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Her family was near and had visited her in the days before her passing. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah later in...
Mildred Jacobson
Feb 22, 2022
Mildred A. Jacobson, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday morning, February 22, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Hyeunmee Kang officiating. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will begin on Saturday at...
Leo Curry
Feb 22, 2022
Leo E. Curry, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Wellington Place in Decorah. A Private Family Service will be held at a later date. Leo is survived by two sisters, Mary Ingels of Palm Desert, CA and Teresa Cruise of Corning, IA; and his niece, Kathleen Ritner of Cresco, IA.
Janet Ottesen
Feb 21, 2022
Janet I. Ottesen passed away Monday evening, February 21, 2022, at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, with her family by her side, at the age of 81. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Edinger officiating. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery....
Stanley "Stan" Mckernan
Feb 16, 2022
Stanley Joseph McKernan, age 68 of Decorah, IA died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at a Pensacola, Florida hospital. He passed peacefully after a life well-lived, surrounded by family following a brief and unexpected illness. A celebration of life for the unique, one of a kind, “Stan the Man” will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, May 6 at Silvercrest...
Thomas "Gailen" Johnson
Feb 16, 2022
Gailen Johnson, age 90, of Decorah, IA died on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Monday, February 21, 2022, at the Decorah Christian Life Center, 2413 River Road, Decorah, IA with Pastor Doug Bryce presiding. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service...
