OBITUARIES
Helen Hoffer
Apr 4, 2022
Helen Hoffer, age 95 of Decorah died on Monday, April 4, 2022 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. Services are pending. Helen Hoffer was born on August 11, 1926, the daughter of Ernest and Mary (MacGregor) Middlemiss in Portland, Oregon. Helen graduated from Silverton High School in Silverton, Oregon. After high school, Helen helped take care of her mother...
Francis Bouska
Apr 4, 2022
Francis "Jr." Bouska, age 77, of Decorah died on April 4, 2022, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA. Burial with military rites will be at the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Protivin following the service. Visitation will...
Merlin Sharp
Apr 2, 2022
Merlin Sharp age 79 of Decorah, IA passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. A Remembrance Service will be held for Merlin on Saturday May 7, at 1:00 pm at Helms Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. Desserts and beverages will be served after the service. In lieu of flowers, donations in...
Larry Iverson
Apr 2, 2022
Larry Iverson, age 69 formerly of Decorah passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Ravenwood Specialty Care in Waterloo, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the Decorah Lutheran Church 309 Winnebago St., with Pastor Peter Kowitz officiating. Burial will be in the Iowa River Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00...
Florence Lynch
Mar 27, 2022
Florence Lynch, age 99 of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 W Broadway St. in Decorah with Rev. Michael Wilker presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
Philip Severson
Mar 25, 2022
Philip Severson, age 86 of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, March 25, 2022, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Adam Starrett presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held after 10:00...
Nate Borreson
Mar 24, 2022
Nate Borreson, age 28 of rural Decorah, IA passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at his home outside of Decorah. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church, 1381 Big Canoe Road, rural Decorah with Rev. Waldemar Gies presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from...
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...
