OBITUARIES
Arla Ruffridge
Jan 13, 2022
Arla Ruffridge, age 95, of Decorah passed away peacefully on January 13, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at the Decorah Lutheran Church at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 22, 2022 with Pastor Peter Kowitz officiating. Burial will be at the Lutheran Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be one hour before the...
Clarence Kruse
Jan 11, 2022
Clarence Kruse, age 81, of Decorah, IA died on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at his home of natural causes. Graveside services with Military Rites will be held at 11:00 a.m. on March 31, 2022 at St. Johns Catholic Cemetery in Fort Atkinson, IA. Clarence Kruse was born January 8, 1941, in Ft. Atkinson, IA, to Joseph and Teresa (Makovec) Kruse....
Harold Lee
Jan 10, 2022
Harold Lee, age 84, of Decorah, IA passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022 at Winneshiek Medical Center. His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 15, 2022 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St, Decorah, IA 52101 with Rev. Peter Kowitz and Marlin Mowry presiding. Visitation will be from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January...
William "Bill" Mclain
Jan 8, 2022
William “Bill” McLain, age 78 of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue in Decorah with Matthew Alexander presiding. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery with full military rites. A...
Wayne Clement
Jan 8, 2022
Wayne Clement, age 76 of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 2022 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah. Wayne Edward Clement was born on January 30, 1945 the son of Edward and Jennie (Linderbaum) Clement....
Charles Johnson
Jan 6, 2022
Charles Johnson, age 72, of Decorah, IA passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah. He is survived by his wife: Diana Johnson, Decorah, IA. Daughter: Andrea Johnson, Decorah,...
Dale Underbakke
Jan 6, 2022
Dale Underbakke, of Burr Oak, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Green Lea Manor Senior Living in Mabel, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Burr Oak United Methodist Church with Pastor Linda Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Lois Wendlandt
Jan 6, 2022
Lois Wendlandt, age 74, of Decorah, IA passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah at a later date. Lois (Iverson) Wendlandt was born on December 6, 1947 to Leonard and Anna (Rohm) Iverson in Decorah. She attended Decorah schools and graduated from Decorah High School...
Haldis Kaasa
Jan 5, 2022
Haldis I. Kaasa, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, at the age of 90. Private Family Graveside Services will be held in the Brush Point Cemetery in Hanlontown, Iowa, Worth County, at a later date. Haldis Inger (Solem) Kaasa was born May 19, 1931, in Aure, Norway, the...
Gaylord Kuennen
Jan 4, 2022
Gaylord Kuennen, age 79, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, February 4, 2022, at St. Luke's Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Ivan Nienhaus presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Douglas Halverson
Jan 1, 2022
Douglas Halverson, age 79, of Decorah, IA died Saturday January 1, 2022 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah on Wednesday, January 5, 2021 with a Scripture Service at 4:00 p.m. with Rev. Dennis Niezwaag presiding. Douglas was born August 30, 1942,...
Gretta Hahn
Jan 1, 2022
Gretta Marie (Bjerke) Hahn was born in Albert Lea, MN, on April 22, 1935, together with her twin brother Gerald Melvin Bjerke, as the second and third children of Alma Luella (Overland) Bjerke and Melvin Conrad Bjerke. Gretta graduated from Albert Lea High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry and Math, with a minor in German,...
Joseph Weis
Dec 29, 2021
Joseph A. Weis, age 83, of Decorah, IA, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on December 29, 2021, at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2022, at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges and Rev. Daniel Knipper officiating. Burial will be...
Ronald Snyder
Dec 27, 2021
Ronald Snyder, age 72 of Decorah, Iowa, passed away at his home on Monday, December 27, 2021. Services will be held later in the spring. Ron was born at Decorah Hospital in Decorah on July 28, 1949, to Roy and Virginia Wangsness Snyder. Ron attended grade and middle school in Decorah before moving to Belmond, Iowa where he graduated high...
Robert Brandt
Dec 26, 2021
Robert Brandt, age 94, of Ossian, IA, died on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at the Zion Lutheran Church, 117 W. Greene Street in Castalia, IA with Lay Minister Daryl Schultz presiding. Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Thursday...
Carol Hageman
Dec 25, 2021
Carol (Nichols) Hageman touched many lives. One of her joys was giving, and she gave so much joy to family, friends, and more. Bright eyes, warm smile, helping hands. Carol loved keeping up a lively correspondence with the people in her life. Her notes, cards, emails, and phone calls let people know she was thinking of them. Speaking of cards,...
Herbert Stoen
Dec 24, 2021
Herbert Stoen, age 92, of rural Decorah, IA, died on Friday, December 24, 2021, at Meadows of Mabel in Mabel, MN Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church rural Decorah, with Rev. Waldemar Gies presiding. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00...
Jerry Falck
Dec 23, 2021
Gerald (Jerry) D. Falck was born October 29, 1945, in Decorah, IA to Maxine (Cassel) and Arlin Falck. Jerry lived on a farm southeast of Burr Oak, Iowa, and attended Hesper rural schools until his family moved to Decorah in 1951, where he attended Decorah schools. During that time, he helped his Dad in the family farm implement business during...
Dalton Hemesath
Dec 18, 2021
Dalton Hemesath, age 18, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, December 18, 2021 from the results of an automobile accident. There will be a private Mass of Christian Burial at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Decorah, IA. Burial will be at St. Bridget Cemetery rural Decorah, IA. There will be a public celebration of life for Dalton and Karter at...
Karter Einck
Dec 17, 2021
Karter Einck, age 18, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, December 17, 2021 from the results of an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery rural Decorah. The church service will...
