OBITUARIES
Ethel Ellingson
Sep 20, 2020
Ethel Ellingson, age 92 of Decorah, IA passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, 2020 at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Cemetery with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Ethel Jeanette (Bigler) Ellingson was born on...
Irene Baker
Sep 20, 2020
Irene Verna (Anderson) Baker passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 at her son’s home in Kendallville, Iowa. A private family service was held with burial in the Ridgeway United Lutheran Cemetery (Sanderson Cemetery). Irene Verna Steele was born on May 5, 1924 to Lawrence E. and Clara L. (Reckward) Steele in Postville, Iowa. She attended school in Allamakee and Winneshiek...
Kelly Pecht
Sep 18, 2020
Kelly Pecht, age 50 of Cresco, IA died on Friday, September 18, 2020 in Decorah, IA. There will be no formal services for Kelly at this time. She is survived by her father: Jeff Pecht of South Carolina.
Wilma Morse
Sep 17, 2020
Wilma M. Morse, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday morning, September 17, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society in Postville, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz will be officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, one hour before...
Dorothy Halverson
Sep 16, 2020
Dorothy M. Halverson, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Private Family Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 21, 2020 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Edinger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The service will also be...
Brett Styve
Sep 13, 2020
Brett Styve, age 21, of Calmar, IA, died on Sunday, September 13, 2020 in Stewartville, MN. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Cemetery. Everyone attending is asked to wear a mask and practice...
Richelle Halverson
Sep 10, 2020
Richelle Lea Halverson, age 52 of Decorah, IA, passed away September 10, 2020 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. She was taken too young, after a decade long battle with a rare blood disorder that proved to be too much for her body. In consideration of concerns regarding Covid-19 and everyone’s well-being, a Memorial Service for...
Patricia Heidenreich
Sep 10, 2020
In celebration of Patricia Hutchings (Mawer) Heidenreich Patricia was born to Arthur Lionel Mawer and Helen Loise Hutchings on July 31st, 1930 in St. Catherines, Ontario. Pat lived a life filled with wonder and curiosity. She adored the natural world and its web of intricacies. Nothing filled her with more joy than exploring a wild place she had never experienced...
Eric “Rick” Snyder
Sep 10, 2020
Eric “Rick” Charles Snyder passed away at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center on Thursday September 10th, 2020. He was born in West Union, Iowa on March 10, 1962. He graduated from Decorah High School, where he met the love of his life, Kristine Rauk. The two married on August 13th, 1983. Eric attended Luther College, as well as UNI. Upon having...
Darlene Larson
Sep 8, 2020
Darlene A. Larson, age 89, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday morning, September 8, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, September 14, 2020 at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with Pastor Don Holmertz officiating. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Phelps Cemetery, one hour before the service. Darlene Alice...
Diane Jaastad
Sep 4, 2020
Diane L. Jaastad, age 61, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, September 4, 2020 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Private Family Services will be held, followed by burial in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Diane is survived by one daughter Emily Jaastad of Decorah, Iowa; her parents Jane and Otis Tollefson of Decorah, Iowa; three grandchildren: Anthony, Brandi, and Micah; one...
Werner Nitschke
Sep 3, 2020
Werner Richard Nitschke passed away on September 3rd, 2020, at home surrounded by the comfort of his family. Werner was born August 16, 1934 in Manhattan, New York, the first son of Walter and Meta (Bielefeld) Nitschke. For the first two years Werner and his mother lived in Germany. They returned in 1936 to Manhattan where they remained for a...
Margaret Usgaard
Sep 3, 2020
Margaret S. Usgaard, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday evening, September 3, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Margaret Sylvia (Johnson) Usgaard was born June 21, 1924, in Winneshiek County to Arve J. and Hilda M. (Holien) Johnson. She was baptized July 24, 1924, and confirmed her Christian faith on June 6, 1939, with Rev. Paul Koren at...
Edwin "Eddie" Macha
Sep 3, 2020
Edwin “Eddie” A. Macha, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, September 3, 2020 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Private Family Graveside Services will be in the Hesper Public Cemetery in Hesper Township, rural Decorah, with Military Honors. Eddie is survived by his three children: Joseph of Jamestown, New York, John of Clayton, Ohio, and Angela of La Crosse,...
Margaret Mcconnell
Sep 1, 2020
Margaret McConnell, age 86, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A private family service will be held at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Iowa, with Rev. Dan Knipper presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to her daughter: Patty...
Paul "Dick" Headington
Aug 29, 2020
Paul L. “Dick” Headington, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday morning, August 29, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah of COVID-19. A Private Family Graveside Service will be held on September 5, 2020 in the Russell Cemetery in rural Decorah with Military Honors by Decorah’s Veterans and Military Organizations. Rev. Hyeunmee Kang will be officiating. Paul Lewis...
Deette Bryce
Aug 29, 2020
DeEtte Mae (Johnson) Bryce was born on October 16, 1947 in Grinnell, Iowa, the daughter of Isaac and Lillian (Johnson) Johnson. After her family moved around in her early life, they settled in Sioux City, Iowa when she was in seventh grade. DeEtte graduated from Central High School in Sioux City with the class of 1966. DeEtte was united in...
Rebecca "Becky" Anderson
Aug 28, 2020
Rebecca “Becky” Anderson, age 55, of Decorah, IA, passed away on Friday, August 28, in Cedar Rapids, IA from the results of an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St. in Decorah, with Rev. Peter Kowitz presiding. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00...
Charles "Chuck" Ira
Aug 28, 2020
Charles “Chuck” Clinton Ira, age 94, of Spillville, IA, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. A viewing will be held from 10-11 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial with full military honors on Friday, September 4, 2020 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville. Burial will be in the St....
Connie Bolson
Aug 22, 2020
Constance “Connie” H. Bolson, age 96, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. There will be a Celebration of Life service for Connie Bolson at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 701 Iowa Ave., Decorah, IA 52101. Masks are required. Private Family Burial was held on Saturday,...
