OBITUARIES
Dr. Frederick "Fritz" Bruening
Feb 23, 2020
BRUENING, DR. FREDERICK L., 66, died Sunday, February 23, 2020 at McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI. The funeral mass will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Fr. Bush Parish Center affiliated with Holy Family Catholic Church, 11804 S. Saginaw St, Grand Blanc, MI. Fr. Joseph Krupp will be officiating. A luncheon at Warwick Hills...
Leona Croatt
Feb 21, 2020
Leona Croatt, age 99, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 28, 2020, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Lester Duff
Feb 21, 2020
Lester G. Duff, age 97, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday evening, February 21, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Freeport Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation will begin on Wednesday...
Stanley Jeffers
Feb 21, 2020
The service for Stan has been postponed until further notice. We will update this website page when another day has been established. Thank you for your consideration and understanding. Stanley H. Jeffers, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, February 21, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 2, 2020...
Norma Holthaus
Feb 18, 2020
Norma D. Holthaus, age 81, of Decorah, IA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 18, 2020 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Pastor Nancy Solomonson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah later this spring. Visitation will be on Thursday...
Mary Henry
Feb 18, 2020
Mary Henry, age 101 of Decorah, IA, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 24, 2020 at the St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 –...
Helen Hougen
Feb 17, 2020
Helen Hougen, age 87, of Decorah, IA, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St. in Decorah, with Rev. Daryl Thompson presiding. Burial will be in the Hauge Cemetery in the spring. Visitation...
James "Jim" Schnitzler
Feb 14, 2020
Jim Schnitzler, age 65, of rural Decorah, IA, died on Friday, February 14, 2020, at his home near Bluffton, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 2358 – 360th Street, Decorah, IA (Burr Oak), with Rev. Wayne Ellingson presiding. Burial will be in the Plymouth Rock Cemetery. Visitation...
Ronald Ruen
Feb 14, 2020
Ron Ruen passed on Friday, February 14, 2020 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home with complications from the degenerative neurological brain disease, Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, a shrinkage of the cerebellum and brain stem. It is believed that he suffered from this disease as a result of exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliar toxin, while drafted in Viet Nam. Research shows that...
Joyce Ellickson
Feb 13, 2020
Joyce Ellickson, age 82, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, February 13, 2020 at Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring.   Visitation will be from...
Evelyn Secora
Feb 11, 2020
Evelyn Secora, age 97, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 17, 2020, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home Chekal Chapel, 201 Main Street in Fort Atkinson, IA and also after 10:00 a.m. at the church on Tuesday morning....
Floyd Herold
Feb 11, 2020
Floyd Herold, age 91 of Decorah, IA, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, IA. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main St. in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time...
Evelyn Otteson
Feb 10, 2020
Evelyn Billie Otteson, age 84 of Decorah, IA, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2020 at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital A private memorial service will be held at a later date with burial in the Freeport Cemetery. Evelyn was born on November 24, 1935 to Wallace and Thelma (Harrison) Gold in Tampa, Florida. She graduated...
Mary Pat Shimek
Feb 8, 2020
Mary Pat Shimek, age 70 of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. A private family burial will be held at a later date....
Phyllis Thompson
Feb 5, 2020
Phyllis J. Thompson, 91, of Decorah, died early Wednesday morning, February 5th, 2020 at Barthell Eastern Star Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 8th at 11:00 am at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa. Reverend Melissa Bills will be officiating. Burial is in Canoe Ridge Cemetery in rural Decorah.  Visitation is on Saturday morning from 10:00...
Kenneth Krivachek
Jan 29, 2020
Kenneth Krivachek, age 63, of Fort Atkinson, IA, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at his home in Fort Atkinson. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home Chekal Chapel, 201 Main Street in Fort Atkinson. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3:00 p.m. following the...
Howard Nesheim
Jan 26, 2020
Howard Nesheim, age 81, of Manly, IA (formerly of Decorah) passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 26, 2020, at his home and surrounded by his loved ones, in Manly, IA. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue in Decorah, IA, with Pastor Linda Johnson Prestholt...
Rev. George Wharton
Jan 26, 2020
The Reverend George Franklin Wharton III died quietly in his room at Aase Haugen, early Sunday morning, January 26, 2020 at 7:58 AM, just in time for the Lord’s early service. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah with the Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting and the Rev....
Helen Judas
Jan 23, 2020
Helen Joan Judas, 84 of Williamsburg, IA, formerly of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 31, 2020 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, with Rev. Susan Debner officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring. Visitation will begin...
Alvin Langreck
Jan 23, 2020
Alvin Langreck, age 88, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at his home in St. Lucas. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 30, 2020, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00...
