OBITUARIES
Carol Kuennen
Oct 21, 2019
Carol Ann Kuennen, age 67, of St. Lucas, IA, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019 at her home with her family by her side. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2019 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery....
Robert Jones
Oct 20, 2019
Robert Bruce (Bob) Jones, age 87, of Decorah, IA, passed away Sunday morning, October 20, 2019, at Wellington Place in Decorah. He had been diagnosed only two weeks earlier with untreatable lung disease. A memorial service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Decorah at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 9, 2019 with Officiants Pastor Melissa Bills and Pastor Paul...
Marie Schaufenbuel
Oct 18, 2019
Marie Schaufenbuel, age 96, of Sumner, IA, formerly of St. Lucas, IA, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic...
Dean Wilson
Oct 15, 2019
Dean C. Wilson, 70, of Northgate Care Center in Waukon, Iowa, died on October 16, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon from complications with pneumonia. He was born May 18, 1949 to Raymond and Eunice (Widmann) in Waterloo, Iowa. He was a member of and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He then attended Immanuel Lutheran school through...
Jerry E. Samuelson
Oct 11, 2019
Jerry E. Samuelson, age 80 of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, October 11, 2019 at his home outside of Decorah surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at the St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will...
John Carlson
Oct 7, 2019
John S. Carlson, fondly referred to as “Papa” by his grandchildren, 77, of Decorah, peacefully entered the Kingdom of Heaven surrounded by his family on October 7th, 2019 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah- just two short months after being diagnosed with and courageously battling Glioblastoma (cancerous brain tumor). Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 15,...
Vivian Holland
Oct 2, 2019
Vivian (Vicki) Holland, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00...
Cathy Bakke
Oct 1, 2019
Cathy L. Bakke, age 66, of Postville and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. Cathy’s wish was to donate her body to the Mayo Clinic Department of Anatomy for scientific research. There will be no public services. A private family burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah at a...
Tony Vick
Sep 28, 2019
Tony Vick, age 51, of Ridgeway, IA, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St. in Decorah, with Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Visitation will...
Lucille Rosholt
Sep 22, 2019
Madge Lucille Stansberry Rosholt of Decorah, Iowa, died unexpectedly of natural causes on September 22nd, 2019, at the age of 86. Known to most as Lucy, Lucille, or Mrs. Rosholt, to the writers of this obituary, her three sons Mark, Tom, and Bill, she is Mom. Our dad, Bob Rosholt, currently resides and receives memory care at the Aase Haugen...
Patricia Usgaard
Sep 20, 2019
Patricia Joan (Grindeland) Usgaard, 86, passed away on September 20th, 2019 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, September 27, 2019 at Decorah Lutheran Church. Private Family Inurnment will be in Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM Friday, one hour before the service, at...
Pamela Gipp
Sep 19, 2019
Pamela J. Gipp, age 65, of Decorah, IA, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Allen Vik officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 23 at Fjelstul...
Martin Mohr
Sep 18, 2019
Martin Mohr, 91, of Decorah, died Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Wellington Place in Decorah surrounded by family and friends. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 19, at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m....
Milton Quam
Sep 15, 2019
Milton E. Quam, age 82, of Decorah, IA, passed away Sunday morning, September 15, 2019 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Edinger officiating. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will begin at...
Kalen Jacobsen
Sep 3, 2019
Kalen Jacobsen, age 45 of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA following a yearlong battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Melissa Bills presiding. Burial will be in the West Union...
Geneva Kuennen
Sep 2, 2019
Geneva Kuennen, age 91, of St. Lucas passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019 at the Ossian Senior Hospice surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 5, 2019 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will...
John Bale
Sep 2, 2019
John C. Bale, age 94, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah with Pastor Amy Larson officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins at 12:00 PM Thursday, one hour...
Gary Langreck
Sep 1, 2019
Gary Langreck, age 55, of St. Lucas, IA, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at his home in St. Lucas from a heart condition. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery....
Barbara Nordschow
Aug 30, 2019
Barbara Nordschow, age 93, of Decorah, IA, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019, at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah. A memorial service will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St. in Decorah, with Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Allen Vik presiding, burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery, in...
Delores Rovang
Aug 25, 2019
Delores J. Rovang, age 90, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, August 25, 2019 at Good Samaritan Society in West Union, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, August 31, 2019 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Edinger officiating. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will...
