OBITUARIES
Norman "Jake" Jacobson
Nov 2, 2019
Norman ‘Jake’ Kenneth Jacobson, 87, of Loveland, CO passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019, at Brookdale Mariana Butte Care Facility, Loveland Co. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday November 16, 2019 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church at 1381 Big Canoe Rd. Decorah, IA with Rev. Kurt Bockoven presiding, burial in the Big Canoe Cemetery with Military...
Norbert Charles Shileny
Nov 1, 2019
Norbert Charles Shileny, age 86 of New Hampton, Ia formerly of Lawler, IA a Retired Farmer and John Deere Worker, passed away peacefully at the Sumner Hospital on November 1, 2019. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at the Assumption Catholic Church in Little Turkey at 3303-160th St. Lawler, IA with Father Aaron Junge...
Richard Anderson
Oct 27, 2019
Richard Anderson, age 86, of Decorah died Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Memorial Service 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 31, 2019 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Locust at 1638 Big Canoe Rd. with Todd Burrichter presiding. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home in...
Irvin Hellen
Oct 25, 2019
Irvin S. Hellen, age 87, of Ridgeway, IA, died Friday morning, October 25, 2019 at Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, IA. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 30 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Private Family Burial will be later at Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway. Irvin S. Hellen was born on October 21, 1932 to Iver and...
Dale Otteson
Oct 25, 2019
Dale Otteson, age 83 of Decorah, IA, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah. Burial will be in the Freeport Cemetery. Visitation will be after 9:30am at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home,...
Les Guttebo
Oct 24, 2019
Lester “Les” Guttebo, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home, in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28, 2019, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, Iowa, with Rev. Jennifer Edinger presiding. Burial will be prior to the services at 11:00 a.m....
William "Bill" Smith
Oct 24, 2019
William “Bill” Smith, age 54 of Decorah, IA, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2019, due to the results of an automobile accident outside of Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Friday, November 1, 2019 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street in Decorah with Rev. Ginny Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery....
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....
