OBITUARIES
Randy Solem
May 12, 2019
Randy S. Solem passed away Sunday morning, May 12, 2019, at his home in Decorah, IA at the age of 66. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Inurnment will be in Canoe Ridge Cemetery. Visitation begins at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16,...
Darlene Hoffland
May 9, 2019
Darlene Hoffland, age 50, of Decorah, IA formerly of Festina, IA died Thursday, May 9, 2019 at her home after a short illness. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 17, 2019 at Our Lady of Seven Dolores Catholic Church in Festina, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery near...
Iona Crawford
May 8, 2019
Iona Crawford, age 95, of Decorah, IA died on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 13, 2019 at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, 1197 Old Stage Road with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding. Burial will be in the Glenwood East Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 -11:00...
Alice Wilbur
May 5, 2019
Alice L. Wilbur, age 99, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, May 10, 2019 at Burr Oak United Methodist Church in Burr Oak, IA with Karen Carlton officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 PM Thursday, May...
Ellen Halverson
Apr 30, 2019
Ellen Halverson, age 77, of West Union, IA, died on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at her home in West Union, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00...
Jessica Lou Timp
Apr 30, 2019
Jessica Lou Timp, age 15, of Fort Atkinson, IA died on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 7:40 a.m. at Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, IA surrounded by her family. She died from metastatic mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, a rare bone disease that she lived with for the past year. However, she did not lose any fight with this disease, as...
Elsie Timp
Apr 29, 2019
Elsie Timp, age 85, of Calmar, IA, died on Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 2, 2019 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Richard Matter
Apr 29, 2019
Richard Matter, age 75, of Frankville, IA, died on Monday, April 29, 2019, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will at held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA. Burial will be held in the Locust Cemetery, rural Decorah. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m....
Lorraine Teslow
Apr 25, 2019
Lorraine Teslow, age 91, of Decorah, IA, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2018 at Glenwood Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. Amy Larson officiating. Burial will be in East Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at Fjelstul...
Danny Donlan
Apr 25, 2019
Danny Donlan, age 53, of Cresco, IA passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Notre Dame Catholic Parish, 223 2nd Ave. East in Cresco with Rev. Dennis Cain presiding. Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday,...
Clarence Kuennen
Apr 24, 2019
Clarence Victor Kuennen, age 95, of St. Lucas passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 29, 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 be from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Gerald "Jerry" Kuhn
Apr 22, 2019
Gerald “Jerry” Kuhn, age 78, of Spillville, IA died on Monday, April 22, 2019 at his home in Spillville, IA.Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, April 26, 2019 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Rev. Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on...
Helen Rothmeyer
Apr 22, 2019
Helen M. Rothmeyer, 92, of Rockford passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, in Presence Cor Mariae Center. Born May 8, 1926, in St. Lucas, IA, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Setter) Blong. Married Donald F. Rothmeyer on January 22, 1951, in LaCrosse, WI. Helen was a devout Catholic who loved her family immediate and extended. She had numerous jobs...
Cheryl Westra
Apr 17, 2019
Cheryl Westra, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. A celebration of life will be held for Cheryl from 10:00am until 12:00pm on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave in Decorah. Cheryl Sue (Danielson) Westra was born to Willis and Bonnie Danielson on...
Alton Barth
Apr 14, 2019
Alton Barth, age 91, of Decorah, IA died on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 2358 – 360th Street, Burr Oak, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Hauge Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Carol Gluth
Apr 5, 2019
Carol Gluth, age 80, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Friday, April 5, 2019, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 12, 2019, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, with Rev. Anita Nuetzsman officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., on Thursday at the...
Rose Tupy
Apr 4, 2019
Rose Tupy, age 89, of Fort Atkinson, IA died on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 12:00 p.m., on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Rev. Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m....
James Holthaus
Apr 3, 2019
James Holthaus, age 76, of Decorah, IA died on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 8, 2019 at the St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at...
Alice Lennon
Apr 2, 2019
Alice L. Lennon, age 104 of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday evening, April 2, 2019 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 8, 2019 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday, one hour...
Eileen Murphy Bruening
Apr 1, 2019
Eileen Marie Murphy Bruening, “Granny Goose”, died peacefully and surrounded by family at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah, Iowa on April 1, 2019, at the age of 87. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, April 5, 2019 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Henry Huber and Rev. Donald Hertges officiating. Burial...
