OBITUARIES
John O. Glesne
Jun 16, 2018
John O. Glesne, age 90, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday morning, June 16, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m....
Joseph "Joe" Miller
Jun 13, 2018
Joseph “Joe” Miller, age 67, of rural West Union, IA, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m., until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2018 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel, 202 South Washington street, in Calmar, IA. There will be a memorial service at 7:00 p.m.Joseph Thomas Miller was born...
Kenneth Bolson
Jun 13, 2018
Kenneth M. Bolson, age 90, of Decorah, died Wednesday evening, June 13, 2018, surrounded by his family, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Richard Simon Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from...
Clementine Lorenz
Jun 12, 2018
Clementine Lorenz, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA.A private family memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018 with inurnment at a later date in the St. Benedict’s Cemetery in Decorah.Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m., until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at...
Adalene Busch
Jun 8, 2018
Adalene Busch, age 85 of Festina, IA died Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian IA.Mass of Christian Burial will be 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Our Lady of Seven Dolores Catholic Church in Festina, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00...
Teresa Barr
Jun 6, 2018
Teresa M. Barr, 85, of Decorah, IA, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 11, 2018 at Newburg United Methodist Church in Newburg Township, MN, rural Mabel, with Rev. Sharon Goetzinger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00...
Gary Halvorson
Jun 6, 2018
Gary Halvorson, age 62, of Shreveport, LA (formerly of the Mabel-Hesper area), joined his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at his home in Louisiana. There will be a private family service and burial at a later date.Memorials may be mailed to the Halvorson family at 206 Iowa Ave, Apt #4, Decorah, IA 52101.Gary Ronald Halvorson was born on...
Georgann Johnson Prager Tenner
Jun 4, 2018
Georgann Johnson Prager Tenner, who, when she received the Distinguished Service Award from Luther College in 1970, was referred to as “Luther’s first lady of stage, screen, and television”, has died in Los Angeles, California on June 4th, 2018 at the age of 91. Georgann, or Jo as she was known growing up, was born on August 15th, 1926 in...
Kenneth Kuennen
Jun 2, 2018
Kenneth Kuennen, age 89, of Decorah, IA (formerly of St. Lucas, IA) died on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at his home in Decorah, IAMass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2018 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be...
David Breitsprecher
Jun 2, 2018
David Breitsprecher, age 75, of Ossian, IA, died on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Ossian Lutheran Church, 305 Jessie Street, Ossian, IA, with Rev. David Lenth presiding. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery, Ossian, IA.Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00...
Cyril Neuzil
May 20, 2018
Cyril John Neuzil, age 80 of Spillville, Iowa died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at his home near Spillville of natural causes.Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 2, 2018, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Spillville, with Father Robert Gross presiding. The family will greet friends from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 1st, at the church and...
Leo Berg
May 19, 2018
Leo Berg, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be Friday, May 25, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., at the Frankville Presbyterian Church, 1130 Frankville Rd., Frankville, IA, with Rev. Gary Catterson presiding. Burial will be in the Frankville Cemetery, Frankville, IA.Visitation will be held...
Stephen Lensing
May 19, 2018
Stephen Lensing, age 89 of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA.Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2018, at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be...
Einar Borness
May 18, 2018
Einar Borness, age 102 of Decorah, IA died on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 26, 2018, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Anita Nuetzman presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA.Visitation will be held after...
Sharon Busch
May 18, 2018
Sharon Busch, age 63, of Festina, IA, died on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Gundersen Health Systems in LaCrosse, WI.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in Church Cemetery.Visitation will be from 3:00...
Lyle Lechtenberg
May 18, 2018
Lyle John Lechtenberg, age 66, of Houston, MN (formally of Fort Atkinson, IA) passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, on May 18, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Franciscan-Skemp Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2018, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street, Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Kyle...
Mark Kramme
May 17, 2018
Mark Kramme, age 65, of Calmar. IA died Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian IA.Celebration of Live will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Whiskey Grove at 102 Main St. in Calmar, Iowa 52132Mark Elliot Kramme was born October 3, 1952 at home in Sanborn, IA to Paul and Myrtle...
David Bakke
May 16, 2018
David William-Swanson Bakke, age 31, passed away in San Diego, CA on May 16, 2018. He was found by one of his friends. David also had said that he was a better spirit than an earth person. He kept in touch with his family in Postville by Facebook. David was a 2005 graduate of Decorah High School. He left for...
Norma Costa
May 15, 2018
Norma Costa, age 94, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Calmar, Iowa, with Rev. Ron Pederson officiating. Burial will be in the Calmar City Cemetery in Calmar. Visitation will begin on Tuesday...
Dana Dee Glock
May 13, 2018
Dana Dee Glock, 66, of US 17 North, South Mills, NC, died on May 13, 2018 at her residence. There will be a private burial in August.She was born in Decorah, Iowa on June 8, 1951 to Erwin Carl Glock and the late Constance Arlene McLane Glock. Dana was a cardiothoracic surgeon and researcher for the University of Chicago Research...
