OBITUARIES
Józef Harasim
Jun 25, 2018
Józef Zbigniew Harasim died peacefully surrounded by family in his home in Decorah on June 25, 2018. He was 70 years old. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 30, 2018 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7:00-9:00...
Harris Wemark
Jun 25, 2018
Harris Wemark, age 74, of Ridgeway, IA, died on Monday, June 25, 2018 at his home in Ridgeway, IA.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 29, 2018 at Peace Lutheran Church, 745 County St., Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hanson presiding.Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at the Peace Lutheran Church in...
Carlton Ruen
Jun 24, 2018
Carlton A. Ruen, age 87, of Maquoketa, Iowa and formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday morning, June 24, 2018 at Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 2, 2018 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Private Family Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah at a later...
Eugene "Gene" Reicks
Jun 23, 2018
Eugene “Gene” Reicks, age 82 of Spillville, Iowa died on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on...
Clarence Riha
Jun 17, 2018
Clarence Riha, age 86 of Fort Atkinson, IA died peacefully on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at his home on the family farm.Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA with Rev. Daniel Knipper presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until...
Rev. Gene Hermeier
Jun 17, 2018
Rev. Gene H. Hermeier, age 86 of Decorah, IA, died Sunday morning, June 17, 2018 at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 22, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating and Rev. Paul Cross and Rev. Elizabeth Hermeier assisting. Burial will be in Lutheran...
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...
