OBITUARIES
Raymond Nienhaus
Jan 16, 2018
Raymond Nienhaus, age 88, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at his home in Fort Atkinson. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2018, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street, Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Ivan Nienhaus presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Marcia Bullerman
Jan 16, 2018
Marcia Bullerman, age 62, of Calmar, IA died on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 peacefully at her home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018 at the Calmar...
Doris Cole
Jan 16, 2018
Doris Cole, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will...
Debbie Steine
Jan 14, 2018
Debbie Steine, age 52, of New Hampton, IA, formerly of Decorah died on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at her home in New Hampton. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson presiding. Burial will be at a later date at the Prosper...
Lenora Leistikow
Jan 14, 2018
Lenora D. Leistikow, age 104, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday evening, January 14, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, with the Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Friday, January...
Edel Headington
Jan 13, 2018
Edel Harriet Headington, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, January 13, 2018 at Accura HealthCare in Cresco, IA, where she was a resident. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 19, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Russell Cemetery in rural Decorah. Visitation will begin at...
Albert Bernatz
Jan 12, 2018
Albert G. “Al” Bernatz, age 77 of Decorah, Iowa died Friday, January 12, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Richard Simon Hanson officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah with Full Military Honors by Decorah’s Veterans...
Adeline Lillibridge
Jan 12, 2018
Adeline D. Lillibridge, age 98, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, January 12, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin on Saturday...
David Davidson
Jan 10, 2018
David Omer Davidson, 58, of Saint Lucas, Iowa, formerly of Northwood, died Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at his home in Saint Lucas.Visitation will be held at 5:00 P.M on Friday, January 19, 2018, at the Springfield Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, IA. A memorial service for Dave will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Deer...
Margaret Sorenson
Jan 10, 2018
Margaret Sorenson, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Rd., rural Decorah, with Rev. Jenny Edinger presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery at a later date. Visitation...
Paul Stoskopf
Jan 8, 2018
Paul Stoskopf, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Arbor Terrace Assisted Living in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Brenda Crossfield presiding. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be after 11:00...
Stanley Lensing
Jan 7, 2018
Stanley Lensing, age 79, of Pella, Iowa passed away peacefully at his home after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, January 7, 2018 surrounded by his loving wife, Marlys, of 54 years and his immediate family. Stanley (Stan) Jerome Lensing was born December 5, 1938 to Hugo and Mathilda (Schrandt) on the family farm in Festina, Iowa. He attended...
Herbert Amundson
Jan 7, 2018
Herbert I. Amundson 89, of Mason City, IA, died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, in Mason City, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday January 15, 2018 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Highlandville, Iowa, rural Decorah, IA. Burial will be in Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers...
Carolyn Havel
Jan 6, 2018
Carolyn Havel, age 82 of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at her home surrounded by her ten children. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will...
Marie Balik
Jan 5, 2018
Marie Balik, age 100, of Spillville died Friday, January 5, 2018 at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018 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 Friday...
Dorothy Miller
Jan 5, 2018
Dorothy R. Miller, age 89 of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, January 5, 2018 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, in the spring. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00...
Patricia Graham
Jan 4, 2018
Patricia L. Graham, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2018 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, one...
Anita Hesse
Jan 3, 2018
Anita Hesse, age 50, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at her home after a long battle with kidney disease. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 6, 2018, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Brenda Crossfield presiding. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be...
Gertrude Hageman
Dec 31, 2017
Gertrude Hageman, age 93, of Calmar, IA died Sunday, December 31, 2017 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah.Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the St. Aloysius Cemetery.Visitation will be from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. on...
Joseph Keiger
Dec 31, 2017
Joseph Keiger, age 88, of Decorah, IA died on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Joe was born and raised on his family’s dairy farm in Tobaccoville, NC. Following graduation from King High School in King, NC, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Joe joined the US Air...
