OBITUARIES
Conrad Engebretson
Jul 15, 2018
Conrad O. Engebretson, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday evening, July 15, 2018, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Private Family Graveside Services will be held at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Preston, MN, with Full Military Honors. Conrad Oscar Engebretson was born on April 25, 1933 in Rolette, North Dakota, the son of Oscar E. and Irene...
Leroy Iverson
Jul 13, 2018
LeRoy C. Iverson, age 88, of Decorah, IA, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Private Burial will be in Newburg United Methodist Cemetery in Newburg Township, rural Mabel, MN. ...
Victor Pavlovec
Jul 11, 2018
Victor Pavlovec, age 49, of Little Turkey, IA died Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at his home.Private family service will be held at a later date.Victor Paul Pavlovec was born January 15, 1969 in Decorah, IA to Victor and Ruth (Huber) Pavlovec. Victor attended St. Johns School in Fort Atkinson and graduated from Turkey Valley High School in 1987. Vic worked...
James Anderson
Jul 11, 2018
James R. Anderson, age 87 of Decorah, IA, died Monday morning, July 11, 2018 after a brief illness at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 15, 2018 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. Hyeunmee Kang officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be...
Adam Voss
Jul 11, 2018
Adam Voss, age 27, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in Decorah.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 20, 2018, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Donald Hertges presiding.Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home,...
Jaerdis Olson Nesheim
Jul 9, 2018
Jaerdis E. Olson Nesheim, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died Monday morning, July 9, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 13, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Pastor Amy Larson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 12 at...
Karen Courtney
Jul 7, 2018
Karen Courtney, age 55, of Decorah, Iowa died on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church with Rev. Kurt Bockoven presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 4:00...
Darin Donlan
Jun 29, 2018
Darin Donlan, age 46, of West Union, IA (formerly of Calmar) died on Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI.Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 5, 2018 at the Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar, IA with Rev. Anita Nuetzman presiding. Burial will be at a later date in the Orleans cemetery...
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...
