OBITUARIES
Francis Arness
Mar 11, 2018
Francis F. Arness, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Brenda Crossfield and Pastor Dave Sorenson Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, in the spring, with Full Military Honors by...
Ruth Bjonerud
Mar 11, 2018
Ruth Bjonerud, age 84, of Calmar, IA died Sunday March 11, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA.Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday March 20, 2018 at the Calmar Lutheran Church at 200 East St. in Calmar, IA. with Rev. Anita Nuetzman presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery.There will be visitation after 10:00 a.m. Tuesday...
Norman "Bud" Ihde
Mar 6, 2018
Norman “Bud” Ihde, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA.Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Rd., rural Decorah, with Rev. Jenny Edinger presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be after 10:00...
Charlotte Sorenson
Mar 5, 2018
Charlotte Sorenson, age 72, of Decorah died Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah.Funeral Services will be on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave. in Decorah with Rev. Allen Vik presiding, burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery in the spring.There will be no visitation...
Lorraine Houck
Mar 1, 2018
Lorraine Houck, age 85, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI after a short illness surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Burial will be...
Zoanne (Olson) Fullhart
Mar 1, 2018
Zoanne (Olson) Fullhart, 34, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Cresco, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Zoanne Renee Olson was born April 1, 1983 in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Harry Bernard and Jo Ann (Telsrow) Olson Jr....
Karl Aschim
Feb 28, 2018
Karl E. Aschim, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2018 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Dave Sorenson and Rev. Brenda Crossfield officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, at a later date, with Full Military Honors by...
Roland Lillegraven
Feb 26, 2018
Roland G. Lillegraven, age 100, of Decorah, IA, died Monday morning, February 26, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2018 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, in the spring, with Full Military...
Sylvia Hayek
Feb 23, 2018
Sylvia Hayek, age 86, of Ft. Atkinson, IA died Friday, February 23. 2018 at the Patty Elwood Center at Cresco.Mass of Christian Burial will be11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 Tuesday, February 27,...
Philip Pape
Feb 22, 2018
Col. Philip E. Pape, age 88 of Decorah, Iowa and formerly of Spring Hill, FL and Milwaukee, WI, died Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Celebration of Life Services will be held at a future date. Private Family Inurnment will be at a late date at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell with Full Military Honors....
Wayne L. Teslow
Feb 22, 2018
Wayne Teslow passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on February 22, 2018 in his hometown of Frankville, IA at the age of 66 after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the Salem United Church of Christ, 1097 Pole Line Road, Waukon, IA with Rev....
Madonna Martin
Feb 21, 2018
Madonna Martin, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at her home in Decorah, IA.There will be no formal services for Madonna. Burial will be at a later date.
Curtis Adrian Cornelius
Feb 16, 2018
Curtis A. Cornelius Jr. age, 58, of Mission, KS formerly of Decorah, IA. died Friday, February 16, 2018 at his home.Celebration of life services will be Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home at 604 South Ave. in Decorah, IA. There will be visitation from 4:00 -7:00 p.m. with a scripture service at 7:00 p.m. there will...
Alice Kurash
Feb 16, 2018
Alice Kurash, age 82, of Spillville, IA died on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA.Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the Calmar Lutheran Church in Calmar, IA with Rev. Anita Nuetzman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m., until 7:00...
Verna Sampson
Feb 16, 2018
Verna Girlene Sampson, age 85, of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday, February 16, 2018 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, one hour before the services, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church.Verna Girlene Sampson was born August 20,...
Roger Halse
Feb 12, 2018
Roger Halse, age 93, of Decorah, IA died on Monday, February 12, 2018 at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 16, 2018, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Mary Berry
Feb 10, 2018
Mary Berry, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson. Burial will be in the Emmanuel United Presbyterian Cemetery in Pennsylvania at a...
Robert Norton
Feb 7, 2018
Robert Victor Norton was born April 16, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Helen Coomber Norton and James C. Norton, Jr. He attended school in both southern and northern California before graduating in 1952 from Lake Oswego High School’s first-ever graduating class. He won the Oregon State High School Boys’ Singles Championship as a senior in 1952, and...
Robert "Bob" Sbiral
Feb 5, 2018
Robert F. “Bob” Sbiral age 75, lifelong Winneshiek County, Iowa resident, passed away February 5, 2018, with his loving son Keith Sbiral, daughter-in-law Amy Gardner, and friend Beatrice Sbiral by his side at Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 9, 2018, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville,...
Avery & Aiden Arneson
Feb 5, 2018
Avery and Aiden Arneson, ages 17 and 13, of Decorah, Iowa died on Monday, February 5, 2018 as the result of an automobile accident north of Decorah. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Mabel-Canton School gymnasium, 316 W. Fillmore Ave., in Mabel, MN.Please do not send flowers.Donations may be...
