OBITUARIES
Jeanette “Jenny” O’Hara
Aug 31, 2017
Jeanette “Jenny” O’Hara, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday morning, August 31, 2017 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation begins at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday,...
James Pavlovec
Aug 29, 2017
James Pavlovec, age 81, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in LaCrosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 1, 2017, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street, Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Bryce Biedermann
Aug 29, 2017
Bryce J. Biedermann, age 32, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, August 29, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado with his fiancé Joy, at his side. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2017 at West Clermont Lutheran Church in Clermont, IA with Pastor Nancy Solomonson officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 1 at Fjelstul...
Geraldine Solem
Aug 23, 2017
Geraldine M. Solem, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday morning, August 23, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Stacey Nalean – Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Canoe Ridge Cemetery. Visitation begins at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August...
Fran Burns
Aug 15, 2017
Frances T. Burns was born Edna Frances Taylor on November 24, 1921 in Scranton, Iowa, and died on August 15, 2017 at her home in Decorah, Iowa. Fran was one of nine children born to Dillard Thomas Taylor and Bessie (Murphy) Taylor. She was a country schoolgirl and a town-boarding student in Jefferson, Iowa, graduating from Jefferson High School in...
Eleanor Rud
Aug 15, 2017
Eleanor Rud, age 102, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday morning, August 15, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2017 in the Fellowship Room at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Eleanor Rud was born...
Agnes Schmitt
Aug 12, 2017
Agnes A. Schmitt, age 89, formerly of St. Lucas, IA, died on Saturday, August 12 2017, at Traditions in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 17, 2017 at St. Lukes Catholic Church, 215 East Main Street, in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Stanley Arneson
Aug 12, 2017
Stanley Arneson, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa died on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church with Rev. Kurt Bockoven presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be after 10:00 a.m. at the church on Wednesday...
Kenneth Rucker
Aug 10, 2017
Kenneth R. Rucker, age 60, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Golden Living Center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He is formerly of Decorah, IA and Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Pastor Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. ...
Joseph Shatek
Aug 9, 2017
Joseph Shatek, age 91, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday, August 9, 2017, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 12, 2017, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street, Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Helen Blekeberg
Aug 9, 2017
Helen (Lund) Blekeberg, age 88, of Ridgeway, IA died on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at the Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 26, 2017, at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be no...
Susan Peterson
Aug 8, 2017
Susan O. Peterson, age 68, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday evening, August 8, 2017 at her home in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah with Karen Esterl officiating. A reception will follow in the Congregational Center. Visitation will be from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Friday evening, August...
Norma Lundy
Aug 7, 2017
Norma Lundy, age 75, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, August 7, 2017 at her home. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., at the church on Friday morning Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 11, 2017, at the Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Brenda Crossfield presiding. Burial will be in the Springwater Cemetery,...
Yong Thorson
Aug 1, 2017
Yong S. Thorson, age 73, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Pastor Kwang H. Han officiating. Burial will be in Hesper Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation begins at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 8, one hour before...
Stanley Humpal
Jul 31, 2017
Stanley Humpal, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, July 31, 2017, at his home in Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2017, at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, 207 Church Street, Spillville, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Ethel Kvammen
Jul 29, 2017
Ethel D. Kvammen, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Private Family Interment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins at 10:00 a.m. Thursday,...
Helen Farwell
Jul 27, 2017
Helen Hill Farwell died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the age of 97 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Helen Irene Hill was born June 3, 1920, the third child of Nehemiah Lucian Hill III and Alice Irene Roberts Hill. Very early in Helen’s life, an agricultural depression in Illinois forced the Hill family to move away from...
Victor Luzum
Jul 26, 2017
Victor L. Luzum, age 91, of Decorah, Iowa, died with his family by his side, on Wednesday morning, July 26, 2017 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday, July 31, 2017, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross officiating. Burial will be on Tuesday, August 1,...
Wilbert Chris Schmitt
Jul 26, 2017
Wilbert Schmitt, age 89 of Ft. Atkinson, IA died Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at Gundersen Health Systems in LaCrosse WI.Private family burial will be at a later date. Wilbert Chris Schmitt was born January 9, 1928 to Benjamin and Ida (Hageman) Schmitt on the family farm near Fort Atkinson, IA he attended St. John’s Catholic School in Fort Atkinson. Wilbert...
Michael Jeziorski
Jul 23, 2017
Michael Jeziorski, age 68, of Nashua, IA, formerly of Cedarburg, WI, died on Sunday, July 23, 2017, at Gunderson Health Systems in LaCrosse, WI. A celebration of life will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. Visitation will be held after 10:00 a.m. until the time of...
