OBITUARIES
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...
Eugene Bodensteiner
Feb 3, 2018
Eugene Bodensteiner, age 81, of West Union, IA, died on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Verl Dinger
Feb 3, 2018
Verl Dinger, age 74, of Fredericksburg, IA, died on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at his home in Fredericksburg, IA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery in the spring. Visitation will be...
Norris Aschem
Feb 2, 2018
Norris T. Aschem, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died Friday morning, February 2, 2018 at Elkader Care Center in Elkader, IA. There will be no services. Private Inurnment will be in Bluffton Cemetery. Norris Telford Aschem was born December 17, 1936 in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Fred and Ada (Gjery) Aschem. He attended rural school in Freeport through the...
Hilaria Kipp
Jan 23, 2018
Hilaria Kipp, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, January 26, 2018, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
Daniel Mease
Jan 22, 2018
Daniel Mease, age 63, of Decorah died on Monday, January 22, 2018 at his home in Decorah after a long battle with cancer. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave, in Decorah, IA. In Lieu of flowers, the family would like memorials sent in...
Oda Lensing
Jan 21, 2018
Oda Lensing, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
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...
