OBITUARIES
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...
Dr. Roger W. Anderson
Dec 26, 2017
Dr. Roger W. Anderson (aged 93) died on December 26, 2017 in Mercy Hospital (Janesville, WI) after a brief illness. A Memorial Service celebrating his life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, one hour before the service, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church....
Lanny "Skip" Seaton
Dec 23, 2017
Lanny “Skip” Eugene Seaton passed away December 23, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 1:30 PM at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Skip was born in Strahan, Iowa on October 19, 1939 to Daniel and Gertrude (Marshall) Seaton and grew up...
Mildred Riehle
Dec 23, 2017
Mildred Riehle, age 92, of Spillville, IA, died on Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Accura Healthcare in Cresco, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Walter Nelson
Dec 21, 2017
Walter Nelson, age 90 of West Union, IA, formerly of Decorah, died on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in West Union where he resided for the last seven years. A memorial service will be held at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church on Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2 pm with Pastor Stacy Nalean-Carlson officiating. The burial...
Daryl Schmitt
Dec 20, 2017
Daryl Schmitt, age 60, of Calmar, IA, formerly of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at his home. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, Chekal Chapel, 201 Main Street in Fort Atkinson, IA. Daryl Linus Schmitt was born on March 28, 1957 to...
Catherine Brandt
Dec 19, 2017
Catherine Ellen Brandt, 96, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Linn Manor Care Center in Marion. Funeral Services will be held at Community United Methodist Church in Calmar, Iowa, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 27th. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Fort Atkinson. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2017,...
Marilyn Istad
Dec 18, 2017
Marilyn J. Istad, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday, December 18, 2017 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Visitation will begin on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. at the church, one hour before the service. Marilyn JoAnn Haugen...
Hazel Amundson
Dec 16, 2017
Hazel M. Amundson died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, Iowa at the age of One Hundred. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,...
Robert Sparkes
Dec 15, 2017
Robert W. “Bob” Sparkes, formerly of Fairport, NY, died December 15, 2017 at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa. He was 94. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah with Pastor Laura Arnold officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in DeWitt, NY. Bob...
Larry R Schilling
Dec 11, 2017
Larry Schilling, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, December 11, 2017 at Gunderson Health Systems in LaCrosse, WI. A celebration of life will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorials be given in...
Dean Frye
Dec 11, 2017
Dean Frye, age 52, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the family in memory of Dean....
Mary "Joneil" Polaschek
Dec 11, 2017
Mary “Joneil” Polaschek, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, December 11, 2017 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2017, at the First Congregational Church, 130 3rd Avenue East, Cresco, IA, with Pastor Tim Sir presiding. Visitation will be after 5:00 p.m., at the Church on Friday...
