OBITUARIES
Jane Miculinich
Jul 18, 2017
Jane Miculinich, age 41, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson presiding. Burial will be at Phelps Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00...
Donald Hovden
Jul 14, 2017
Donald “Donnie” Hovden, age 84, of Burr Oak, IA, died on Friday, July 14, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 17, 2017, at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 5:00...
Lenora Fossum
Jul 14, 2017
Lenora R. Fossum died at Wellington Place in Decorah on Friday, July 14, 2017 at age 79. Lenora Rachel Mann was born in Cloverdale, Indiana on March 30, 1938 to Virginia and Leonard Mann. She graduated from Cloverdale High School in 1956, received her B.S. degree in 1960 from DePauw University, and earned her Master’s degree from Indiana University. She...
Loren Wenthold
Jul 11, 2017
Loren Wenthold, age 66, of rural Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home 604 South Avenue, Decorah. There will be no formal services. Loren Linus Wenthold was born on March 9,1951 the son of Hubert and Angeline...
Lawrence Albertson
Jul 11, 2017
Lawrence Albertson, age 94, of Decorah, IA, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Burr Oak United Methodist Church in Burr Oak with Pastor Linda Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday...
James "Jim" Hanson
Jul 5, 2017
James “Jim” Hanson, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Aase Haugen Senior Services. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 10, 2017, at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, 1197 Old Stage Road with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding. Burial will be in the Pontoppidan cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., on...
Corinne Nelson
Jun 30, 2017
Corinne L. Nelson, age 93, of Decorah, IA, died Friday evening, June 30, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, with her husband Harland by her side. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Pastor Amy Larson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. ...
Marilyn Birdsell
Jun 29, 2017
Marilyn Birdsell, age 60, of rural Postville, IA, died on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at her home. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 15, 2017, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be at the Phelps Cemetery in Decorah Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.,...
Donald Schantz
Jun 23, 2017
Donald Schantz, age 80, of Fort Atkinson, IA, formerly of Cedar Rapids, IA, died Friday, June 23, 2017 at his home in Fort Atkinson.Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday June 29, 2017 at the Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 East St. in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding, burial will be in the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery...
Naomi G. Winter
Jun 22, 2017
Naomi G. Winter, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Sorenson and Pastor Brenda Crossfield officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins at 10:00 a.m....
Doris Anderson
Jun 18, 2017
Doris Anderson, age 101, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA. A celebration of life service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, June 24, 2017, at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Visitation will be held after 11:00 a.m. at the...
Ronald Kruse
Jun 17, 2017
Ronald Kruse, age 79, of Ft. Atkinson, IA, died on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Ossian Senior Hospice, Ossian, IA following a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 307 East main street, St. Lucas, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will be held in...
Richard "Dick" Frana
Jun 13, 2017
Richard Frana, age 94, of Calmar, IA, died on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at his home near Decorah, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 19, 2017, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Sonja D. Bruening
Jun 12, 2017
Sonja D. Bruening, age 79, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 12, 2017 at her home in Decorah. Visitation will be Friday, June 16, 2017 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. A private family burial will be held at St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery in Decorah.Sonja Dianne Bruening was born on November 1,...
Kenneth Timmerman
Jun 11, 2017
Kenneth Timmerman, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at the Barthell O.E.S Home in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson presiding. There will be no visitation prior to the funeral. Kenneth Vaughn...
Jennie Borness
Jun 7, 2017
Jennie Borness, age 97, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA....
Peter K. Meyer
Jun 7, 2017
Peter Kenneth Meyer, age 70, of Calmar, Iowa, died peacefully, with his family by his side on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa, Iowa after a three-year battle with Multiple Myeloma cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville...
Carol Kelly
Jun 7, 2017
Carol Kelly, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. No formal services will be held.
Lois Henry
Jun 5, 2017
Lois Henry, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, June 5, 2017, at her home in Decorah, IA. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday, June 9, 2017, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. A private family burial will be held at a later date. No formal service will be held....
Martin Fischer Sr.
Jun 4, 2017
Martin Fischer Sr., age 79, of Festina, IA, died on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Manor Care in Waterloo, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Festina Parish Center in Festina, Iowa, with Rev. Ginny Olson presiding. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waterloo, IA. Visitation will be from: 4:00 –...
