OBITUARIES
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...
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,...
