OBITUARIES
Paul Gerleman
Nov 16, 2016
Paul J Gerleman, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2016, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, in Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-8:00...
Helen M. Schweizer
Nov 16, 2016
Helen M. Schweizer, age 91 of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Helen Marie Schweizer was born November 25, 1924, in Burlington, IA, the daughter of Dr. George and Elma (Pollock) Pearson. She was baptized and confirmed at First Presbyterian Church in Burlington. Later, she joined St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Rochester, NY....
Clarence Schwamman
Nov 15, 2016
Clarence “Slim” Joseph Schwamman, age 86, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2016, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 307 East Main Street, St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Kyle Diggman presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Pam Snell
Nov 8, 2016
Pam Snell, age 55, of Decorah, IA, died suddenly on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2016, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak, IA. Friends...
Marlene Bohach
Nov 7, 2016
Marlene Bohach, age 63, of Decorah, IA died Monday, November 7, 2016 at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Father Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 6:00...
Helen Vick
Oct 28, 2016
Helen Vick, age 86, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday morning, October 28, 2016, at Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 4, 2016, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean Carlson presiding. Burial will be in the...
Dorothy (Hillesland) Sanders
Oct 26, 2016
Dorothy (Hillesland) Sanders, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, October 31, 2016, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Ron Pederson presiding. Burial will be in the Calmar Lutheran Cemetery, Calmar, IA....
Lois Jacobsen
Oct 25, 2016
E. Lois Jacobsen, age 99, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, October 25, 2016 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah, where she had resided since 2003. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 7, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 7,...
Rob Loftus
Oct 23, 2016
Rob Loftus, age 27, of Lawler, IA, died on Sunday, October 23, 2016, from injuries received in an automobile accident north of Decorah, IA. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 27, 2016, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 2940 Iowa Highway 24, Lawler, IA, 52154, with Rev. Kyle Digmann presiding. Burial will...
Francis Larson
Oct 22, 2016
Francis Larson, age 98, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday evening, October 22, 2016 at Patty Elwood Center in Country Winds Manor, Cresco, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen officiating. Burial will be in the Madison Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from...
Scott Berger
Oct 22, 2016
Scott Alan Berger, 60, of Shorewood, IL and formerly of Waterloo and Denver, IA passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m.,Saturday, October 29,2016 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Ossian, IA. there will be visitation after 9 a.m.,...
Raymond A. Rovang
Oct 19, 2016
Raymond A. Rovang, age 83 of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Saint Marys’ Hospital, Mayo Clinic Campus, in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 24, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, with Full Military Honors by Decorah’s...
Sarah Szabo
Oct 16, 2016
Sarah Szabo, age 41, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, October 16, 2016, at her home. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2016, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Friends may call from 4:00-6:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral...
Stanley T. Iverson
Oct 8, 2016
Stanley T. “Red” Iverson, age 92, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday evening, October 8, 2016 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with the Rev. Kurt Bockoven officiating. Full Military Honors by Decorah’s Veterans and...
Norma A. Krauskopf
Oct 8, 2016
Norma Annette Krauskopf, 90, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, Iowa where she had been a resident for 4 years. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Rev. Richard Simon Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in...
George F. Jacobs, Jr.,
Oct 7, 2016
George Fred Jacobs Junior, 90, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away in his sleep early morning October 7, 2016, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. George was born August 18, 1926 on the farm in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to George T. and Lilly Ann (Gronholz) Jacobs. In 1932, the family moved to the Jacobs’ family farm in Carroll County,...
Frederic A. “Fritz” Carlson
Oct 7, 2016
Frederic A. “Fritz” Carlson, age 90, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his immediate family Friday, October 7, 2016 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2016 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah with Rev. John Caldwell officiating. A reception to greet the family will be from...
Jerry "Jd" Dean
Sep 30, 2016
Jerry “JD” Dean, age 55 of Decorah, Iowa, passed away after a six year battle with cancer on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Gravesides services were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2016 in Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone, Iowa, with Pastor Bruce Thomas officiating. A Memorial Celebration of Life Service will be held...
Robert Anderson
Sep 29, 2016
Bob Anderson, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Charis-Combs Lay presiding. Burial will be in the Springfield Lutheran Cemetery, rural Decorah,...
Virginia J. Leland
Sep 28, 2016
Virginia J. Leland, age 89 of Decorah, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorenson officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 22, one...
