OBITUARIES
Margaret "Cookie" Thompson
Jan 27, 2016
Margaret “Cookie” Thompson, age 74, of Calmar, IA, died on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 1, 2016, at the Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 East Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be held at the Calmar Lutheran Cemetery, Calmar,...
John Hunter
Jan 26, 2016
John Hunter, age 73, originally of Calmar, IA, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at his home in Minneapolis, MN. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Inurnment will be in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in...
Angela K. Dowden
Jan 25, 2016
Angela K. Dowden, age 41, of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday morning, January 25, 2016 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, January 29 at Fjelstul Funeral Home...
Wayne Timmerman
Jan 23, 2016
Wayne Timmerman, age 89, of Decorah, IA died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Aase Haugen senior services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia, IA. with Pastor Alan Wicks presiding burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.,...
Verna Halverson
Jan 18, 2016
Verna Halverson, age 90, of Des Moines, formerly of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, January 18, 2016, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA. Friends may call after 12:00 noon at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604...
Isaiah Shaun Schmitt
Jan 15, 2016
Isaiah Shaun Schmitt, infant son of Shaun and Kendra Schmitt was welcomed into heaven on January 15th, 2016. He was born at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, at 4:27 p.m. He weighed 4 lbs. 15 oz. and was 15 inches long. He spent his few minutes here on earth in the loving arms of his mother and father, a...
Mi Bok Lee
Jan 14, 2016
MI Bok Lee, age 52, Mesa, Arizona, passed away on January 14, 2016. MI’s burial will be held at St. Benedict Cemetery, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Gibbs presiding. MI lived in Decorah in the late 1980’s and worked with her brother Hyong Bok Lee who is the owner of Koreana and Cho Sun restaurants in Decorah. She moved to...
Becky Burns
Jan 6, 2016
Becky Burns passed away at Mercy Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa, on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, due to complications of Alzheimer’s. She was lovingly surrounded by her sister and best friend Jan Norman, and her chosen “family” members Gale Simpson and Michelle Lincicum. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Opportunity Village in Clear...
Joseph "Joe" Mccasland
Dec 31, 2015
Joe McCasland, age 73, of Calmar, IA, died on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 8, 2016, at the Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 East Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Linda Thompson presiding. A private family burial will be held at the Calmar City Cemetery,...
Eloise A. Orvella
Dec 29, 2015
Eloise A. Orvella, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday morning, December 29, 2015 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday December 31, 2015 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. April Ulring Larson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December...
Ilene A. Moore
Dec 26, 2015
Ilene Moore, 94, died Saturday evening, December 26, 2015, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Continuing her commitment to learning, Ilene donated her body for educational and research purposes to the Deeded Body Program at the University of Iowa, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Ilene’s wish was to donate her body to the University of Iowa, Department...
Odelia Cremer
Dec 22, 2015
Odelia Cremer, age 96, of Calmar, IA, died on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 28, 2015, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 – County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the...
Edward Polansky
Dec 21, 2015
Edward “Ed” Polansky, age 86, of Spillville, IA, died on Monday, December 21, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville With Father Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation will be from 3:00 –...
Alice Bockman
Dec 19, 2015
Alice Louise Wiltgen Bockman, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson presiding. Burial will be held at a later date. Friends may...
R. Dale Miller
Dec 10, 2015
R. Dale Miller, age 88 of Decorah, Iowa, died Thursday evening, December 10, 2015 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah, with full military honors. Visitation will be...
Jerry Balik
Dec 7, 2015
Jerry Balik, age 66, of Spillville, Iowa, died Monday, December 7, 2015, at his home in Spillville, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, 207 Church Street, in Spillville, IA, with Father Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, December...
Dorothy Seegmiller
Dec 4, 2015
Dorothy Seegmiller, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, December 5, 2015, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church, 302 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. John Caldwell presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Betty J. Jorgenson
Dec 4, 2015
Betty J. Jorgenson, age 87 of Decorah and formerly of Austin, MN, died Friday morning, December 4, 2015 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2015 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin. Inurnment will be at Six Mile Grove Cemetery in rural Lyle, MN. Visitation begins on Saturday at 10:00...
Gary Hayek
Nov 27, 2015
Gary Hayek, age 64, of Ottumwa, IA Formerly of Ft. Atkinson, IA died Friday at his home. Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 3, 2015 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church at 207 Church St. Spillville, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding. Visitation will be 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the Balik Funeral Home...
Marcella Kovarik
Nov 26, 2015
Marcella Kovarik, age 89, of Spillville died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester MN. Memoria Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 7, 2015 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Father Robert Gross officiating. Visitation will be after 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 7th at the Church Marcella Marie (Shimek) Kovarik was born March 6, 1926...
