OBITUARIES
Travis J. Henzler
May 2, 2016
Travis J. Henzler, age 29, of Council Bluffs, IA and formerly of Decorah, IA, died May 2, 2016 in Council Bluffs. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 9, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Charis Combs-Lay and Rev. David Sorenson officiating. Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah with Full Military Honors....
Jon A. Vine
May 1, 2016
Jon A. Vine, age 82, of Decorah, Iowa, died Sunday, May 1, 2016 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Charis Combs-Lay officiating. Inurnment will be at Union Prairie Cemetery in rural Decorah with Full Military Honors. Visitation...
Kevin Kruse
Apr 28, 2016
Kevin Kruse, age 55, of Waukon, IA, died on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI, from injuries he received in a fall. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Doug Bryce of the Christian Life Center presiding. Burial...
Patricia "Pat" Luren
Apr 27, 2016
Patricia “Pat” Luren, age 86, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Hawkeye Care Center in Carroll, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 2, 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 Phelps Cemetery, Decorah,...
Evelyn B. Pierce
Apr 26, 2016
Evelyn B. Pierce, age 99, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, IA with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Charis Combs-Lay officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be at Burr Oak Cemetery. Visitation with...
Janet M. Lambert
Apr 24, 2016
Janet McCracken Lambert, age 85, of Decorah IA, died April 24th, at the Barthell OES Home, following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 701 Iowa Avenue, Decorah, IA, with a luncheon to follow. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday at the church. ...
Peter Styve
Apr 22, 2016
Peter Styve, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Evans Memorial Home in Cresco, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Irma Thuente
Apr 22, 2016
Irma Thuente, age 91, of Festina, IA died Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351-County Road B32, Festina, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Genevieve Ruth Jacobs
Apr 22, 2016
Genevieve R. Jacobs, 86, of Decorah, Iowa, formerly from Sioux City, Iowa, passed on to Heaven Friday, April 22, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. The rite of cremation has been accorded following her wishes. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah,...
Frances "Fran" Schnitzler
Apr 20, 2016
Frances “Fran” Schnitzler, age 81, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Green Lea Manor in Mabel, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 23, 2016, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 2358 - 360th Street, Burr Oak, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Bluffton Cemetery, Bluffton, IA. ...
Otto A. Ruen
Apr 19, 2016
Otto A. Ruen, age 100, of Decorah, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah and...
Camilla Taylor
Apr 16, 2016
Camilla Taylor, age 95, of Spillville, IA died Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in New Hampton, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA with Father Robert Gross presiding burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...
Margaret Hageman
Apr 9, 2016
Margaret Hageman, age 93, of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be at Our Lady of Seven Dolors...
Geraldine "Gerry" Steffens
Apr 8, 2016
Geraldine “Gerry” Steffens, age 90, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 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 Phelps Cemetery,...
Ruth A. Mcclintock
Apr 4, 2016
Ruth A. McClintock, age 92 of Decorah, Iowa, died Monday morning, April 4, 2016 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Funeral Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 2016 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery in Rossville, Iowa. Visitation was from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 at...
Mary Lorentzen
Apr 1, 2016
Mary Lorentzen, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Melissa Bills presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Walter Steele
Mar 29, 2016
Walter Steele, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 1, 2016, at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Spring Grove, Minnesota. Friends may call from...
Roland "Rollie" Grotegut
Mar 26, 2016
Roland “Rollie” Grotegut, age 87, of Decorah, IA died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at his home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at the Zion United Church of Christ, 113 First Street N.E., in Waukon, IA with Pastor Samantha Houser presiding. Burial will be in the Oakland Cemetery, Waukon, IA. Visitation...
Dale Barth
Mar 23, 2016
Dale Barth, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Aase Haugen Senior Services, Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be at later date. Visitation will be held from...
Arthur "Art" Schmitt
Mar 22, 2016
Arthur "Art" Schmitt, age 87, of Traditions in West Union, IA, formerly of St. Lucas, IA, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Palmer Lutheran Health Center, in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 28, 2016, at St. Lukes Catholic Church, 307 East Main Street, in St. Lucas, IA, with Father Nick March presiding....
