OBITUARIES
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...
Loren "Bud" Amundson
Nov 24, 2015
Loren T. “Bud” Amundson, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday evening, November 24, 2015 at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Gary Krapfl officiating. Inurnment will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins on Saturday...
Larry Bentley
Nov 21, 2015
Larry Bentley, age 71, of Oceanside, CA formerly of rural Decorah, IA, died Saturday November 21, 2015 at the San Diego VA Medical Center in San Diego, CA. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at 10:00a.m., at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, 1381 Big Canoe Road, rural Decorah, with Rev. Kurt Bockoven presiding. Burial will be...
Delores M. Rovang
Nov 15, 2015
Delores M. Rovang, age 92, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday November 19, 2015 at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, with Rev. April Ulring Larson officiating. Burial will be in church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 18...
William E. Beard Jr.
Nov 6, 2015
William (Bill) E. Beard, Jr., died Friday, November 6, 2015 at his home in Decorah at the age of 100. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 13, 2015 at Congregational United Church of Christ in Decorah, IA with Pastor Laura Arnold officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begins on Friday at 10:00...
Linus Kriener
Nov 5, 2015
Linus Kriener, age 88, of Fort Atkinson and Protivin, Iowa, died Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab Center in New Hampton, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2015 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA Rev. Nick March presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation...
Victoria "Vicky" Christopher
Nov 2, 2015
Victoria “Vicky” Christopher, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died on Monday, November 2, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church, 302 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. John Caldwell presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
David William Jacobsen
Oct 31, 2015
David W. Jacobsen, age 67, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully after breakfast on Saturday, October 31, 2015 2015 at Wellington Place in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 21, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Richard Simon Hanson officiating. Friends may visit with the family one hour...
Rosemary Rosendahl
Oct 19, 2015
Rosemary Rosendahl, age 83, of Ridgeway, IA, died on Monday, October 19, 2015, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 23, 2015, at Peace Lutheran Church, 745 County Street, Ridgeway, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, IA. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Tsai Tennant
Oct 17, 2015
Tsai Tennant, age 78, of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, October 17, 2015, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 22, 2015, at the Canoe German Methodist Cemetery, 2867 Middle Sattre Road, rural Decorah, IA, with Rev. Jim Dale presiding. Tsai is survived by her husband: Ron Tennant, Calmar,...
Mary Chase Lehmann
Oct 16, 2015
Mary Chase Lehmann, age 53, formerly of Independence, IA, died on Friday, October 16, 2015, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A memorial funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 19, 2015, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Deacon Nick Francois presiding. Burial will be in Our Lady of...
Jason Fleshner
Oct 15, 2015
Jason Fleshner, age 33, of Decorah, IA, died on October 15, 2015, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at the Madison Lutheran Church, 2658 Madison Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Jeff Hansen presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Alison Dwyer
Oct 14, 2015
Alison Dwyer, age 55, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, October 14, 2015 at her home, surrounded by the love of her family and friends after a long and courageous battle with cancer that was an example for many of determination and grace. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in...
Roland “Ron” G. Halverson
Oct 13, 2015
Roland “Ron” G. Halverson, age 94, of Decorah, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. Friday,...
Kay Feil
Oct 11, 2015
Kay Feil, age 70, of Decorah, IA died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Kay Margaret Feil was born on July 6, 1945, the daughter of John and Hermenegild (Dessel) Feil in Chicago, Illinois. Kay moved to Ossian in 1947, at the age of two. She attended school at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School...
