OBITUARIES
Alexandra "Allie" Loden
Oct 11, 2015
Alexandra “Allie” Loden, age 26, of Decorah died Sunday, October 11, 2015 near Decorah in an automobile accident. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago St., Decorah IA. Burial will be in the Russell Cemetery rural Decorah. Visitation will be from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Schluter Balik...
Arthur "Art" Huber
Oct 5, 2015
Art Huber, age 100, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died Monday, October 5, 2015, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street, Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends...
Robert "Bob" Jewell
Oct 3, 2015
Robert “Bob” Jewell, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 8, 2015, 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 call from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Marie Brincks
Oct 2, 2015
Marie Brincks, age 91 , of Ossian, IA died Friday, October, 2, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 420 East Main Street, in Ossian, IA with Father Alan Dietzenbach presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. ...
Neva Viise
Sep 29, 2015
Neva Viise, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Vennehjem in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 East Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be after 9:00 a.m., on Saturday morning at the Church. ...
Angeline "Angie" Wagner
Sep 29, 2015
Angie Wagner, Age 94, of Spillville, IA died Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2015 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 – 7:00 Thursday at the...
Viva L. Hanna
Sep 27, 2015
Viva L. Hanna, age 99, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 5, 2015 at United Congregational Church of Christ in Decorah, IA with Pastor Laura Arnold officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Forest City, IA. Friends may visit with the family...
Beatrice "Bea" Hanneman
Sep 22, 2015
Beatrice (Bea) Hanneman, age 95, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at her home in Decorah, IA. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 28, 2015 at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Rd. rural Decorah, With Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday,...
Margaret Simonson
Sep 20, 2015
Margaret E. Simonson, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Nursing Home on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at the age of 88. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday September 26, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Visitation begins on Saturday at 10:00 a.m., one hour before services,...
Carol Stoen
Sep 18, 2015
Carol Stoen, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, September 18, 2015, at her home. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Big Canoe Lutheran Church, at 1381 Big Canoe Rd. Decorah, IA. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home in Decorah and after 10:00...
Mark Mihm
Sep 17, 2015
Mark Mihm, age 94, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, September 21, 2015, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 307 East Main Street, St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the...
Darrell L. Pierce
Sep 17, 2015
Darrell L. Pierce, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at his home in Decorah. He died after a long battle with multiple myeloma cancer which started sometime in 2010. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 25, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev....
Donna Svenson
Sep 16, 2015
Donna Svenson, age 74, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Monday, September 21 at Fjelstul Funeral...
Ellen A. Dawley
Sep 15, 2015
Ellen A. Dawley, 92, of Bluffton, IA, died Tuesday evening, September 15, 2015 at Grandview Healthcare Center in Oelwein, IA. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Doug Bryce officiating. Burial will be in Burr Oak Cemetery in Burr Oak, IA. Visitation will...
William "Bill" J. Kocian
Sep 15, 2015
William “Bill” Joseph Kocian Sr. of Waukon, IA passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI. He spent his last moments surrounded by his family and loved ones. Family and friends may visit on Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 3-6 p.m. at the Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, IA. He was born March 18,...
Betty (Mrs. Parnell) Sexton
Sep 14, 2015
Betty Lou Sexton, (Mrs. Parnell Sexton) age 86, of Burr Oak, IA, died on Monday, September 14, 2015, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. A private family service will be held. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. Betty is survived...
Richard C. Averill
Sep 12, 2015
Richard (Dick) C. Averill, age 83, of Elwood, IL and formerly of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL from lung cancer. A visitation will be held at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. with a...
Hattie Frana
Sep 6, 2015
Hattie Frana, age 97, of Spillville, IA died Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 11, 2015 at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville with Father Robert Gross presiding, burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Thursday...
Gavin Spilde
Sep 5, 2015
Gavin Spilde, age 88, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 10, 2015, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Doug Bryce presiding. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. ...
Richard "Dick" Blaess
Sep 5, 2015
Richard “Dick” Blaess, age 78, of Burr Oak, IA, died on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 10, 2015, the Cresco Community Chapel, 24024 Highway #9 East, Cresco, IA, with Rev. Mike Simiele presiding. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Burr Oak,...
