OBITUARIES
Joyce L. Christen
Jan 18, 2015
Joyce L. Christen, age 78, died at her home in Decorah on Sunday morning, January 18, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Dave Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson officiating. Visitation will begin at 5:30 P.M. Tuesday, one hour before the service, at Decorah Lutheran Church....
Stanley "Stan" Falada
Jan 18, 2015
Stanley “Stan” Falada, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at the Aase Haugen Senior Services, Decorah, IA. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015, at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call...
Ethel Roberg Miller
Jan 14, 2015
Ethel Roberg Miller, age 93, of Decorah, died Wednesday morning, January 14, 2015, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Richard Simon Hanson officiating. Private Inurnment will be in the Phelps Cemetery in Decorah in the...
Ed Ottney
Jan 14, 2015
Ed Ottney, age 68, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 19, 2015, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah,...
Phyllis D. Burri
Jan 13, 2015
Phyllis D. Burri, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died Tuesday evening, January 13, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, MN. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Private Family Inurnment will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring....
Hazel Wangsness
Jan 10, 2015
Hazel Wangsness, age 101, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at the Assisted Living in Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the church...
Margaret "Peg" Krambeer
Jan 10, 2015
Margaret “Peg” Krambeer, age 75, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 16, 2015, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday...
Carl Franzen
Jan 8, 2015
Carl Franzen, age 102, of Ossian, IA, formerly of West Union and New Hampton, IA, died on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Ossian, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will...
Willadean Kaeser
Jan 1, 2015
WillaDean Kaeser, age 81, of Decorah, IA, formerly of Waukon, IA, died on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. A memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2014, at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home, 4 Ohio Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Simon Hanson presiding. Burial will be in the...
Grace A. Bolson
Dec 31, 2014
Grace A. Bolson, age 87, of Decorah, died Wednesday evening, December 31, 2014, surrounded by her family, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 5, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring. Visitation will...
Norma Hilberg
Dec 30, 2014
Norma Hilberg, age 79, of Decorah, IA, died on December 30, 2014, at her home in Decorah, IA. Private family funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015, at the Schluter - Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Ave, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Matt Larson presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA, in the...
Diane R. Nitschke
Dec 29, 2014
Diane Nitschke passed away on December 29, 2014 at home surrounded by the comfort of her family. Diane was born December 12, 1939, in Brooklyn, NY the first daughter of Grace (Kirk) and George Ricardo. With the beginning of World War ll and with her father being in the military, the family was stationed in a variety of places. Diane...
Kay L. Mcgrew
Dec 28, 2014
Kay L. McGrew, age 72, of Decorah, IA, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Palm Bay, FL. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, one hour before the service, at First United Methodist Church....
Pollyanna B. Lerstrom
Dec 26, 2014
Pollyanna B. Lerstrom, age 95 of Decorah, Iowa, died Friday morning, December 26, 2014 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Decorah, with the Rev. John Caldwell officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, one hour before the service, at First...
Garin Redding Sibley
Dec 24, 2014
Garin Redding Sibley, infant son of Alan and Tasha (Klinger) Sibley was born December 18, 2014 at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota and died at St. Mary’s Hospital on December 24, 2014 in Rochester. Visitation will be Monday December 29, from 11:00 – 1:00 at the Schluter balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA. Garin is survived by his parents;...
Vivian M. Meher
Dec 22, 2014
Vivian Maxine Johnson Meher, age 90 of Houston, Texas, was born on November 12, 1924 in Decorah, Iowa, entered Heavens Gates on December 22, 2014, to join her father Oliver, mother Helen Gladys and only brother Orville Johnson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 29, 2014 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Burial will follow at...
Germaine Winter
Dec 22, 2014
Germaine Winter, age 90, of St. Lucas, IA, died on December 22, 2014, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from...
Donald J. White
Dec 20, 2014
Donald J. White, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died peacefully surrounded by his family, Saturday evening, December 20, 2014 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 27, 2014 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phillip Gibbs officiating. Burial will be in St. Benedict...
Marie Broghamer
Dec 20, 2014
Marie Broghamer, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, 307 West Main St. Decorah, IA, with Rev. Philip Gibbs presiding, burial will be in the St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery at a...
Lyle E. Debower
Dec 18, 2014
Lyle E. DeBower, age 85, of Decorah, IA, died Thursday evening, December 18, 2014 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Allison Cemetery in Allison, Iowa, with full military...
