OBITUARIES
Marcella Agnes Barr
Jan 26, 2015
Marcella Barr, age 99, of Calmar, IA, died on Monday, January 26, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society, in West Union, IA. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 29, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Home, 201 Hall Street, in West Union, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery, Calmar,...
Mark H. Burgdorf
Jan 23, 2015
Mark Howard Burgdorf was born August 28, 1951 to Howard & Sherry (Jordahl) Burgdorf in Urbana, Illinois. In 1952 the family moved to the Twin Cities, where his parents fostered his intellect, artistic ability, and love of nature. He attended St. Olaf College for three years but received his real education from life. Mark moved to Heivly Street in Decorah...
Arlo Bullerman
Jan 23, 2015
Arlo Bullerman, age 67, of East Troy, WI, died on Friday, January 23, 2015, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 30, 2015, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
Juanita "Nita" Bruening
Jan 22, 2015
Juanita "Nita" Bruening, age 73, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, January 22, 2015, at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. A Celebration of her Life will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA. There will be a visitation after 1:00 p.m., until the time of...
Eloise Bakke
Jan 22, 2015
Eloise Bakke, age 89, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, January 22, 2015, at the Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, 1725 Washington Prairie Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Mark Kvale presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Leander "Lenny" Cremer
Jan 20, 2015
Leander “Lenny” Cremer, age 98, of Festina, IA, died on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015, at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 – Co. Rd. B32, in Festina, IA, with Monsignor Cletus Hawes presiding. Burial will be...
Rev. Paul M. Hasvold
Jan 19, 2015
Rev. Paul M. Hasvold, age 81, of Decorah, IA, passed away peacefully at the Aase Haugen Nursing Home in Decorah on Monday, January 19, 2015. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for a number of years and in recent days had contracted type A influenza and pneumonia. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at...
Arthur Rausch
Jan 18, 2015
Arthur Rausch, age 90, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 23, 2015, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 22,...
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...
