OBITUARIES
Judith Mcintosh
Jul 17, 2014
Judith (Mrs. Howard) McIntosh, age 75, of Decorah, died on Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the Eastern Star Nursing Home in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 21, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Visitation...
Dorothy Rosenthal
Jul 16, 2014
Dorothy Rosenthal, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home, in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Melissa Bills presiding. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
Francis Hageman
Jul 14, 2014
Francis Hageman, age 92, of Calmar, IA, died on Monday, July 14, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 17, 2014, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville Street, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may...
Clifford Smorstad
Jul 13, 2014
Clifford Smorstad, age 96, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Wellington Place Nursing Home, in Decorah, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Canoe Ridge Canoe Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson. Burial will be in the Pontoppidan Cemetery, rural Decorah, IA. ...
Lillian H. Erickson
Jul 13, 2014
Lillian H. Erickson, age 87 of Decorah, IA and formerly of Waterloo, IA, died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at her home in Decorah. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Waterloo with Rev. Jim Knudson officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. Visitation will be...
Leon Hageman
Jul 9, 2014
Leon Hageman, age 81, of rural Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery in...
Bonnie Kruse
Jul 8, 2014
Bonnie Kruse, age 74, of St. Lucas, IA, died on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2014, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, IA, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call...
Darlyne Stoen
Jul 5, 2014
Darlyne Stoen, age 83, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, with Rev. David Sorenson presiding. Burial will be in the Freeport Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends...
John Moore
Jul 5, 2014
John Moore, age 76, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Veteran’s Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 11, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding. Burial will be at a later date. Friends may call...
Robert "Bob" Lien
Jul 3, 2014
Robert “Bob” Lien, age 78, of Decorah, IA, died on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Springfield Lutheran Church, 1969 Middle Calmar Road, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Olson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Monday,...
Charles J. “Cj” Forman
Jun 28, 2014
Charles J. “CJ” Forman, age 64, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday evening, June 28, 2014 at home in Decorah, in hospice care. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Additional visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 at Behr Funeral Home in Dubuque, IA. Entombment will follow...
Ronald Anderson
Jun 26, 2014
Ronald “Ron” Anderson, age 67, of Decorah, IA, died suddenly on June 26, 2014, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2014, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phil Olson presiding. Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery, Castalia, IA. Friends...
Margie J. Knutson
Jun 22, 2014
Margie J. Knutson, age 77, of West Union, IA, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014, surrounded by her family, at the Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, WI. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Zion Lutheran Church, 130 Washington Street, West Union, IA, with Rev. Nancy Larson presiding. Friends may call...
Irma Bullerman
Jun 22, 2014
Irma Bullerman, age 90, of Calmar, IA, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2014, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 304 South Maryville, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Donald Hawes presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from...
Curtis Spilde
Jun 22, 2014
Curtis Spilde, age 70, of Decorah, IA, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at the Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dave Sorenson and Rev. Bryan Robertson presiding. Friends may call after 10:00 a.m., at...
Evelyn M. Green
Jun 21, 2014
Evelyn M. Green, age 93, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday morning, June 21, 2014 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. A private family graveside service will be held on July 2, 2014. Evelyn Margery Green was born July 7, 1920 in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Nels and Ruby (Anderson) Haugen, and was the middle child of three. She graduated...
Dolores "Doly" Lynch
Jun 20, 2014
Dolores “Doly” Lynch, age 84, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Phillip Gibbs presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may...
Janice Woodhouse
Jun 20, 2014
Janice Woodhouse, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, June 20, 2014, at Wellington Place in Decorah. Since 2006 she had lived at Patty Elwood Center, Cresco, and Wellington Place. Memorial contributions may be made to Wellington Place Auxiliary, 2479 River Road, Decorah, IA 52101, or to St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA 52101. Mass...
Marian V. Ness
Jun 18, 2014
Marian V. Ness, age 87, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, June 18, 2014 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, after suffering a severe stroke and while in hospice care. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Chad Huebner and Rev. Melissa Bills officiating. Private Family Inurnment...
Adrian Holthaus
Jun 18, 2014
Adrian Holthaus, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 307 West Main Street, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Dan Knipper presiding. Burial will be in the St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Friends may call...
