obituaries


Norma Smrcina

Norma Smrcina

Oct 26, 2018

Norma R. Smrcina, 84, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, October 26, 2018, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Monday, October 29th, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Prairie du Chien, WI. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00...

Sharon Ingalls

Sharon Ingalls

Oct 22, 2018

Sharon K. Ingalls, 69, of New Albin, IA, passed away from lung cancer on Monday, October 22, 2018, at 12:32 PM at her home. Consecration of the ground at the burial site at St. John's Wheatland United Church of Christ, rural New Albin, and a celebration of life will be held at a later date. Memorials can be sent to...

Dorothy "May" Ager

Dorothy "May" Ager

Oct 20, 2018

Dorothy May Ager, age 84, of Waterville, IA, died Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be Friday, October 26th, at 11:00 AM at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church 1799 Elon Drive, in rural Waterville, with Pastor Ken Kimball. Friends may call from 9:30 AM until time of services on Friday...

Joseph "Joe" Durvine Gallagher

Joseph "Joe" Durvine Gallagher

Oct 16, 2018

Joseph D. Gallagher, of Dorchester, IA, passed away in the wee hours of the morning of October 16, 2018, at his home in Hanover Township. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 19 th at 11:00 AM, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hanover, with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial with military graveside rites will be at St. Mary's...

Lindy Annette Lewis

Lindy Annette Lewis

Oct 15, 2018

Lindy A. Lewis, 70, of Harpers Ferry, IA, died Monday, October 15, 2018, at her home in Harpers Ferry. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 20th, at 1:00 PM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, IA. with Fr. John Moser officiating. Burial with military honors will be at St. Joseph's Paint Rock Cemetery, Harpers Ferry. Friends may greet...

Murvel Barness

Murvel Barness

Oct 11, 2018

Murvel D. Barness, 75, of Waukon, IA, passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Memorial services with military honors will be held Monday, October 15th, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Wayne Ellingson officiating. Friends may call from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday at Martin Funeral Home in...

Robert Heffern

Robert Heffern

Oct 7, 2018

Bob J. Heffern, 86, of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, October 7, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 11th, at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial with military honors will be at St. Joseph's Paint Rock Cemetery, Harpers Ferry, IA. Friends may...

Clara Ebner

Clara Ebner

Oct 4, 2018

Clara E. Ebner, 91, of rural Lansing, IA, died Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, November 10th, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the Farm Bureau building in Waukon. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family. Clara Estelle Ebner was born December 4, 1926, in...

Herbert Schmidt

Herbert Schmidt

Oct 3, 2018

Herbert "Herb" A. Schmidt, 89, of rural Waterville, IA, died Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 6th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, IA, with Pastor Gary Hatcher officiating. Burial with military graveside rites will be held in Sixteen Cemetery, rural Monona, IA. Friends may call one hour...

Alvina Harriet Sickels

Alvina Harriet Sickels

Sep 28, 2018

Alvina H. Sickels, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, September 28, 2018, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 4th, at 11:00 AM at Waterville Lutheran Church in Waterville with Pastor Tim Rupert officiating. Burial will be at Waterville Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Wednesday at Martin Funeral...

Les Livingood

Les Livingood

Sep 27, 2018

Les Livingood, 83, of Harpers Ferry, IA, died Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, IA. Memorial services will be held Friday, October 5th, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Waukon with Rev. Duane Smith officiating. Friends may greet the family at the fellowship lunch following the service. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting...

Bertilla "Bert" Barthel

Bertilla "Bert" Barthel

Sep 25, 2018

Bertilla "Bert" B. Barthel, 89, of Waukon, IA, died Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Monday, October 8th, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. A private burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of services...

Mary Ellen Mcmillan

Mary Ellen Mcmillan

Sep 21, 2018

Mary Ellen McMillan, 91, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, September 21, 2018, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 1st, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus and Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 2:00 PM...

Neale Downing

Neale Downing

Sep 10, 2018

R. Neale Downing, 87, of Harpers Ferry, IA, died Monday, September 10, 2018, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, September 15th, from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon with military honors at 2:00 PM. Inurnment will be in Smithfield Cemetery, rural Monona, IA. Roger Neale...

Loretta Snitker

Loretta Snitker

Aug 27, 2018

Loretta M. Snitker, 87, of Tomah, WI, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Monday, August 27, 2018, in Tomah at the home of her daughter Diane Schmidt, who was her caretaker since July 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 31st, at 11:30 AM at Salem United Church of Christ in rural Waukon, IA, with Pastor Sue Klimstra officiating and...

Faith Arlene Ericson

Faith Arlene Ericson

Aug 22, 2018

Faith Arlene [Shaw] Ericson, 71, of Lansing, IA, died surrounded by her family on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 26th, at 2:00 PM at Center Baptist Church in rural Lansing, with Pastor Matthew Majewski officiating. Burial will in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3:00 PM -...

Curtis Brandsmeier

Curtis Brandsmeier

Aug 20, 2018

Curtis Richard Brandsmeier, 73, of Waukon, IA, died on Monday, August 20, 2018, at his home. A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, August 24th, at Zion United Church of Christ, in Waukon. Pastor Sam Houser will be officiating the service. There will be a two-hour visitation before services at the church from 11:00am-1:00pm. Burial...

Bill Collins

Bill Collins

Aug 17, 2018

William "Bill" A. Collins, 63, of Waterville, IA, died Friday, August 17, 2018, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 24th, at 11:00 AM at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waterville with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00...

Duane Duvel

Duane Duvel

Aug 11, 2018

Duane R. Duvel, 84, of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, IA. A celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, August 15th, at The Old Rossville Store in Rossville, IA, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM with a sharing time at 5:30 PM. Private family military graveside rites will be held...

Wayne Bernard King

Wayne Bernard King

Aug 5, 2018

Wayne B. King, 68, of Minneapolis, MN, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, August 5, 2018, at Bryn Mawr Health Care Center in Minneapolis, MN. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 9th, at 11:00 AM at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon with Pastor Samantha Houser officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call one...