obituaries


Michael "Mick" Leroy Stamper

Michael "Mick" Leroy Stamper

Jan 3, 2011

Michael "Mick" Stamper, 58, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at his home in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 7th, at 1:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon. Michael LeRoy...

Charles Oliver Murphy

Charles Oliver Murphy

Jan 3, 2011

Charles O. Murphy, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 6th, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, IA, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial with military rites will be at St. Mary's Hanover Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 PM...

Helen Emalen Mohwinkle

Helen Emalen Mohwinkle

Jan 3, 2011

Helen E. Mohwinkle, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8th, at 11:00 AM at Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church in rural New Albin, IA, with Pastor Paul Burgess officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, New Albin. Friends may call from 3:00 PM -...

Sharon Kay Kerndt

Sharon Kay Kerndt

Dec 17, 2010

Sharon K. Kerndt, 71, of Eagan, MN, formerly of Waukon, IA died Friday, December 17, 2010, at Augustana Care Center in Apple Valley, MN. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 21st, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be at Lansing Ridge Cemetery, rural Lansing. Friends may call from...

Isabel Chafer Jacobson

Isabel Chafer Jacobson

Dec 17, 2010

Isabel Chafer Jacobson, 98, died December 17, 2010 at the Meridian in Lakewood, Colorado, where she had lived since 1998. She was born Isabel Jane Chafer on November 28, 1912 in a farmhouse in Jackson County, Iowa, five weeks after her father, Frank Chafer, was killed by lightning. Her mother, Alida, and brother, Alfred, and she moved in with her...

Sharon Louise Topel

Sharon Louise Topel

Dec 2, 2010

Sharon L. Topel, 68, of Waukon, IA, died Thursday, December 2, 2010, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 8th, at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Burial will be held in Sixteen Cemetery in rural Monona, IA. Friends may call from 4:00 to...

Chester Theodore Spinner

Chester Theodore Spinner

Dec 1, 2010

Chester T. Spinner, 95, of Waukon, IA, and formerly of Waterville, IA, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 6th, at 11:00 AM at St. Pius Cherry Mound Catholic Church, rural Harpers Ferry, IA, with Fr. Daniel Knipper officiating. Burial with Military Rites will be at the church cemetery....

Bill Tepesch

Bill Tepesch

Nov 29, 2010

Francis W. "Bill" Tepesch, 81, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 2nd, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial with military rites will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 PM -...

Dilles Anna Schellhammer

Dilles Anna Schellhammer

Nov 27, 2010

Dilles A. Schellhammer, 89, of Waukon, IA, formerly of Lansing, IA, died Saturday, November 27, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 1st, at 11:00 am at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lansing, with Pastor Laura Gentry officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing. Friends may call from 4:00 - 7:00...

Connie Jean Duvel

Connie Jean Duvel

Nov 24, 2010

Connie J. Duvel, 55, of Postville, IA, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Memorial services will be held Monday, November 29th, at 11:00 AM at Salem United Church of Christ, rural Waukon, IA. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 10:00 AM until time of services. Martin...

Gerald Raphael Kernan

Gerald Raphael Kernan

Nov 23, 2010

Gerald R. Kernan, 84, of Lansing, IA, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 30th, at 11:00 AM at Wexford Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, rural Lansing. Burial with Military Rites will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Monday at Martin...

Daniel James Timmerman

Daniel James Timmerman

Nov 23, 2010

Daniel J. Timmerman, 39, of Winona, MN, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at the Community Hospital in Winona. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 27th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Fiends may call one hour before services on Saturday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon. Daniel...

Pamela Kay Woods

Pamela Kay Woods

Nov 14, 2010

Pamela K. Woods, 59, of Brownsville, MN, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, November 14, 2010, at her home in Brownsville, MN. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Salem Cemetery in rural Waukon. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the La Crescent...

Raymond Martin Pratt

Raymond Martin Pratt

Nov 7, 2010

Raymond M. Pratt, age 72 years, 30 weeks and 5 days, of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 9th, at 12:00 PM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Eick officiating. Friends may call from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Tuesday at the Funeral...

Josephine "Jo" Elizabeth Dittman

Josephine "Jo" Elizabeth Dittman

Nov 7, 2010

Josephine "Jo" E. Dittman, 76, of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 10th, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider and Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Family graveside services will be held at a later date. Friends may call...

Helen Gertrude Anderson

Helen Gertrude Anderson

Oct 30, 2010

Helen G. Anderson, 95, of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, October 30, 2010, at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 5th, at 10:30 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Pastor Ron Roberts officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Friday at Martin...

George Henry Allen Wild

George Henry Allen Wild

Oct 27, 2010

George Wild, 47, of Lansing, IA, died unexpectedly Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 1st, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sunday at...

Luain Spores

Luain Spores

Oct 26, 2010

Luain Spores, 90, of Decorah, IA, formerly of Dorchester, IA, died Tuesday, October 26th at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 29th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, IA, with Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Burial will be at Dorchester Methodist Cemetery, Dorchester. Friends may call from 4:00 - 7:00 PM Thursday...

Roger Dwayne Bennett

Roger Dwayne Bennett

Oct 21, 2010

Roger D. Bennett, 63, of Waukon, IA, and formerly of Lansing, IA, died Thursday, October 21, 2010, at his residence in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, October 26th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Fr. Daniel Knipper officiating. Burial will be in Village Creek Cemetery, rural Lansing. Friends may call from 4:00 PM -...

Wilma Jeanette Knudson

Wilma Jeanette Knudson

Oct 18, 2010

Wilma J. Knudson, 83, of Petaluma, CA., died October 18, 2010, at South San Francisco. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 11:00 am at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon, IA, with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Friends may greet the family following the services. (Florence) Wilma Jeanette Knudson was born on October 24,...