obituaries


Bunny Mae Steele Melcher

Bunny Mae Steele Melcher

Mar 18, 2009

Bunny M. Steele Melcher, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 20th, at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Burial will be held in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 9:00 am until time...

Donna Mae Knudtson

Donna Mae Knudtson

Mar 17, 2009

Donna M. Knudtson, 80, of Waukon, IA, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at her home in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 23rd, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church 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 Martin...

Robert Joseph Welch

Robert Joseph Welch

Mar 13, 2009

Robert J. Welch, 79, of rural Lansing, IA, died Friday, March 13, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 17th, at 10:30 AM at St. Mary's Lycurgus Catholic Church in rural Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 8:00...

Kenneth James Colsch

Kenneth James Colsch

Feb 26, 2009

Kenneth J. Colsch, 49, of Dorchester, IA, died Thursday, February 26, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 2nd, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 3:00 - 7:00 PM Sunday at...

Julia Amelia Roe-Bernhardt

Julia Amelia Roe-Bernhardt

Feb 25, 2009

Julia A. Roe-Bernhardt, 87, of Waukon, IA, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 2nd, at 11:00 AM at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon, with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial will be in the Old West Paint Creek Cemetery, rural Waukon. Friends may call from...

Niel Leon Klocke

Niel Leon Klocke

Feb 25, 2009

Niel L. Klocke, 71, of Lansing, IA, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at his winter home in Hallandale Beach, FL, following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 4th, at 11:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon, IA, with Pastor Lynne Hanna officiating. Burial will be at Bethlehem Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Postville, IA. Friends may call...

Darlene "Boots" Ewing

Darlene "Boots" Ewing

Feb 16, 2009

Darlene "Boots" Ewing, 78, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, February 16, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 19th, at 11:00 AM at Rossville Presbyterian Church in Rossville, IA, with Pastor Amy Perkins officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00 - 7:00 PM Wednesday at Martin Funeral...

Emma Esther Fiet

Emma Esther Fiet

Feb 15, 2009

Emma E. Fiet, 93, of Mabel, MN, formerly of Waukon, IA, died Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel, MN. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 26th at 2:00 PM at Zalmona Presbyterian Church in Waukon, with Pastor Tom Buresh officiating. Burial will held in Zalmona Cemetery, rural Waukon. Friends may call from...

Rodney Deane Vlotho

Rodney Deane Vlotho

Feb 13, 2009

Rodney Deane Vlotho, 74, of rural Lansing, IA, and Harlingen, TX, passed away Friday, February 13, 2009, at his home in Harlingen. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 19th, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, IA, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing. Friends may call from 4:30...

Eleanora Wilhelmina Berns

Eleanora Wilhelmina Berns

Feb 7, 2009

Eleanora W. Berns, 101, of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, February 7, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 12th, at 11:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider and Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Burial will be held in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4:00...

Esther Loraine Schultz

Esther Loraine Schultz

Jan 31, 2009

Esther L. Schultz, 77, of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 5th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be at Dorchester Methodist Cemetery, Dorchester, IA. Friends may call from 10:30 - 11:00 AM Thursday at...

Lorna Mae Rychecky

Lorna Mae Rychecky

Jan 26, 2009

Lorna M. Rychecky, 67, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 31st, at 11:00 AM at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon, with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial will be held in Old West Paint Creek Cemetery, rural Waukon. Friends may...

James Todd Weymiller

James Todd Weymiller

Jan 25, 2009

James T. Weymiller, 44, of Holmen, WI, formerly of Harpers Ferry, IA, died Sunday, January 25, 2009, near Holmen, WI. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 30th, at 11:00 AM at United Methodist Church in Lansing, IA, with Pastor Steve Hubbell officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 - 8:00 PM Thursday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon. James Todd...

Florence Cooper

Florence Cooper

Jan 19, 2009

Florence Cooper, 92, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 19, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 22nd, at 11:00 AM at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, with Pastor Marie Paterik officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Thursday at the...

Viola Hazel Ellingson

Viola Hazel Ellingson

Jan 19, 2009

Viola Hazel Ellingson, 95, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 19, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 24th, at 2:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be held in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call one hour before services on Saturday...

Margaret Mary Sweeney

Margaret Mary Sweeney

Jan 16, 2009

Margaret M. Sweeney, 81, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 19th, at 11:00 am at St. Mary's Lycurgus Catholic Church in rural Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial will be held in the church cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday from 2:00 to...

Debra Kay Green

Debra Kay Green

Jan 13, 2009

Debra K. Green, 51, of Waukon, IA, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 19th, at 11:00 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial will be at Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, IA. Friends may call from 2:00 - 6:00 PM Sunday at Martin...

Leota Elizabeth Ellefson

Leota Elizabeth Ellefson

Jan 5, 2009

Leota E. Ellefson, 86, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, January 5, 2009, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 8th, at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be in Old East Paint Creek Cemetery, rural Waterville, IA. Friends may call from 4:00 -...

Daniel Francis Kruse

Daniel Francis Kruse

Jan 2, 2009

Daniel F. Kruse, 60, of Harpers Ferry, IA, died Friday, January 2, 2009, at Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital in Prairie du Chien, WI, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 5th, at 10:30 AM at Living Faith United Methodist Parish in Monona, IA, with Rev. Dennis Gilbert officiating. Burial will be at Sixteen...

Inez Volz-Bruce

Inez Volz-Bruce

Dec 30, 2008

Inez Bruce, 96, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Waterville and Postville, IA, died December 30, 2008 in Mesa, AZ. Memorial services will be held at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waterville at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 16, 2009. She had in recent years been living with Alzheimer's disease. Inez was born on May 16, 1912 in...