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Obituaries

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Tue
12
Sep

Yvonne Morrison

Yvonne Morrison, age 83, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s on Sept. 7, 2023.

 

Tue
12
Sep

Luther L. Pugh

Luther Lorain Pugh, age 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. in his home surrounded by his family.

 

Tue
05
Sep

Richard A. Steege

Richard A. Steege, born April 14, 1937, in Waverly, died at home in Minnetonka, Minn., on Aug. 24, 2023. A passionate organist, he taught math in the Robbinsdale and St. Louis Park, Minn., schools as well as in Postville, Berlin, Germany and Kandahar, Afghanistan. Survivors include Marie, his wife of 55 years; a brother Ken and his wife Karen; two sons, Hans and Paul; daughters-in-law, Amy and Julie; and granddaughters Zinnia, Ruby, Clara and Greta. Memorial service will be at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 715 Minnetonka Mills Road, Hopkins, MN 55343, on Saturday, Oct. 7. Visitation at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m. and a light lunch to follow.

Tue
29
Aug

Lois B. Mueller

Lois B. Mueller, 86, of Garnavillo, passed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Hawkeye Care Center in Asbury.

 

Tue
29
Aug

Dorothy A. Jennings

Dorothy Ann Jennings, 83, of Farmersburg, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, after a short illness. She was born Sept. 22, 1939, at home in rural Elkader, the oldest of two girls born to Ervin and Mildred (Meyer) Taake. Dorothy attended rural school in Clayton Center until it closed and then attended and graduated from Garnavillo High School in 1958. After graduation she attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque, and then worked for a law firm there and later at Interstate Power (now Alliant Energy) in Elkader.

Tue
15
Aug

Kimberly A. Staples

Kimberly Ann Staples, age 61, of Cross Plains, Wis., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in her home surrounded by family. She was born on July 6, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of William and Doreen (Kiefer) O'Brien.

 

Tue
15
Aug

Richard A. 'Dick' Owings

Richard “Dick” Allen Owings, age 75, passed away Aug. 10, 2023, due to complications of Myelodysplastic Syndrome, an auto-immune disease affecting the bone marrow.  

 

Tue
08
Aug

Helen M. "Helly" Gritzner

Helen Mae “Helly” Gritzner, 78, of Elkader, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, at her home in Elkader surrounded by her family. She was born on May 19, 1945, in Red Wing, Minn., the daughter of John and Marie (Heimberg) Buhler. She was raised and educated in Pine Island, Minn., and was a 1963 graduate of Pine Island High School.

 

Tue
08
Aug

Dean A. Hallberg

Dean Allen Hallberg, 77, of McGregor, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Harmony in Dubuque. He was born Feb. 9, 1946, to Otto Elmer August and Merriel Jenetta (Johnson) Hallberg in McGregor. He graduated from Mar Mac High School in 1963. Dean served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968 during the Vietnam War.

 

Tue
08
Aug

Gerald 'Jerry' Ostrander

Gerald “Jerry” Ostrander, 75, of Prairie du Chien, Wis., passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis. He was born May 17, 1948, in Prairie du Chien, to Bobbie Jack (Bob) Ostrander and Betty Kramer. After his graduation from Prairie du Chien High School in 1966, Jerry enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving as a security police and sentry dog handler from 1966 to 1973, during the Vietnam War. He served two consecutive tours in Ubon, Thailand and Phuket, Vietnam. In total, he proudly served 11 years with the United States Air Force. 

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