Obituaries

Francis “Frank” V. Schulte, 92, of Dorchester died Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at his home in rural Dorchester. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Dorchester Catholic Church in Dorchester with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Dorchester Cemetery, Dorchester. Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, January 26 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 1:30 p.m. rosary.

A full obituary will appear in the January 29 edition of The Standard. You can subscribe to The Standard's print edition or e-edition by clicking here.

Josephine Norma Smith, 97, of Postville died Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 25 at Community Presbyterian Church, Postville with Rev. Kate Rupert as the officiant. Burial will follow at Postville Cemetery, Postville.
Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday, January 24 at Community Presbyterian Church, Postville. There will also be a one hour visitation before services at the church Saturday.

A full obituary will appear in the January 29 edition of The Standard. You can subscribe to The Standard's print edition or e-edition by clicking here.

Debbie (Deborah) Katherine Curran of Grafton, WI passed away peacefully Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the age of 61 years. Relatives and friends will be received Sunday, January 26 from 4-6 p.m. at the Mueller Funeral Home & Crematory, 979 North Green Bay Road in Grafton, WI. The Rite of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 27 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1619 Washington Street in Grafton, WI. Inurnment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery.

A full obituary will appear in the January 29 edition of The Standard. You can subscribe to The Standard's print edition or e-edition by clicking here.

Shirley Jean Guyer, 79, of Luana passed January 14, 2020. She was born September 29, 1940 to Henry Paul William Mueller and Viola Clarice (Thompson) Mueller.

Shirley married Harold LeRoy Guyer October 5, 1963. Shirley went to a one room country school near St. Olaf for kindergarten through sixth grade. She attended seventh through 12th grade at the Luana High School and graduated in the class of 1959.

After marriage she lived on a farm near West Union as a farm wife, then moved back to her home farm by Luana in 1971. She worked one summer at the Elgin Corn Factory. She loved working at the McGregor Ceramic Shop for 17 years before retiring in 1995.

Gertrude Jean Hagen, 90, of Waukon died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, January 20 at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Gertrude was born August 9, 1929 in Ludlow Township, rural Waukon, the daughter of Theodore and Emma (Grotegut) Henning. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem United Church of Christ in rural Waukon and graduated from Postville High School. After high school, she taught for one year in rural Allamakee County.

November 1, 1947, she married Roland Lawson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They farmed in Jefferson Township, where they raised their family; they later divorced.

Grace Clarice Erickson, age 90, of Decorah died January 10, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Aase Haugen, 4 Ohio Street, Decorah, IA 52101, or Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 701 Iowa Avenue, Decorah, IA, 52101.

Grace was born October 20, 1929 to George and Carrie (Bolson) Hill of Decorah. February 23, 1947 she married Myron Erickson, a farmer in rural Decorah. She was a hard-working farm wife for many years and a devoted mother to her children, Julie, Alan and Lori. Later in life, Grace took a job in the Luther College food service, where she greatly enjoyed interacting with students and other employees. She said that the students kept her young, which helps explain why she waited to retire until she was 81.

Shirley A. Schulte, 83, of Waukon died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 22 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, January 21 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 3:30 p.m. rosary.

Shirley Ann Schulte was born May 28, 1936 in rural Winneshiek County, the daughter of Joseph and Loretta (Drew) Ryan. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John the Baptist-West Ridge Catholic Church in rural Waukon and graduated from St. Patrick High School in Waukon. August 6, 1955, Shirley married Leon John Schulte at St. John the Baptist-West Ridge.

Margaret C. Blake, 93, of Dorchester passed Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 18 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dorchester with Rev. Jerry Blake officiating. Visitation will be held before the service, from 9-11 a.m., at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial arrangements will be determined at a later date.  Fellowship and lunch will be at the Waukon Banquet Center following the service.

Margaret C. Hammell was born September 21, 1926. She was born on the family farm on the Sand Cove near New Albin, the daughter of Cornelius “Con” and Mary T. (Wall) Hammell. During WWII, at the age of 17, she was hired to be a teacher in a one-room school near Iowa River Road.

Judith Lynn (Miller) Davis, 76 years of age, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 5, 2020 surrounded with family. Her death comes after two significant battles with metastatic cancer, numerous surgeries, and chemotherapy over the past ten years, all while humbly dealing with the aftermath of a stroke.

Her memorial service was held Saturday, January 11 at Plainfield United Methodist Church in Plainfield, WI. Interment will be held at a later date in West Union.

Jack Krumwiede, age 87, of Temple, TX died December 26, 2019 at 1:04 a.m. surrounded by his loving family. An interment with Military Honors will be held this Saturday, January 18 at 11 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lansing. Immediately following interment, a Celebration of Life will be held at TJ Hunters in Lansing.

Jack Krumwiede was born March 25, 1932 in Des Plaines, IL. He was the son of Frank Krumwiede and Lillie Parson. At the age of 17, Jack enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg. He was later deployed to Korea where he was wounded in battle, and for that he received a Purple Heart. After returning home he helped raise his five siblings.
December 7, 1966 he was united in marriage to Delores May Wales in Crystal Falls, MI. The two raised 12 children together.