Obituaries

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.

Gertrude J. Hagen, 90, of Waukon died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 20 at 1 p.m. at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, January 19 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.

Mary A. Herman, 51, of Decorah, formerly of Waukon, died suddenly Thursday, January 9, 2020 at her home. A celebration of life will be held Sunday, January 19 at 2 p.m. at Decorah Lutheran Church. The family will greet friends after the service in Decorah and refreshments will be served.

A memorial service will be held Monday, January 20 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Monday at St. John’s. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.

Mary Ann Herman was born to Alton and Margaret (Christianson) Herman in Waukon May 15, 1968. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon. She graduated from Waukon High School in 1986; Mary then moved to Iowa City and worked at the Good Shepherd Day Care Center for two years while she started taking classes at Kirkwood Community College.

Kenneth E. O’Hara, 82, of Waukon died Friday, January 10, 2020 at his home. Memorial services will be held Thursday, January 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial of ashes will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 15 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 3:30 p.m. scripture service.

Kenneth Edward O’Hara was born December 19, 1937 in the Wexford area of rural Lansing. His parents were Joseph Leo and Catherine Loretta (Ryan) O’Hara. He was baptized at Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church and confirmed at St. Mary’s Lycurgus Catholic Church. His parents lived on farms they rented so Kenny attended a variety of rural Allamakee County schools in the Wexford, Lycurgus and Frankville areas as his family moved from place to place. Kenny farmed with his brother, Robert, until his parents’ health failed and he moved to Waukon in 1968.

Funeral services for James “Jim” L. Cota, 76, of Harpers Ferry were held Monday, January 13 at St. Ann’s - St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry with Fr. John Moser officiating. Burial with military honors was at St. Joseph’s Paint Rock Cemetery, Harpers Ferry.

After 20 years of being separated by heaven and earth, God intervened and reunited James “Jim” Cota with his wife, Shara (Thornton) Cota, January 9, 2020. Their life as husband and wife began December 2, 1967, three years to the date that he had been drafted into the Army. He honed his craft as a carpenter and it became known that if a house was constructed by Jim it was well-built.

Eric Troendle, 42, of Harpers Ferry died Monday, January 6, 2020 at his home in Harpers Ferry. Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, January 11 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing with Rev. John Moser as the Celebrant. Burial followed at Gethsemane Cemetery in Lansing.

Eric Lee was born May 26, 1977 to Steven and Kate (Farley) Troendle in Waukon. He was Baptized, received his first Communion and was Confirmed at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing. Eric graduated from Kee High School in 1995 and continued his education at NICC in Calmar for Dairy Herd Management and Northwest Iowa Community College for the Lineman Program.

Eric was united in marriage with Jana Hamm October 12, 2002 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing. Three children were born to this union. Eric worked as a lineman for Dairyland Power. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Lansing Fire Department.

Byron L. Schultz, 84, of Waukon died Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, January 13 at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon with Pastor Daryl Schultz officiating. Burial was at Frankville Cemetery, Frankville. Memorials can be made to go towards a bench in memory of Byron and Darlene, or to Frankville Cemetery, Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, or Good Samaritan Center in Waukon.

Deloris Ann Scott, age 90, of Austin, MN died peacefully Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter, MN. Funeral Services were held Monday, January 13 at Mayer Funeral Home in Austin, MN with Pastor Madison Chelberg officiating. Interment was in Grandview Cemetery.

Deloris was born September 17, 1929 in Austin, MN, the daughter of Paul F. and Anna M. Fisher. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin. Deloris attended country school near Newry and graduated from Austin High School in 1948.

May 6, 1950, Deloris was united in marriage to Earl James Scott at St. Olaf Parsonage in Austin. Together they raised four children, Sandra, James, Larry and Cathy. Deloris and Earl lived in Austin. She was a stay at home mom, but as the children got older, she worked many jobs until she found herself working at JCPenney as a clerk, then worked in the office as a secretary/bookkeeper until her retirement.

Lloyd Robert Erickson, 87, of New Albin died Monday, January 6, 2020 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. A ‘Celebration of Life’ will be held at the New Albin Townhouse located at 136 Elm Street in New Albin January 18 with the visitation from 10-11 a.m., eulogy and post-funeral reception from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Lloyd Robert was born February 23, 1932 to Clifford and Alvina (Schirler) Erickson in Caledonia, MN. Lloyd joined and proudly served in the United States Army.

Lloyd was united in marriage with Adeline Fink, and she died in 1968. Lloyd was then united in marriage with Diane Kasten April 19, 1970.

He worked for many years as a Union Carpenter. Lloyd belonged to Carpenters Local 1143 of La Crosse, WI for 40 years, and was a member of Caledonia American Legion for 35 years. He enjoyed fishing, cutting wood with his boys, making homemade sauerkraut, pickled fish, lefse and bread, woodworking and gardening.

Everett “Andy” J. Anderson, 81, of Plymouth, formerly of Waukon, died Friday, January 3, 2020 at MercyOne Medical Center in Mason City. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 9 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon with Rev. Ronald Pederson officiating. Burial with military honors was at West Paint Creek Synod Cemetery, rural Waukon.

Everett “Andy” Judeen Anderson was born December 8, 1938 at home in rural Waterville, the son of Leonard M. and Emily I. (Bakkum) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at West Paint Creek Synod Lutheran Church in rural Waukon and in 1956 Andy graduated from Waterville High School. He helped his parents on the farm before joining the U.S. Army in 1961, serving in Germany.