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Harvey Hillesland
HARVEY HILLESLAND
Decorah
Harvey Hillesland, 84, of Decorah, formerly of Calmar, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at Ossian Senior
Hospice in Ossian. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at Calmar Lutheran Church, 200 East St., Calmar, with the Rev. Phil Olson presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, 202 Washington St., Calmar, and also after 10 a.m. Monday at the church.
Harvey is survived by his wife, Goldie Hillesland, Decorah; two children, Jim (Sue) Hillesland, Chicago, and Barbara (Greg) Drew, Manchester; grand-children, Kaia (friend, Jerad Winger) Humpal, Decorah, Blake (Megan) Humpal, Charlotte, S.C., Kirby (Ryan) Jipp, Brookfield, Wis., and John (Rachel) Hillesland, Chicago; great-grand-children, Jordan and Kaylie Rommes, Jack Hillesland and Xavier Jipp; two brothers, Glenn (Arnhild) Hillesland, Ames, and Alton and Harriet Hillesland, Sydney, Mont.; sister-in-law, Dorothy Sanders, Decorah; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Colleen and Joe Fjelstad, Sun City West, Ariz., Darryl and Carol Wangsness, Anoka, Minn., and Chuck and Lorrie Wangsness, Sun Lakes, Ariz.
Harvey was preceded in death by his son, Michael "Mike" Hillesland, on Sept. 7, 1954; his parents, Ted and Lottie (Falnes) Hillesland; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Clifford and Mabel Wangsness; a brother, Dalos Hillesland; and son-in-law, Kenny Humpal in 1992.
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