KROSHUS, Kavin Michael 1951-2000

ARNESON, KROSHUS, LAUGHEAD, DOLLESLAGER, WINGER

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Date: 8/16/2010 at 16:05:17

Decorah Public Opinion, Tuesday, October 24, 2000

Kavin Michael Kroshus

Kavin Michael Kroshus, 48, of Evansdale, Iowa and formerly of Decorah, died suddenly Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000, after an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. at Big Canoe Lutheran Church of rural Decorah, with the Rev. David H. Andreae officiating.

Casket bearers were Tom Arneson, Steve Dolleslager, Kirk Dolleslager, Bruce Kroshus, Rick Dolleslager and Paul Nichols.

Organist Kathryn Thompson Bigler and soloist Marlene Fensterman provided music, including "How Great Thou Art" and "Amazing Grace." Congregational hymns included "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," and "Children of the Heavenly Father."

Burial was at Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery. The Fjelstul Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Kavin Michael Kroshus was born Dec. 7, 1951, in Des Moines. He was adopted Feb. 8, 1952, by Jerome and Kathryn (Arneson) Kroshus.

He graduated from Decorah High School in 1970, and attended North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City.

On Sept. 17, 1983, he was united in marriage to Arlene H. Laughead at Big Canoe Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Steve Jensen officiating.

He had been employed at United Concrete in Waterloo for the last 23 years as operations supervisor, and was a member of Big Canoe Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his parents, Jerome and Kathryn Kroshus of Decorah; wife Arlene; three step-sons, Rick Dolleslager and wife Ranae of La Porte City, Iowa; Steve Dolleslager of Davenport, Iowa; and Kirk Dolleslager of Grundy Center, Iowa; one sister, Wanda Winger and husband Stephen of Peoria, Illinois; and three step-grandchildren, McKaila Dolleslager, Devin Dolleslager and Austin Dolleslager.

Kavin Kroshus was preceded in death by his grandparents, Nora and Martin Arneson and Genevieve and Albert Kroshus; and by four brothers and sisters in infancy, Jerome, Joseph, Donna and Diane.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.