CRAIG FALDET

Monday, March 2, 2020 5:42 pm

CRAIG FALDET, 66, of Decorah, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at his home in Decorah. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Friday, March 6, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, with Rev. Stacey Nalean-Carlson officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah and after 10 a.m. at the church Friday morning. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, Craig requested that memorials be made to the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, 1316 Canoe Ridge Road, Decorah, IA 52101 in his memory. Craig is survived by his wife, Sue; children: Michelle (Pat) Blake, Webster City; Felicia (Don) Richardson, St. Paul, Minn. and Cassandra (JJ) Cook, Cedar Rapids; mother, Ileta Faldet, Decorah; grandchildren: Isabelle, Jaxon, Katerina, Lucy and Matthew Cook; Brock, Abigail, Luke and Jude Blake; step-children, Trisha Reicks and Cory (Erica) Reicks, Protivin; step-granddaughter, Aleeah Reicks; sisters: Kathryn (Carleton) Haugen, Decorah; Karen Duff, Cedar Rapids; and Renee (Steve) Uthoff, Ely; uncles and aunts: Philip Severson, Decorah; Janice Cornelius, Waukon; and Merlin Faldet, Decorah; along with many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Curtis Faldet and brother-in-law, Bob Duff.