Ileta Faldet

Monday, October 24, 2022 2:29 am

Ileta Faldet, age 92, of Decorah, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at her home in Decorah surrounded by her family.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at the Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, with Rev. Adam Starrett officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, Oct. 28, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Helms Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, and after 10 a.m., on Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family at 1691 Viking Hills Rd, Decorah, IA 52101. The family will make donations to Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church, Winneshiek IOOF #57 and Winneshiek County Hospice.

Ileta grew up in Castalia, Iowa, graduated from Ossian High School and married Curtis Faldet on Dec. 11, 1949. Alongside her husband Curtis and her son Craig she started the Decorah Rental in 1982. She remained active in the business for 40 years. The previous 40 years were spent farming raising registered Holstein cattle which she enjoyed helping her family show at county and state fairs. Baking brought her great joy; she was always ready to share a treat with whoever came to her door. Additionally, she had a love for gardening, travel, sewing, fishing, and hunting mushrooms.

She had four children Kathy (Carleton) Haugen, Craig (deceased) (Sue Reicks) Faldet, Karen (Bob deceased) Duff and Renee (Steve) Uthoff; eight grandchildren: Amanda (Mark) Headington, Allison (Jared) Rickert, Brooke (Kody) Christensen, Michelle (Pat) Blake, Felicia (Don) Richardson, Cassandra (JJ) Cook, Holly (Bill) Sires and Michael (Sarah) McConnell; and 18 great grandchildren always made her smile.

She was fortunate to be surrounded by friends, loving neighbors, and a caring church family. She was a loving lady who led by example making the best use of what was in her power and taking the rest as it happened.

Ileta was preceded in death by her parents Lester and Lillie Martens, her husband Curtis, son Craig, her sisters Nina Mayer and Eulalia Johnson, along with one brother Palmer Martens.