David L. Ottesen, age 78, of Decorah, IA, died Wednesday morning, May 20, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Madison Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, IA. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah.

Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m.Tuesday, May 26 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah and on Wednesday beginning at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the service, at Madison Lutheran Church.

Dave is survived by his wife, Sarah; his children: Cindy (Bill) Crandall of Suttons Bay, MI, Tammy (Jerry) Vrzak of Waucoma, Jackie (Duane) Novotny of Fort Atkinson, Julie Snitker (fiancé Dave Sacquitne) of Decorah, Jay Graves of Decorah, Joel (Joyce) Graves of Mabel, MN; his grandchildren Ashley (Nick) Darga, Alex (Hedai) Horak, Jordan (Ethan Dailing) and Brooke Crandall; Hailey (Logan Gage), Braiden and Austin Vrzak; Allison (Dakota Smith), Ben (Linzey Hubbell) and Taylor Novotny; Ryan (Taylor Goode) and Adam (Staci Lammers) Snitker; Dan and Adam Sacquitne; Danielle and Courtney Graves; two great-grandchildren, Taya Snitker and Ashlyn Smith; his brother Kenneth (Janet) Ottesen of Decorah; his brother and sister-in-laws Kay Regan, Marvin Hovden, Donald and Ina Hovden, Mary and Hubie Teslow, Dorothy and Larry Brooks, Kate Hovden, Georgiann and DuWayne Schweinefus, Jan Helgeson, Bill Keck and Linda (Dennis) DeBuhr; followed by many nieces and nephews.

Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is serving the family.

Online condolences may be made at www.fjelstul.com

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SB May 29, 2015, 12:09 am Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Ottesen family. Dave was agreat guy.