Aase Haugen immigrated from Eggedal, Norway, in 1854 at age 13. She cared for her entire family through their final days and ended up alone, with no family at age 42. She became a philanthropist with her large estate until her death in 1910 at age 69. Her last will and testament gave everything she owned to the Norwegian Lutheran Church to, “build a home for the aged in her name so that no one would ever die alone.”
Aase Haugen Home was completed in 1915 and has relocated and grown in response to community need ever since. We offer skilled rehabilitation care, long-term nursing care, respite care, dementia care, assisted living, and independent living options to suit most any lifestyle.
Aase Haugen Homes, Inc. is governed by a board of directors elected from local Corporate Member Congregations from Winneshiek County, including:
- Big Canoe Lutheran Church
- Burr Oak Lutheran Church
- Calmar Lutheran Church
- Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church
- Congregational United Church of Christ
- Decorah Lutheran Church
- First Lutheran Church
- First United Methodist Church
- Glenwood Lutheran Church
- Good Shepherd Lutheran
- Hesper Lutheran Church
- Highland Lutheran Church
- Madison Lutheran Church
- Orleans Lutheran Church
- Ossian Lutheran Church
- Peace Lutheran Church
- St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
- Hauge Lutheran Church
- St. John’s Lutheran Church
- Springfield Lutheran Church
- Stavanger Lutheran Church
- Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
- Living Hope Baptist Church
Aase Haugen, our founder
