Susan “Susie” C. Cook, 57
of Manchester, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at her home after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Kathleen Kay Casey, 66
of Marion, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Mercy Medical Center following a long illness.

Grace LaVal, 94
of Hollister, Mo., passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 in the Forsythe Nursing and Rehab Center in Forsyth, Mo.

Margaret “Marge” (DeLancey) Schwandt, 77
died Jan. 6, 2008 at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., from complications of surgery.

Neva Eleen Deerr, 88
of Manchester, died on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester.

Burnell A. “Bernie” Lynch, 77
passed away at Edgewood Convalescent Home Wednesday afternoon May 14, 2008, after a brief illness.

Phyllis Mae Strom, 77
of Manchester, died Thursday, May 16, 2008 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.

Gilbert D. “Buck” Sprague, 84
of Colesburg, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008 at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City from complications from an accident.

Aaron Ronald Foster, 29
of Kingsley, formerly of Manchester, Iowa died unexpectedly Monday, May 12, 2008, at the Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars, Iowa.

Louis “Louie” Francis Heiberger, 85
of Delhi, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester after a lengthy illness.

Kenneth L. “Smitty” Smith, 69
died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy after a brave fight with lung cancer.

Hazel Mary Nieman, 91
of the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, formerly of Earlville, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester after a short illness.

George F. Rans, 87
of Manchester, went to haven peacefully on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Regional Medical Center in Manchester surrounded by his family following a lengthy illness.

Harold S. Ott, 84
of Manchester, formerly of Marion, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a long illness.

Dorothy Mae Schnittjer, 76
of Manchester, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a long illness.

Patricia A. “Pat” Wade, 77
of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Mercy Medical Center following a brief illness.

Louise Marie Altergott, 71
of Earlville, died Sunday, May 10, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque following a lengthy illness.

Anna Mae (Sly) Hansen, 100
of Manchester, died at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 following an extended illness.

Neva Eileen Deerr, 88
of Manchester, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester.

Louis Heiberger, 85
of Delhi, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at Regional Medical Center in Manchester.

Ernie J. Quint, 86
of Marion, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Northbrook Manor Care Center following a courageous battle with cancer.

LaVerne A. Nelson, 88
of Delaware, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.

Anna Marie Krapfl, 69
of Edgewood, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at the Lutheran Home in Strawberry Point following an extended illness.

Hazel M. Nieman
of the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, formerly of Earlville, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester after a short illness.

Edna W. Meyer, 89
of Manchester, formerly of Dubuque, passed away at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 following an extended illness.

Ila Marie Scanlon, 86
of Masonville, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008 in her home following a sudden illness.