Vaneta Violet Baker, 92
of Edgewood, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home, following a brief illness.

Roxanne Conrad, 58
of Cedar Falls, formerly of Manchester, died Saturday, March 18, 2006, at Sartori Memorial Hospital of a heart attack.

Cory Albert Quint, 7
of Manchester, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn., after a brief illness.

Brenton Dean Kress, 60
of Independence, died Saturday, March 25, 2006, at the Buchanan County Health Care Center in Independence, following a short illness.

Luella Beth Miller, 92
of Manchester, died Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, following a brief illness.

Virginia M. Stender, 87
of East Dubuque, Ill., died Monday, March 20, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center.

Jessie F. Smock, 103
formerly of Manchester and Greeley, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home, following a long illness.

Leora E. Swanson, 93
of Earlville, died Thursday, March 16, 2006, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, following a short illness.

Geraldine R. Offermann, 76
of Monticello and formerly of Buck Creek, died Monday morning, March 6, 2006 at her home following a brief illness.

Lorenz R. Glass, 88
of Platteville, Wis., died Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at Our House Assisted Living in Platteville.

Herman J. Geistkemper, 88
of Earlville, Iowa, died March 18, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center, Dyersville, Iowa, following a lingering illness.

Betty Woock, 70
of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.

Charles “Chuck” Cabalka, Sr., 92
of Independence, died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at the West Village Care Center in Independence, following a long illness.

Roy Edward Burkett, 73
of Manchester, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at Regional Medical Center in Manchester, following an extended illness.

Marion W. Arthur, 90
of Edgewood, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home.

Alver J. Dingbaum, 75
of Dyersville, died Friday, March 10, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Dyersville, after a battle with acute leukemia.

Vera C. Thacher, 83
of Manchester, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following complications of surgery.

Ronald W. Bonert, 43
of Petersburg, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at his residence after a long illness.

Anita Mae Scherbring, 80
of Dyersville, formerly of Petersburg, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Dyersville, after a sudden illness.

Joan Eustella Bockenstedt, 76
of Strawberry Point, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness.

William J. Biegert, 85
of Morton Grove, Ill., died Feb. 21, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, following a sudden illness.