Beverly Irene Davis, 72
of Colesburg, died Thursday, May 18, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Dyersville, following a brief illness.

LaVerne H. Wegmann
of Riverdale, died May 16, 2006, at his home.

Armella Kathleen Ries, 71
of Strawberry Point, lost her struggle with multiple myeloma cancer on Saturday, May 20, 2006.

Donald J. Billmeyer, 69
of Delhi, died Monday, May 15, 2006, at the Dubuque Nursing & Rehab Center in Dubuque, following a long illness.

Helen Ann Maker, 70
of Manchester, died Thursday, May 18, 2006, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness.

Margaret Louise Skelly, 92
of Rochester, Minn., died Friday, May 19, 2006, at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Merle Dean Pohlman, 64
of Manchester, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at his home, following a brief illness.

Murray Burke Patton, 79
of Manchester, formerly of Aledo and New Boston, Ill., died Saturday, May 20, 2006, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Cedar Rapids.

Julia Iola Ginther, 90
of Manchester, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, following a brief illness.

Josephine Hildebrand, 65
of Manchester, died Sunday, May 14, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, following a short illness.

Robert Burdette Palmer, 87
of Strawberry Point, died Sunday, May 7, 2006, at the Edgewood Convalescent Center after an extended illness.

Josephine Hildebrand, 65
of Manchester, died Sunday, May 14, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester.

Ethel I. Sundermeyer, 88
of Delaware, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, after a long illness.

Shirley Mabel Smith “Shirley Belle,” 75
of Waverly, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at the Waverly Health Center, from an apparent heart attack.

James W. Pugmire, 59
of Manchester and formerly of Delhi, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, after a sudden illness.

Frederick J. Svaldi, 89
of Manchester, died Friday, May 5, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, following a short illness.

William Stuart “Stu” Charlton, 77
a long-time resident of Manchester, and later Kansas City and Nederland, Texas, died Thursday, April 27, 2006.

Beulah “Bea” Mae Brandt, 71
of Georgetown, Texas, formerly of Ryan, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas, following complications of cancer.

Mae Dorothy Diercksen, 91
of Manchester, died Monday, April 24, 2006, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, following an extended illness.

Gerald “Gary” W. Robinson, 63
of Dundee, died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, following a short illness.

Shirley A. Monaghan, 70
of Manchester, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at home, following an extended illness.