Kelly John Gorkow, 55
of Vacaville, Calif., formerly of Manchester, died on Monday, May 21, 2007 at his residence in Vacaville following an extended illness.

E. Betty “Babe” Rose Oberbroeckling, 82
of Manchester, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home following a short illness.

Lona Maybelle Burgin, 102
of Strawberry Point, died Tuesday, May 15 at the Lutheran Home following a brief illness.

Donald Sevart, 78
of Hopkinton, died Saturday evening, May 19 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Richard “Dick” Ryan, 85
of Manchester, died Monday, May 7, 2007 at his home following a brief illness.

Pauline R. Schultz, 74
of Manchester, died Saturday, May 12 at Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Carol A. Peyton, 64
of Manchester, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester after a sudden illness.

Paul F. Kratzer, 82
died at the Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, Wyo., on Saturday, April 28, 2007.

Jerry L. LaKose, 53
of Marion, died Monday, April 30, 2007 at Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa following a sudden illness.

Gerald W. Pirc, 91
of Hopkinton, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a lengthy illness.

Larry James Madlom, 69
of Lake Wales, Fla., formerly of Edgewood, died May 5, 2007 at Lake Wales Memorial Hospital after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

Judith A. Gibbs, 66
of Strawberry Point, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 in her home after an extended illness.

Melaine Barbara Loesche, 81
of Manchester, passed away at the Good Neighbor Home on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 following complications of Alzheimer’s disease. '

Vincent Gerald Lux, 74
of Ryan, passed away at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, May 3, 2007 following a brief illness.

Stephen Leonard “Gravy” Sickels, 59
of Manchester, passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, April 22, 2007 following a brief illness.

M.J. “Vic” Stone, 96
of Edgewood, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Edgewood Convalescent Home following a brief illness.

Michael “Mike” E. Sauser, 60
of Ryan, died of cancer on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at his home, surrounded by his family.

Dora Parrott, 106
died April 29, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a brief illness.

Isabelle Lelia Crow, 88
of Quasqueton, died Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a brief illness.