Marlyn L. Cohen, 76
died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 at his home near Yukon, Okla.

Mildred Jane Funke, 79
of Manchester, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids after a brief illness.

Darell M. Pike, 77
of Nora Springs, formerly of Plymouth, died Oct. 25, 2007 at the Nora Springs Care Center due to liver problems and two recent hip fractures.

Dr. Carl Midkiff Wheeless, 88
died peacefully Oct. 19, 2007 after a long struggle with cancer.

Marie Angell, 96
of Manchester, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a lengthy illness.

Charles Edward “Butch” Tibbott, 66
of Greeley, passed away at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 following a short illness.

Louis A. “Louie” Bacon, 92
of Ryan, passed away on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007 at the Anamosa Care Center in Anamosa from complications of age.

Retired Navy Commander Orin J. Durey, 81
a resident of Annapolis, Md., for 24 years, died of a stroke on Oct. 8, 2007 at the Heritage Harbour Health and Rehabilitation Center in Annapolis.

Grace Goldine Vap Harlow, 89
years, 11 months and 15 days, departed this life on Friday, Oct. 18, 2007 at the Grandview Manor in Campbell, Neb.

Martin O. Hillers, Jr., 83
of Manchester, formerly of Oneida, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester after a courageous battle with cancer.

Jon Thomas
of Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Manchester, died of a massive heart attack at his home on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Julie M. Martin, 50
of Manchester, died at her mother’s home on Monday, Oct. 8, 2007 following a long illness.

Betty Scheetz-Morris, 71
of Swisher, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a short illness.

Earl Richard Swales, 79
of Strawberry Point, was accepted into the grace of the heavenly father on Oct. 8, 2007 after a long illness.

Gracee Maree Miller
was stillborn on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque.

Alice A. Rayburn, 91
of Manchester, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home following a brief illness.

Phyllis A. Preitauer, 82
of Mt. Morris, Ill., formerly of Dubuque, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 at Pinecrest Village in Mt. Morris.

Orville C. Wellman, 83
of Earlville, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 at the Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna, Ill., following complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Betty Jean Toomer, 82
of Marion, formerly of Manchester, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a long illness.

Dorothy Florence Wittenburg, 86
a resident of Linn Manor Care Center in Marion, formerly of Coggon, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 following a long illness.

Mary A. Riniker, 91
of Dubuque, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque.

Joseph Pinter, 63
of rural Cresco, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family after a month-long battle with cancer.

Dennis Alvin Easton, 68
of Winthrop, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 at his home.

Lois Valentine Lahue, 78
died at her residence in Manchester on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 following a brief illness.

Paul A. Christiansen, 75
formerly of Mount Vernon, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 at his home in retirement, Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids following a long illness.

Harold Gordon Hill, 82
of Kanawha, died Thursday, Oct. 4 at his home.

Louise M. McNeil, 99
of Preston, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 at her home with family by her side.

Harold Erwin Sunderlin, 71
passed away at home in Baldwin Park, Calif., on Sept. 14, 2007 after a lengthy illness.

Wilma E. (Ham) Enabnit, 95
formerly of Ryan, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2007 at Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty following a short illness

Elijah Andrew Brock, nine month old
infant son of Andrew and Maranda Brock, passed away peacefully Friday, Sept. 29, 2007 at home in Bettendorf in the arms of his parents following a lifelong struggle with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy.

Melva E. Platt, 80
of Manchester, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester.

Leonard E. Elsbury, 91
of Strawberry Point, passed away at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 following a brief illness.