UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                              March 9, 2006                               
(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))

                                 LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED                                  
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MICHIGAN		1-9656		38-0751137
	(State or other jurisdiction of		(Commission		(IRS Employer
	incorporation)		File Number)		Indentification Number)

1284 North Telegraph Road, Monroe, Michigan	48162-3390
(Address of principal executive offices)	Zip Code

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (734) 242-1444

                                           None                                           

        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

  (b) We regret to announce that Helen O. Petrauskas, a member of our Board of Directors, passed away on March 8, 2006.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:

		Description	Page #
99	.1	Press Release Dated March 9, 2006		4

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
——————————————
(Registrant)

Date: March 10, 2006

BY: /S/ Louis M. Riccio, Jr.
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Louis M. Riccio, Jr.
Corporate Controller
On behalf of the registrant and as
Chief Accounting Officer

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:  Mark Stegeman (734) 241-4418 mark.stegeman@la-z-boy.com

LA-Z-BOY BOARD MEMBER PASSES AWAY

MONROE, MI. March 9, 2006 – La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE, PCX: LZB) today announced that Helen O. Petrauskas, a member of the company’s Board, passed away late Wednesday evening. She was 61 years old.

Petrauskas joined La-Z-Boy’s Board of Directors in 2000 and served as the Chairwoman of the Investment Performance Review Committee and as a Member of the Compensation Committee.

Patrick H. Norton, Chairman of La-Z-Boy, said, “It is with great sorrow that we make this announcement. Helen was an extremely accomplished, talented and dynamic woman who contributed greatly to our Board and Company. I feel privileged to have worked with her and am thankful for her wisdom, sound judgment and dedication to La-Z-Boy. On behalf of all of my colleagues, I would like to extend our sincere condolences to her family.”

Additional Information

This news release is just one part of La-Z-Boy’s financial disclosures and should be read in conjunction with other information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is available at http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/sec_filings.aspx. Investors and others wishing to be notified of future La-Z-Boy news releases, SEC filings and quarterly investor conference calls may sign up at:

http://www.la-z-boy.com/about/investorRelations/IR_email_alerts.aspx.

Background Information

With annual sales of approximately $2 billion, La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers, marketing furniture for every room of the home, as well as for the hospitality, health care and assisted-living industries. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group companies are Bauhaus, Centurion, Clayton Marcus, England, La-Z-Boy, and Sam Moore. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, American of Martinsville, Hammary, Kincaid, Lea and Pennsylvania House.

The corporation’s vast proprietary distribution network is dedicated exclusively to selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and brands, and includes 336 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores and 338 La-Z-Boy In-Store Galleries, in addition to in-store gallery programs at the company’s Kincaid, Pennsylvania House, Clayton Marcus, England and Lea operating units. According to industry trade publication In Furniture, the La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries retail network is North America’s largest single-brand furniture retailer. Additional information is available at http://www.la-z-boy.com/.