Tripoli Leader: Obituaries from 1940

 

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January 3	June 19
Mrs. J. Wehrmacher (84) Sumner	George Fridley (75) Sumner
Miss Mary Wilharm (74) Sumner	Mrs William Rieck (66)
Mrs. Fred Jarchow (74) Sumner	Harold Albert Wente (18 months) Bremer
R W Johnson - Charles City	Harley Leverenz - Waterloo
January 10	June 26
Glen Loomis (40) Bremer	Dale Bruns (6) Denver
Mrs Christina Lahmann (91) Tripoli	Mrs Anna Latwesen (83) Waverly
Sam Dietel (77) Sumner	Mrs William Rieck (65) Tripoli
	Harley Louis Leverenz (47) Waterloo
January 17	William Michael (81) Waverly
Ben Winks (75) Sumner
A M Dicken (88) Waverly	July 3
Mrs Ed VanDorn (70) Waverly	Ralph Frisch (14) Sumner
Mrs Ernest Fuhrman - Chaska,MN	Mrs Lawrence (Helen) Phelps (21) Waverly
Mrs Henry Clausing (72) Waverly	Dick Bye (74) Waverly
	Wm H Berg (58) Tripoli/ San Francisco, CA
January 24
Mrs Charles Gisler (65) Waverly	July 17
Mrs Ruth Garnes Leinbaugh - Marion	Mrs John Timmermann -Denver/Hudson, CO
Mrs Mary Rommel (73) Sumner	John Mersbech (68) Tripoli/Chicago
Mrs John Rosenow (76) Sumner	John Ennis (50) Waverly
Helen Jane Voorhees (child) -Sumner	Romane Kellogg (14) Waverly
Frank Kolthoff (72) - Frederika	Perry Savage (54) Waverly
	L E Kemp - Seattle,WA
January 31	Dr J O Fridolin Kraushaur (54) Aberdeen,SD
Mrs Fred Walters (54) Waverly
William Jordan (60) Frederika	July 24
Mrs Henry G (Minnie) Carstensen (74) Tripoli	Wm F Wolff (80) Tripoli
Mrs Marian Elizabeth Inger (86) Waverly	Mrs Mary Leverenz (77) Tripoli
Mrs Ray Edward Mason (49) Shell Rock	J F Cass - Sumner
Mrs William Luhring - Waverly	Mrs Mora Belle Franklin (55) Waverly
	Earl Steffelbeam (52) Waverly
February 7	William Ralph Koch (25) Plainfield
Mrs John (Anna Louise) Bartels (75) Sumner	Arthur H Stewart - Waterloo
Walter T Overton (73) Sumner	Mrs John Renner - Waterloo
February 14	July 31
Grace Edna Bartels (10) Tripoli	Harry H Briden (49) Denver
Elry Walter Flood (77) Waverly
Mrs W G Nafus (73) Waverly	August 7
Mrs Mary Barber - Waverly	Glen Erwald Oltrogge (1) Readlyn
Mrs Fred Notbohm - Sumner
	August 14
February 21	Arnold Eugene Wilharm (8) Tripoli
Walter Thompson (69) Sumner	Mrs Ida Schwarze (58) Tripoli
Mrs Louise Doepke (69) Denver	Mildred Cook (16) Waverly
Mrs John T Harrington (76) Waverly	Miss Louise Wilkening (61) Waverly
Rev E R Melchert - Waterloo	Mrs Fred Klemp (72) Sumner
Mrs A M Dicken - Cedar Falls
Mrs John Knott (65) Waverly	August 21
	John Kurtt (90) Denver
February 28	Mrs Mary Fridley (81) Sumner
Herman Warner (77) Waterloo
Mrs John F Nottger (77) Denver	August 29
Albert Schultz (30) Nashua	Roy W Chadwick (67) Waterloo
Henry Meyers (71) Waverly	Mrs Teresa Bennett (76) Waverly
H H Rhine (60) Waverly	Guy W Moore - Waverly/Albert Lea, MN
March 6	September 4
Elmer J Bartels (28) Readlyn	Mrs Emma Romberg (72) Waverly
Ramona Eick (6) Bremer	George McDonough - Waterloo
August L Stunkel - Waverly	Louis Fay (76) Waterloo
Dolores Hallman (9) Waverly
	September 11
March 13	Edward H Berger (68) Readlyn
Jacob Herman, Sr (78) Readlyn	Mrs Arthur Weidemann (25) Hawkeye
Mrs Herman (Bertha ) Bockhaus - Frederika	Lawrence Lampe (20) Waverly
J D Hochberger (64) Waverly	Arnold Hartman - Douglas Twp
Mrs Henry L Errichson (60) Waverly
	September 18
March 20	Arnold Frederick Hartman (48) Douglas Twp
Gustav Boeckmann - Tripoli	Mrs August (Clara) Drewes (39) Artesian
Mrs Henry Schell - Waverly	Jack Murphy (82) Waverly
Joe Kellner (71) Nashua
John Brooks (44) Waverly	September 25
Ernest Sutherland (61) Waterloo	Wilbert Bartels (23) Readlyn
Frank White (73) Waverly	Dorathea Timmerman (88) Sumner
Dr Clarence Leonard Whitmore, Tacoma, WA	Robert A McGipsey (71) Waverly
	Joseph H Simmons (80) New Hampton
March 27	Mrs Clara Drewes - Artesian
Carl Hunemueller (65) Tripoli
Otto Buehrer - Waterloo	October 2
Edward E Mahnke (64) Waterloo	Mrs Louis Brandt (59) Waverly
Mrs T R Carroll (72) Wallace, SD	Mrs Hester Kerr (77) Waverly
Jerry Wells (65) Sumner	Mrs Leonard (Ida Mae) Dana (52) Frederika
Adolph L Sonnenberg (87) Readlyn	H W Meier (68) Crane Creek
Jacob Herman (72) Klinger	John E Carney (64) Waverly
	Fred F Ducker (65) Waverly
April 3	Carl Christ Matthiesen (58) Waverly
Mrs Mary Poock - Readlyn
Mrs Victor Kelsey (25) Tripoli	October 9
Charles C Kohagen (76) Waverly	Mrs Henry Leege - Tripoli/Palms, CA
Mrs S E Beck (92) Waverly	Ray Weidler (25) Tripoli
Wilmer Young (59) Sumner	Mrs Reaky Winning (74) Sumner
	Anthony Sauerbrei (75) Waverly
April 10
Henry Richmond - Fredericksburg	October 16
William H McCumber - Waverly	Howard Meyerhoff (5) Readlyn
Harry McKliget - St Paul, MN	Wesley M Farnum (78) Sumner
Mrs Henry Buesing - Westgate	Mrs Fred Keseberg - Clarence
Leona Kelsey - Tripoli	Amos P West (79) Waverly
	Mrs Henry C Meier (75) Sumner
April 17	Mrs Anna Fedeler (76) Sumner
Carl Kappmeyer (94) Frederika	Henry W Meier (68) Tripoli
Mrs Fred C Carson - Mason City
Rudolph W Kraushaar (46) Sioux Falls, SD	October 23
Otto Ahls (51) Waverly	Rev Conrad Meyer (74) Readlyn
	Gustav Geistfeld (62) Sumner
April 24	Mrs John Flugge (57) Waverly
Roy Barber - Nashua	Ella Paulsen - Plainfield
Cleone Waterman (5) Janesville	Alfred Meier (32) Sumner
Fred H Bartling (56) Denver	Mrs Werner Westendorf (38) Buck Creek
George Alcock (83) Frederika
Mrs Mary G Cretzmeyer - Waverly	October 30
Henry Tadge - Waverly	Carl Elvin Nielsen (52) Tripoli/Chicago
Ernest Potratz (80) Sumner	Mrs Ralph E (Laura) Laird - Waverly
	Elizabeth Ann Fridley (2) Sumner
May 1
John C Fink (85) Tripoli	November 6
H J Schumacher (50) Readlyn	Mrs Minnie Shaffer (76) Waverly
George L Booth (39) Waverly	Mrs Altheria Morgan Purkhiser (78) Waverly
Paul Henry Hahn (59) Waverly
John Nerge (68) Waverly	November 13
Mrs Mary Barber (78) Waverly	Ralph Dreier (22) Waverly
Paulus List (77) Waverly	William Tonne (53) Tripoli
Henry Schroeder - Sumner	John Shales (18) Tripoli
	Mrs Carol Stober - Waverly/Chicago
May 8
Mrs Louisa Albrecht (81) Cedar Falls	November 20
Hudson Case (76) Waverly	Orval H Radach (31) Frederika
Mrs Henry Henkel (70) Waverly	George C Simmons (83) Frederika
Mrs Ollie Harrington - Waverly	Edwin C Richards (65) Waverly
Mrs Martin Westendorf - Sumner	Mrs Peter (Gertrude) Smith (55) Plainfield
	Milo Milton Sickles (9) Sumner
22-May	Clyde Detra - EauClaire, WI
Carl Diekmann (76) Denver	John R Shales, Jr (18) Tripoli
Mrs Bremer Abraham (74) Waverly
	November 27
May 29	Paul Anderson (child) Tripoli
John Wikner (12) Tripoli	Fred H Harms (67) Oelwein
Dan Frasier (72) Waverly	Mrs Louisa Schumacher (90) Buck Creek
John Henn (64) Waverly	Albert Schulze (58) Waverly
W A Ribbeck (74) Sumner	Wm Thieman - Albert City
Mrs Alice Dunkelberg - Sumner/Des Moines
Ernest Warnke (50) Tripoli/Minneapolis, MN	December 4
Mrs Wm (Anna Marie) Muhlenhaupt (54) Readlyn	Miss Anna Still (46) Waverly
June 5	December 11
William Block (72) Tripoli	Duane Prestien (9) Tripoli
Henry Kuhrt (62) Tripoli	Rev Ernest F Melcher (85) Waterloo
Mrs J W Zwanziger (69) Frederika	Mrs Margaret Brechner (82) Waverly
June 12	December 18
Ernest A Thieking (80) Denver	John Tegtmeier (46) Tripoli
Mrs Mary A Mooney (84) Waverly	Mrs L J (Isabelle) Smith (91) Tripoli
Mrs Cora Duvall (55) Waverly	Ivan Strom (48) Waverly
Louis H Rust (51) Waverly
Mrs Mary Baumgartner (80) Sumner	December 25
	Mrs Fred (Louisa) Pipho (75) Sumner

~~transcribed by Elvira Hebell, 7/2008