Meaning of notations:

(N) - not a complete obit - similar to a death notice, usually establishing some type of tie to the local area
Obit - usually includes birth, relatives, circumstances of death
Article - usually a newsworthy item about the circumstances of death
Town/town & state - often the local area of origin and the area they died. Ex. - Frederika/Sioux Falls, SD

My thanks to Elvira Hebell for transcribing and contributing this index. For copies ($2.00 each) please email her.

January 04 June 14
Lawrence Taylor (87) Frederika Nick Gilbert (70) Denver/New Hampton
Henry Hartmann (87) Tripoli William F Stauffer (65) Waverly
George T Harris (63) Waverly Jess Haase (55) Waverly
Henry Knapp (77) Waverly Otto Blascke (64) Sumner
Ruth Rosenow (23 month) Sumner  
  June 21
January 11 Miss Katherine Mahnke (65) Waverly
John C Bunger (73) Crane Creek Mrs Christ Stumme (79) Waverly/Readlyn
Herman Thies (78) Buck Creek/Elma Mrs Ella Mitchell-Hollister - Waverly/Ingelwood CA
Larry Phillips - Waterloo  
Peter Woodring (94) Waverly June 28
  John Tiedt (71) Readlyn
January 18  
Mrs H E Schuknecht - Tripoli/Chicago July 05
Mrs C Muehlenhaupt - Tripoli/Waverly Mrs Wm Kromer (70) Waverly/Allison
Mrs Henrietta Braulick (73) Waverly Leon Sebilsky (77) Waverly
Mrs Lou Poetsinger (58) Waverly/Cedar Rapids Lou Poetsinger - Waverly/Cedar Rapids
Wilbert S Coddington - Waverly/Parker SD Mrs Ida A Brandt - Waverly
Mrs J C Sell (86) Sumner  
Mrs J R Caffyn - Sumner/Wichita KS July 12
Mrs Samuel Nicol (75) Denver Mrs August Nicklaus (79) Sumner/Oelwein
John Bunger - Crane Cree Chris Kruse (85) Tripoli
  Fred W King - Waverly
January 25 Claude Cool (51) Waverly
Henry Schwake (60) Buck Creek William Joslin (81) Waverly
Herman Moeller - Denver/Klinger Mrs Jason Noon - Sumner
Mrs H H Platte - Denver  
Miss Louise Lockwood (78) Waverly July 19
Rev Albert William Edward Guetzlaff - Waverly Patrick C Griffin (88) Leroy Twp
Mrs Amelia Schroeder (77) Waverly Mrs Mary Rust (71) Waverly
Martin Zacharias (83) Tripoli Mrs Gus Bredow (61) Waverly
Joseph Boylson - Waverly/Los Angeles CA Earl Tiggeman (21) Waverly/Houston TX
Mrs Alva Fuller - Waverly  
Mrs Louisa Bischoff (87) County home resident July 26
Clara Ackermann (28) Cedar Falls Mrs Clarence Gisler (36) Waverly
  Mrs August Baetke - Waverly/Milwaukee WI
February 01 Mrs Hilda Mummelthei Simmons (39) Waverly/Moline IL
Louis Bearmann Sr (77) Waverly Mrs Emil R Melcher - Waverly/Waterloo
Herman Luther (90) Waverly  
Herman E Wuttke (78) Sumner August 02
Mrs Amos P West - Waverly Conrad Kaiser (65) Waverly
   
February 08 August 08
Miss Luella Christophel (19) Waverly Mrs John Stromer (65) Tripoli (2)
Mrs John Hagenow - Palatine IL Charles Eby - Waverly
Mrs Effie Leonard (74) Waverly Eugene L Leavens (75) Waverly
Mrs Clara Hazlett (83) Waverly Mrs Julius Martzahn (81) Waverly
Marie Opal Walker (11) Sumner  
  August 15
February 15 Mrs Chas Shaver (36) Tripoli/Clarinda
Teenjes Anton Sievers (75) Tripoli Clair L Nikalas (22) Waverly/Greene
Mrs Engel Oltrogge (91) Readlyn Mrs Elizabeth Cretzmeyer (85) Waverly
Will Coats (80) Waverly Mrs Louis J Schmitt (50) Waverly
Roland Stitzer - Tripoli/San Francisco CA H F Luesenhop (84) Waverly
John Bartels (77) Sumner Mrs Gus Haefner (72) Waverly
   
February 22 August 23
Cecil Lange (30) Readlyn E E Belknap (88) Tripoli/West Union
Mrs Frieda Brunhoefer - Waverly Gerhard William Niemann (87) Sumner
Mrs F A Chester (70) Waverly/Plainfield  
  August 30
March 01 Ed F Schoephoerster (60) Waverly/Sumner
Mrs Louisa Tiedt (89) Readlyn Herman Moehling - Waverly
Mrs H Bockhaus - Tripoli/Keokuk Mrs Malin (57) Waverly
Robert Fowler (17) Waverly/Columbia SC Ethel Mary Alexander (7 month) Waverly
Mrs Sophia Buhr (76) Sumner William Gisler (54) Waverly
  Edward T Findley (78) Waverly/Pasadena CA
March 08 Gustav Lauterbach - Sumner
Carl Boeckman (75) Tripoli/Waterloo  
Mrs Elme Sewell (79) Waverly September 06
Richard Cuffel - Waverly Louis P Roach (65) Plainfield
Austin McMullen (48) Waverly George Finney (71) Waverly
Mrs Dorothea Harms (76) Sumner  
  September 13
March 15 Henry Clausing (74) Waverly
Mrs Carolina Bergmann (84) Tripoli John Waskow (55) Sumner
Herman Niedert (66) Sumner  
Mrs Dora Harms - Sumner September 20
Julius Frisch (75) Sumner Mrs Ida Franklin (77) Tripoli (2)
Mrs John Warnke - Tripoli John Propp (72) Waverly
Mrs Leonard Miller (71) Waverly  
James A Trumpower (49) Waverly September 27
John Ray (86) Waverly Mrs Herman Rathe (20) Readlyn
Mrs Pearl Rees (56) Waverly/Crookston NE F H Page (78) Waverly
  Mrs Lucinda Shaw (95) Waverly
March 22  
Amos A Belknap (25) Tripoli October 04
Louie Kueker (53) Potter Siding/Artesian Wm Grebien (80) Tripoli
Louis Blasberg (39) Waverly/Gering NE A J Wile (78) Waverly
F C Bany (64) Tripoli Mrs Velma Ecklor (40) Waverly
Mrs Dora Rohler (83) County home resident Mrs Alma Cunningham - Horton
Chris Korman - Waverly/Sumner  
Louis Francis Witter (2 month) Waverly October 11
Wm H Wegner (79) Sumner Henry Fettkether (85) Waverly/CA
Mrs Amelia Zummack (82) Waverly/Oelwein  
George Boss - Waverly/Iowa City October 18
  Charles Menzel - Waverly
March 29 George Moulds (64) Waverly
Louis F Kueker (53) Tripoli/Artesian Frank Hatch (52) Sumner
Shirley Ann Eick (29 days) Siegel Mrs Henry Piehl (66) Readlyn
Frank Seymour Dean (58) Sumner  
Mrs Lola Murphy (39) Waverly October 25
Mrs J H Nevermann (87) Waverly Mrs Mae Hall (77) Waverly
Wm H Spears (75) Waverly Mrs S I Pool (73) Waverly
E J Rief (66) Sumner Almeda McAffee (83) Waverly
Amos A Belknap (25) Tripoli William Auldt (64) Waverly
  Fred Baumgartner (59) Sumner/Waterloo
April 05 Frank Hatch (52) Sumner
Mrs Henry Heideman (69) Tripoli  
Delbert Eugene Jolley (72) Tripoli/Waterloo November 01
Mrs Caroline Byvank (71) Denver O C Harrington (71) Waverly
Lester Patterson (64) Waverly  
Mrs Clara Potter - Waverly November 08
Simon Schroedermeier (77) Waverly Mrs Fred Paul (54) Denver
Mrs Rol Doty (42) Sumner Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Stahlhut (72) Sumner
Will H Wagner (50) Denver/Iowa City Chris Haar (68) Sumner
Rev Dr J H Bauernfeind (71) Waverly/Chicago Mrs Carl Lang (21) Sumner
Charles A Shaffenburg (59) Cedar Falls Gust Ladwig - Sumner
  Henry Kaiser (67) Waverly
April 12  
Mrs Harry Juel (35) Tripoli November 15
Louis Keding (75) Tripoli/Milwaukee WI John Karl Frederick Martin Lantow (79) Sumner
Mrs Louisa Hazlett (92) Tripoli Mrs Minnie Tippy (68) Denver
Carrie Burrington (79) Waverly Mrs John Doehne (72) Tripoli/St Cloud MN
Marian E Chapin-Poage (43) Tripoli/Baxter Mrs Walter Eickelberg (34) Bremer/Waverly
  Mrs Hattie Albright (84) Sumner
April 19  
August Kummelehne (53) County home resident November 22
Timothy E Holland (70) Waverly Henry Fredrick Conrad Niemeyer (66) Buck Creek
Mrs Pauline Lisowski (81) Waverly Emil Brandenburg (61) Waverly
Mrs Christian Otto (88) Waverly/Monroe WI Mrs Ernest Laube (69) Waverly
  Charles H Kelley - Waverly/Forest City
April 26  
Henry H Koeneke (75) Tripoli/Waterloo (2) November 29
Peter Schrank (61) Tripoli/Cedar Falls W H Notdorf (83) Tripoli
Mrs Baird Lynch (44) Waverly Henry A Schumacher (79) Denver
Mrs Charles Buesing - Waverly/Waterloo Albert Stahlhut (32) Sumner/Waterloo
Mrs O J Reinecke - Sumner/Minneapolis MN Mrs Clarence Ellerman - Plainfield
  E H McMeekin - Waverly/Long Beach CA
May 03 Grant Tucker - Waverly/Tecemseh NE
John French (78) Waverly  
E L Hamblin (67) Waverly December 06
Mrs John Sebilsky (74) Waverly G L Winks (42) Sumner
Luella Nitcher (9 months) Waverly Miss Emma Kueker (63) Bremer
  James L Potter (85) Sumner/Gravette AK
May 10  
Mrs Eric Halverson (87) Tripoli/Montevideo MN December 13
Nick Fehring (81) Waverly Mrs Henry Martens (63) Tripoli
Mrs George Prottengeier (78) Waverly Mrs Adaline Miller (86) Waverly
Fuller Worden (81) Sumner Mrs Margaret Kelley - Waverly/Eagle Grove
  Mrs A D Spencer (47) Waverly
May 17 Ella S Epley (82) Waverly/Cedar Falls
Charles Keough (80) Sumner Mrs John Sexton (81) Sumner/Independence
   
May 24 December 20
Mrs John W Robbins - Frederika Mrs S E Blain (75) Waverly
Will A Biermann (48) Siegel Fred J Weires (42) Cedar Falls
  Ruben Tripp - Waverly/Tripp SD
May 31 Charles Bailey (81) Waverly
J G Joens (69) Douglas Twp Mrs Pauline Bremer (81) Tripoli/Waterloo
Herman Westendorf - Waverly  
C M Orcutt (73) Plainfield December 27
Mrs Barbara Jahn (80) Sumner Mrs Emilie Keding (76) Tripoli/Sherry - WI
  Fred C Rewoldt (80) Frederika
June 07 Mrs Fred Jarchow (74) Sumner
Charles Bishop - Cedar Falls Mrs Ed Weber (68) Sumner
Mrs Joseph Kreger (76) Waverly Miss Marie Gertrude Smith (17) Sumner/Randalia
January 05 June 15
Fred Borcherding (66) Sumner Miss Emma Knoll (45) Sumner
Mrs C M Orcutt ( 66) Plainfield William Ingersoll (78) Waverly
Frank Slepicka (78) Waverly Edward Duffy (85) Sumner
Mrs W D Sorg - Waverly/Iowa City Michael Sullivan (75) Waverly/Ada MN
Mrs Charles Martin (86) Waverly  
Lawrence Kueker (19) Waverly June 22
W W Ehrhardt/ Waverly/Garwin Mrs Carl Koch - Tripoli
Mrs Clara Haar (64) Sumner Louis Bruncheon (75) Sumner/ Waterloo
Mrs John P Coan (80) Waverly/Mpls MN J W McCaffree (78) Cedar Falls
   

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