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 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

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