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 8	June 25
Mrs George F (Anna) Kuepker (71) Tripoli	Joachim Kelling (78) Denver
Herman F Nerge - Madison, MN	Fred H Keseberg (42) Waverly
Mrs Henry Meier (67) Readlyn	James B Morton - Waverly
Rev C G Gerlach - Tripoli	Frank Wendt (72) Waverly
John Welcher - Bristow	W G Krause (81) Sumner
Miss Libbie Allen (80) Sumner	Mrs August Kirchman (84) Sumner
Mrs Max Capper - Sumner	Louis Phillip Jordon (87) Tripoli/Clovis, CA
Dr Mechtenberg - Sumner	Carl Frederick Schwemm (80) Tripoli
January 15	July 2
Robert G Schmudlach (66) Tripoli	Mrs Martha Ordal - Waverly
Mrs Hazel Luck (31) Sumner	Mrs Charles Beck - Horton
January 22	July 9
Mrs Louisa Albrecht (85) Readlyn	Conrad Sell (84) Readlyn
Earl C Moore - Mason City	Mrs John Widdel (78) Readlyn
Neil Carroll (50) Seattle, WA	Henry Heideman (72) Tripoli
	Henry Moeller (70) Denver
January 29	Melvin J Sweet - Waverly
Mrs Minna Katz - Tripoli/New Hampton
Mary Jean Mahlstedt (4 months) Frederika	July 16
Ida Paul (86) Waverly	Fred Dettmer - Frederika
Mrs H F Buhman - Waverly	Mrs William McCuniff - Waverly/Cedar Falls
Mrs Elida Ingersoll (70) Waverly	Otto Platte (58) Waverly
	Mrs Louis Witter (65) Waverly
February 5	Jacob Livingston (84) Sumner
Berdine Carol Lohmann (10 months) Tripoli
Mrs Minna Drewis (76) Aurora	July 23
George H Moeller (73) Denver	Miss Nettie O'Day (73) Frederika
Mrs Agnes Thieking - Denver	Kurt Weltner, Jr (17) Waverly
William E Lovejoy (71) Waverly	L F Eichmann (78) Waverly
Mrs Frederika Bartels (86) Waverly	Carol Dettmer (3 days) Waverly
Albert Ehlert (64) Sumner
Samuel Edward Fortsch - Sumner	July 30
	Mrs Amelia Ambrose (82) Tripoli
February 12	Henry Henning (60) Tripoli
Kenneth Luck (11 months) Waverly	A T Leslie (73) Waverly
Leroy Niles - Sumner/Albert Lea, MN	Mrs Reed Carpenter - Plainfield
February 19	August 2
Mrs Fred (Bertha) Sommer (68) Tripoli	Henry Tegtmeier (71) Tripoli
Dr W A Rohlf (73) Waverly	H J Meyerhoff (74) Readlyn
Mrs H W Bathke - Sumner	George A Shores (72) Tripoli
Mrs John Lantow (74) Sumner	Alfred Kilcher (78) Fredericksburg
February 26	August 13
Miss Martha Plagens (53) Tripoli	Herman Kuhrt (53) Tripoli
Warren O'Day (74) Fredericksburg	Mrs John Schlaberg - Elizabeth, MN
S W Seifert (63) Waverly	Lawrence Zbornik - Canton, SD
Mrs John Leitha (65) Waverly
	August 20
March 5	Mrs Augusta Geuther (85) Waverly
Wallace Elmer McKeown (21) Sumner	John O'Connell - Bremer
Rev W J F Adix - Manchester
Mrs Sophie Sell (80) Tripoli	August 27
Fritz Harmening - Tripoli	Mrs Aaron Tegtmeyer - Waverly
James Sibert - Waverly	Mrs Henry Busching (81) Waverly
	Will Guergens (70) Waverly
March 12
S V Halverson (33) Hawkeye	September 3
Mrs Mary Borchert - Denver	Mrs Henry Edgeton (71) Readlyn
Fred Harmening (91) Tripoli	Mrs L A (Gladys) Schuknecht (45) Sumner
Mrs Sophia Sell - Tripoli	Mrs Clifford (Mayme) Clary (36) Waverly
Mrs Anna Ladage (69) Waverly	Mrs Wm Pipho (78) Sumner
J F Pries (65) Denver
John Adam Schnell (78) Dysart	September 17
Ed F Wilharm (72) Sumner	Carl Bruns, Sr (81) Readlyn
Mrs Fred M (Sophia) Zell -Sumner	Mrs Mathilda Musch (79) Denver
	Henry Westendorf (83) Denver
March 19	Mrs Monroe (Drusilla) Wescott (82) Sumner
Mrs Marie Damerman - Denver	Carl Holm (70) Tripoli
Rudolph Koeneke (37) Fort Morgan, CO	John Fortsch (61) Sumner
Julian Ruddick (80) Waverly
	September 24
March 26	William J Dempsey (60) Waverly
Louis Rodemeyer (71) Waverly
Mrs Henry Wenthe (84) Denver	October 1
Mrs Caroline Droste - Crane Creek	Fred A Bortz (54) Bremer
Albert Banzer (46) Crane Creek	Henry C Wente (92) Denver
Mrs Sophie Schuette (84) Readlyn	Alonzo Murphy (45) Waverly
Frank Schwartz - Mendota, IL	August Plagens (64) Tripoli
Lela Getz (46) Waverly	Mrs Herman Niedert - Sumner
Miss Zella Brodie - Sumner
	October 8
April 2	Mrs L H Meyer (65) Readlyn
Fred Huebner (73) Tripoli	Gustav Plagens - Tripoli
William Westendorf (66) Buck Creek	Ernest Lampe (16) Waverly
	Paul Mether (77) Waverly
April 9	Charles Karsten (53) Sumner
Robert Lloyd Hennings (3 months) - Tripoli
Fred H Bohle (73) Tripoli	October 22
Mrs Sophie Lageschulte (78) Waverly	Mrs Etta Baskins (75) Waverly
P A Colburn (61) Waverly	Dr G J Sexton (57) Sumner
Wm Westendorf (66) Buck Creek	Herman Borcherding (50) Sumner
April 16	October 29
Valentine Herrmann (87) Waverly	Martin G Todd (71) Waverly
	Mrs Eugene F Davis - Waverly
April 23	Walter Page (69) Waverly
Mrs Wm (Sophia) Bany (70) Tripoli	Mrs Mary C Farris (73) Waverly
John Widdel (83) Readlyn	Mrs Leon (May) Strom - Waverly/Clarion
Mrs Raymond Nordman (24) Sumner
Mrs Elizabeth Meier (75) Tripoli	November 5
Mrs Wilhelmina Nolting (75) Waverly	Mrs Londolph Krienke (64) Fredericksburg
John H Poorman (77) Waverly	Mrs E C (Anna) Stumme (51) Readlyn
Jack Dienema, Jr (18) Waverly	Henry G Gies (59) Waterloo
Frank Davis (67) Ionia	John O'Connell (74) Pinhook
Charles Marks (67) Sumner	Charley McRoberts (64) Waverly
Lowell Pinch (32) Manchester	Fred G Ellsworth - Waverly
	George C Chamberlain (74) Waverly
April 30	Sgt Lee Chambers (24) Waverly
August Moeller (65) Waverly	August Jesse (89) Sumner
Ed Mullen (79) Waverly
Henry Mishler (78) Waverly	November 12
Joseph Radke - Waverly	Mrs Fred (Dorothy) Gebert (85) Tripoli
Mrs Tracy Garrett - Sumner/Burlington	James A Smith (76) Sumner
C D Hallett (84) Tripoli	Erastus Clark Marsh (82) Tripoli
John Widdel (83) Readlyn	Henry L Bahe (65) Tripoli
Chris Lindner (76) Waverly	Dr John Becker (80) Waverly
	Louis Volker (54) Waverly
May 7	Gould Bodeker (40) Waverly
Fred Bock, Sr (64) Tripoli	Mrs Renetta Wier (84) Waverly
Leonard Thieking - Waverly	Mrs Eva Johnson - Waterloo
Mrs Sophie Behrens (76) Waverly	Paul Sitz (69) Sumner
May 14	November 19
Mrs A D (Mary) Chapin (75) Tripoli	Pearl Titus (40) Waverly
Joseph Alcock (73) Frederika	Wm Lucas (78) Waverly
Mrs Karl Rose (56) Waverly
George Schroedermeier (68) Waverly	November 26
	Louie Heideman (49) Tripoli
May 21	Richard Lewis Cuvelier (5) Tripoli
Mrs Wm L (Hilda) Smith (41) Waterloo	Mrs August Zimmerman - Waverly
Mrs W S Harrington (82) Waverly	Mrs H Murtaugh (92) Waverly
Mrs Ida Cullinane (73) Waverly	A P West - Summer
Miss Mary Wilharm (56) Waverly
	December 3
May 28	H C Warneke (54) Readlyn
Mrs H W Steege (83) Denver
Fred Niedert (71) Sumner	December 10
George Schroeder (46) Sumner	Frank D Kimbal (67) Tripoli
Mrs Maude Hanson - Oelwein	Lavern Eick (16) Tripoli
Mrs Thomas (Sarah) Alcock - Frederika	Mrs Augusta Weber (79) Waverly
Mrs Katherine Murphy (75) Cedar Rapids	Frank Remington - Waverly
Mrs Sophia Appel - Port Huron, MI	H J Schult (65) Sumner
June 4	December 17
Mrs Emilie Mathilda Hankner (65) Waverly	Emma Mundfrom (68) Tripoli
George Figenbaum (81) Sumner	H F Richmann (62) Sumner
Miss Elizabeth McGrath - Frederika
	December 24
June 11	Mrs Emma Schult - Sumner
George Meier - Rochester, MN
J W Zoller (71) Waverly	December 31
Mrs Wesley Moore (73) Waterloo	Irvin L Jolley (60) Fairbank
Miss Elizabeth McGrath - Frederika	Rev Fred Kuethe - Minneapolis, MN
	Wm Green - Tripoli/Forest City
June 18	Mrs Iva B Buroker (78) Allison
Mrs Mary Weidemann (80) Tripoli	Fred H Pothast - Waverly
C F Schwemm (80) Tripoli	Leonard Leyh (78) Sumner
Tom Alcock - Frederika	Mrs Ida Thies (67) Sumner
Mrs Wilhelmine Burmeister - Tripoli
Mrs Fred Friedman - Sumner
Thomas McCoy - Waterloo
Mrs Emma Rathbone (82) Sumner

Return to Tripoli Leader Obituaries

Return to Home