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 7	June 23
Herman Hay - Readlyn/Saratoga	Delph Leland McCall (50) Frederika
Mrs Sam (Sella Jane) Shales - Tripoli	Fred Tibbitts (75) Sumner
Carl Freese Jacobson - Sumner	Carl Schumacher (77) Buck Creek/Sumner
January 14	June 30
Joseph Sien (73) Tripoli	Herman Thies (81) Readlyn
Mrs Wm A (Emma) Moeller (60) Tripoli	Andrew Happel (65) Waverly
Miss Faith Delavergne (69) Horton
Albert Kaiser (73) Waverly	July 7
	H Wm Meyerhoff - Readlyn
January 21	Mrs Emma Linow (76) Waverly
Henry Martens (76) Tripoli	Wade H Mathers (76) Sumner
William P Schultz (71) Tripoli	Miss Ray M Hanchett (76) Tripoli
Wm J Meswarb (74) Tripoli
William Bruns (79) Denver	July 14
Fred Hartwig - Sumner/Westminster, B C	Mrs Emma Linow (76) Waverly
Delia J F Jacob (94) Janesville	Paul Flatjord (30) Sumner
E J Maurer (54) Tripoli
	July 21
January 28	John Dornbusch (76) Waverly
Mrs Rudolph (Renetta) Piegors (46) Tripoli	Mrs Mary Heidemann (72) Denver
Mrs John (Rosie) Barbknecht (79) Frederika	Wm Duhrkopf - Sumner
February 4	July 28
Mrs B L Swartzell (72) Tripoli/Waterloo	Pfc Everett Dana (25) Frederika
February 11	August 4
Daryl Brase (3) Tripoli	Mrs Zoa Hannaman - Sumner
Lloyd B Tait - Waverly
Ralph Dickman (39) Sumner,Minneapolis,MN	August 11
Mrs Emma Porter (63) Tripoli/Burbank, CA	Richard C Johnson (22) Waverly
Paul Stewart (71) Oelwein
Sarah Sharp (85) Fredericksburg	August 18
	Mrs Emma Hansen (73) Nashua
February 18	Chris Winning (87) Tripoli
Miss Bertha Alvina Stehn (56) Waverly	S/Sgt Reinhardt Bock - Tripoli
Mrs J W Kappmeyer (76) Readlyn
Mrs J F (Anna) Nieman - Sumner	August 25
John Hallowell - Sumner	Miss Karen Ann Oltrogge (4) Readlyn
	Thomas Michael O'Connell (71) Tripoli
February 25
Mrs James P (Ruby) Bennett (36) LaPorte City	September 1
Wm H Sruck (73) Tripoli	Edward Guiney (72) Waverly
Henry J Koehn (82) Waverly	Mrs Martha Deterding (81) Tripoli
Mrs Eva Rowe - Sumner	S/Sgt John Rochford, Jr - Sumner
	Ernest Engelbart (78) Readlyn
March 3
Mrs John Sassmann, Sr (72) Readlyn	September 8
	William Blum (18) Cedar Falls
March 10	Herman Meier (78) Denver
Mrs William Meier (67) Denver	Henry Walther (67) Denver
Mrs Leola Fitzgibbon - Sumner	Fred Tiedt (73) Denver
Claude Ridge (62) Sumner	Mrs Ida Sell (75) Sumner
August Wedemeyer - Nashville, IL	A T Blades - Sumner
March 17	September 15
Harold Meihost (17) Readlyn	Miss Alvina Block (81) Tripoli/Elkport, IA
Mrs Morris Jacob - Sumner	S/Sgt Reinhardt Bock - Tripoli
Herman Swanger (73) Fredericksburg
	September 22
March 24	Herbert William Slack (28) Tripoli
Miss Mary Rosol (41) Waverly	Edward L Pries (62) Sumner
Infant Tegtmeier - Sumner
Fred Becker (88) Tripoli	September 29
	Dr Earl W Jacoby (66)
March 31	L R Reid - Tripoli/Renville, MN
Miss Betty Lois Struck (13) Tripoli	Harry Donald Slack (26) Tripoli
Mrs Gus Adams (80) Sumner	Mrs Sophia Koehler - Sumner
	Mrs Herman (Emma) Bruns (75) Denver
April 7	John H Schoephoerster (70) Tripoli/Clinton
Mrs Ella Hack (60) Sumner
Henry Henkel (75) Waverly/Los Angeles, CA	October 6
Floyd W Smith (56) Waverly	Wm Bockhaus (78) Tripoli
Fred Schield (78) Waverly	August Frosh (78) Sumner
	1st Lt Robert Briggs (22) Sumner
April 14	Mrs Mary Mayo (60) Sumner
Hugh Angus (78) Frederika
A/P 1/c Thomas Oelberg - Sumner	October 20
Arnold H Moeller (20) Readlyn	Likum Gillett (80) Frederika
Mrs Fredericka Schaefer (82) Waverly
Mrs E F (Anna) Wilharm - Sumner	October 27
	Mrs Clara Claus (73) Tripoli
April 21	Herman John Bruns (75) Denver
S/Sgt Elmer Wolfgram (26) Fredericksburg	Likum Gillett (80) Frederika
Mrs Alice L Hallett - Forest City	Mrs Louise Meyer (95) Waverly
Charles Yungtum - Sumner
Mrs Matilda Jarchow - Sumner	November 3
Mrs Libbie Schima (70) Fredericksburg	William H Claus (83) Tripoli
Mrs Etta Kelly (84) Plainfield	1st Lt Robert Briggs (22) Sumner
	Mrs Clara Claus (73) Tripoli
April 28
Fred W Meier (88) Tripoli	November 10
Carl Krueger, Sr (89) Denver	Mrs Minnie Steege (85) Denver
Mrs John (Wilhelmina) Weiskirch (86) Sumner
	November 17
May 5	Mrs Ella Crandal (84) Denver/Shelbina, MO
E R Lindfield (68) Frederika	H H Scharnberg - Sumner
Roy Reed (41) Waverly	Mrs Hedwig Leisinger (78) Waverly
Elmer R Hahlwig (35) Waverly
Mrs Mina Malzahn (79) Tripoli	November 24
Mrs Ernst Dettmering (68) Tripoli	Lee Dilley (70) Sumner
David Murray (8) Tripoli/Mason City	Pfc Eldo Meier - Waverly
	Pfc Wendell Rieck - Maynard
May 12
Mrs Ernst (Anna) Dettmering (68) Tripoli	December 1
Herman Lampbrecht - Sumner	Mrs Viola Grecian - Sumner
Thomas Oelberg - Sumner	William Nicol (79) Denver
Frank McCormick - Sumner	Mrs Mary Juergens (74) Waverly
May 19	December 8
David Weiss (10 months) Spring Fountain	John C Koch (71) Tripoli
	Pfc Eldo Meier - Waverly
May 26	Mrs Moritz Jaschen (71) Readlyn
Charles Harvey Pinch (65) Tripoli/Manchester	Mrs Nellie Tegtmeier (84) Denver
Miss Diane Kelsey (5) Tripoli/Storm Lake	James F Treloar (61) Sumner
Henry Buenneke (81) Denver
Pvt Raymond Schwerin - Sumner	December 15
Wesley Wood (91) Sumner	Mrs Fred Gielau (49) Denver
George William Tift - Sumner/Clayton, WI	Mrs Roy (Alice) Farrand - Sumner
	Wm Wedemeier (67) Readlyn
June 2
M A Griffin (63) Tripoli	December 22
Mrs Louisa Meyer (88) Tripoli	H F Kirchhoff (77) Tripoli
R J Lampbrecht (78) Denver	Mrs Jane Hoepfner (77) Sumner
	Rev M O Jahr (72) Buck Creek
June 9
Herman Wilhelm Karl Buss (50) Frederika	December 29
Mrs August Foelske (76) Denver	Paul Wilharm (48) Sumner
Edward Sommer (70) Tripoli/Milwaukee, WI	Pfc Elwin I Alcock - Frederika
	Wm C Rieck - Sumner
June 16	J U "Jake" Baker (82) Sumner
Carl Schumacher (77) Buck Creek	Mrs Viola Grecian - Sumner
Mrs Wm (Wilhelmina) Poehler (65) Readlyn
Mrs Caroline Hesse (79) Denver
Reinhold W Meyer - Tripoli/Palo Alto, CA

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