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.

5-Jan 29-Jun
Bert Fry (77) Waverly Elmer Brettmann (38) Denver
Miss Elma Christophel (52) Waverly William Reed (70) Waverly
Paul F Wilharm (48) Sumner  
  6-Jul
12-Jan Mrs Lee Dilley (63) Pinhook
Herman Buss (72) Denver John Lang (97) Sumner
Albert Johnson - (64) Auburn, WA  
Mrs Wilhelmina Kruckeberg (87) Tripoli 13-Jul
Paul Homeyer (20) Readlyn Mrs Arnold (Laura) Miller (30) Denver
Mrs Ferd (Emma) Wolfgram - Sumner John Collins (89) Denver
Mrs Clarence Frisch - Sumner Jason Noon (66) Sumner
  Mrs Carrie Niemann (65) Fredericksburg
19-Jan  
Henry Behrends - Sumner 20-Jul
  John Christian August Schwake (74) Buck Creek
26-Jan Lou G Garden (78) Sumner
Mrs Alex Gable (44) Frederika Henry W Dickman - Sumner
Mrs Frank Buhrow - Tripoli Henry Dawson - Sumner
Mrs Bertha Gielau (91) Denver Louis E Wills - Sumner
Ferdinand Potratz - Sumner John Hulsebus (84) Sumner
  Mrs Susan Tibbetts O'Rourke (81) Frederika
2-Feb  
Frank Lamb (78) Tripoli 27-Jul
Ernest P Livingston - Sumner Francis Neumann - Waverly/Cheboygan, MI
George E Schoephoerster (36) Sumner  
James Schake (14) Waverly/Waterloo 3-Aug
   
9-Feb 10-Aug
Carl K Sell - Sumner Mrs Emma Pries (75) Sumner
  Nicholas W Reisner (86) Sumner
16-Feb  
Mrs Herman (Elsie) Garland - Sumner 17-Aug
  Hans J Joens (82) Tripoli
23-Feb Arthur D Chapin (83) Tripoli
Martin Wintz (12) Tripoli Mrs Emma Young (70) Frederika
   
2-Mar 24-Aug
Morris Lofquist (42) Tripoli/Biwabik, MN Henry Meier (81) Readlyn
Mrs Henry H (Sophie) Schlichting (58) Tripoli Joseph Farriss (86) Denver
Mrs Minnie Wente (66) Denver Mrs Lizzie Rathe (80) Readlyn
Arthur Roder - Sumner  
Leslie Fay - Summer/San Diego, CA 31-Aug
Mrs Frank Duhrkopf - Sumner/Los Angeles, CA  
  7-Sep
9-Mar Mrs Henry Mishler (86) Waverly
Carl Clausing (81) Denver/Grants Pass,Oregon George W Clary (81) Waverly
Infant Barth - Sumner Peter Hanson (78) Sumner
Mrs Sophie Diercks (88) Readlyn  
Mrs Lewis Hill - Frederika 14-Sep
  Mrs Ernest (Louise) Bodermann (72) Spring Fountain
16-Mar Frank Ladwig - Sumner
Mrs Edward Berger (73) Readlyn Mrs Sophia Bremer - Sumner
Fred Geffert (75) Waverly Mrs Anna Koerth (76) Fredericksburg
Pfc Lester Bremer - Tripoli  
Pvt Wm C Hagenbuch - Tripoli 21-Sep
Fred L Niemeyer (62) Crane Creek Mrs August Grose - Little Cedar
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman (94) Sumner  
  28-Sep
23-Mar Henry Roder (90) Sumner
  Mrs Walter Meyne - Denver
30-Mar Mrs Theo Garrison (42) Clarksville
Mrs John (Minnie) Kurtt (74) Denver Rev F Schedtler (87) Sumner
Pfc Virgil E Maurer - Sumner  
  5-Oct
6-Apr Willard S "Mike" Chapman (57) Waverly
Robert O Watts (91) Tripoli Ernest Karsten (72) Sumner/Los Angeles, CA
Steven Potratz (16 days) Sumner Howard E Schroedermeier (58) Waverly/Mesa, AZ
  Rev F Schedtler (87) Sumner
13-Apr Henry Roder (90) Sumner
Pfc Lester A Bremer (26) Tripoli Mrs Marian Adams (89) Fredericksburg
Louie Schroeder (57) Denver/Mason City Henry Hartmann (77) Fredericksburg
Herman F Schult - Sumner  
  12-Oct
20-Apr Willard S "Mike" Chapman (57) Waverly
Clair Benning (20) Sumner Oliver Simmerson (89) Dunkerton
Mrs T F (Louise) Meyer - Sumner Alfred Bark - Plainfield/Lancaster, WI
   
27-Apr 19-Oct
Edwin Huebner (46) Readlyn Mrs Elizabeth McConkey (66) Pinhook/Anamoose, ND
Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Roder (80) Sumner Henry Lau, Sr (74) Readlyn
Wm Redemann (85) Tripoli/Guttenberg  
Conrad Wilharm (68) Sumner 26-Oct
  Henry J Lau (74) Readlyn
4-May  
Fred W Bremer (66) Tripoli 2-Nov
Mrs Louise Reasoner (84) Waverly Arthur Meyerhoff - Sumner
Mrs Julius Hartwig - Sumner Mrs Nettie Wesp (83) Fredericksburg
Mrs Mina Tegtmeier (79) Tripoli  
William G Redeman (86) Tripoli/Guttenberg 9-Nov
Pfc Virgil E Maurer - Sumner Fred C Koch (70) Tripoli
Mrs Frank Duhrkopf - Sumner/Los Angeles, CA Merrill French (62) Frederika
Lester Cummings (76) Plainfield George Garland (70) Sumner
Mrs Mary Moeller (87) Readlyn Henry Ludwig John Propp - Tripoli/Waverly
   
11-May 16-Nov
Mrs Emma Moehling (76) Denver John E Springer (48) Sumner
Mrs Anna Nieman (67) Shell Rock Walter Roy "Max" Oldham (41) Tripoli
Mrs Herman (Lena) Pleggenkuhle (66) Hawkeye Mrs Louisa Knief (85) Sumner
  Merrill French (62) Frederika
18-May  
Peter R Fergemann (88) Tripoli 23-Nov
   
25-May 30-Nov
Sophia Hunemuler (78) Tripoli Henry Meswarb (77) Tripoli
Paul Griesert - Sumner Mrs Henry Granneman - Sumner
Mrs Anna Roever (74) Waverly Henry C Hennings (67) Tripoli
Elmer Smith (56) Waverly Mrs George Muether (68) Sumner
  Miss Julia Mathers (81) Sumner
1-Jun  
Mrs E H Robinson (47) Plainfield 7-Dec
Mrs Viola Broils - Sumner/Des Moines William Scheve (75) Tripoli
  Edwin C Wilharm - Sumner
8-Jun Mrs Henry (Anna) Granneman (77) Sumner
Dr August Engelbrecht (87) Waverly  
Mrs F C (Elizabeth) Richmann (74) Denver 14-Dec
Mrs Edward Meswarb (68) Sumner Mrs Henry Prestien (81) Denver
  Lewis Richards (79) Tripoli/Fort Dodge
15-Jun Mrs W H Albrecht (62) Readlyn
Mrs Lena Haar (80) Denver  
Ernest H Hartman (64) Waverly 21-Dec
E A McCumber (74) Waverly  
  28-Dec
22-Jun John B Spragg (63) Tripoli/Des Moines
John H Franklin (80) Tripoli  

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