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 07	July 08
Louis Griese - Denver - obit	Phillip Goodenbour - Tripoli/Dunkerton - obit
D.L. Burrell - Urbana/Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Mrs. Edith Mulhern - Terra Haute, IN - (N)
Mrs. August Westendorf (nee Brandt) - Sumner - obit	Twin son of Vernon Kirchoff - Tripoli - (N)
Beverly Hansen (8m) (dau. of Terry) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Martha Flottman (nee Baumann) - Sumner - obit
January 14	July 15
William Buenneke - Denver - obit	William Boeckmann - Tripoli - (N)
Fred Hildebrandt - Tripoli - (N)	Darwin (Inf. twin son of Vernon Kirchoff) - Tripoli - obit
Dietrich Pape - Sumner - obit	Daryl (Inf. twin son of Vernon Kirchoff) - Tripoli - obit
	Ray Krause - Sumner - obit
January 21
Ernest Dettmer - Tripoli - obit	July 22
Fred C. Hildebrandt - Tripoli - obit	William Boeckmann - Tripolli - obit
	Mrs. Henry Hoeper (nee Decker) - Bremer - obit
January 28	Susan Kay Ladage (Inf. dau. of Donald) - Tripoli/LaPorte City - (N)
Lester Davis - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	F.H. Meyer - Readlyn - obit
John Wolfgram - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Ida Arns (nee Gabe) - Waverly - obit
John Matthias - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. George Brewer - Tripoli - obit	July 29
Chris Schott - Sumner - obit	Cpl. William A. Chapin - Tripoli - obit
Fred Buhr - Sumner - obit	John Stoker - Davenport - article & (N)
	Martin F. Creager - Sumner/Bemidji, MN - obit
February 04	William Mastin - Frederika/McGregor - (N)
Charles Ducker - Waverly - obit
Dr. Mildred Sellers - Sumner - obit	August 05
Edward Meyerhoff - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Carl Biermann (nee Buchholz) - Tripoli - obit
Sophie Judisch - Bremer County/Waterloo - obit	Boyd E. Kelsey - Tripoli/New Hampton - obit
	Arthur W. Fasse - Waterloo - obit
February 11	Lewis Evans - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Hulda Haverkamp (nee Stutheit) - Western Douglas - (N)	Mrs. William Engelke (nee Schuldt) - Sumner/Lipton, KS - obit
Charles Pennington - Sumner - obit
	August 12
February 18	William A. Rathe - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Fred Brettman - Denver - obit	Mrs. Carolina Hunemueller (nee Schweer) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Fred Haverkamp - Rushville, Nebr. - (N)	Cyril L. Bowers - Frederika - obit
Mrs. J. Haverkamp - Tripoli - obit	Alfred S. Cass - Sumner - obit
March 04	August 19
Conrad Otterstetter - Tripoli - obit	William F. Sassman - Denver - obit
Mrs. Kenneth Bronner - Klinger/Waterloo - obit
	August 26
March 11	Richard Munger - Sumner/Conroe, TX - obit
Mrs. Louis Widdel - Denver - obit	William H. Meyer - Crane Creek/Denver - obit
March 18	September 02
Mrs. Caroline Beisner - Tripoli - obit	Harry M. Bloomquist - West Union - article & (N)
Mrs. Sophia Hay - Tripoli - obit	Henry Beisner - Denver - (N)
Wendell Smith - Plainfield - article & obit	Mrs. Anna Dos - Denver - (N)
Henry A. Buhr - Tripoli - obit	August Timm - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Elizabeth Leamon - Nashua - (N)
Mrs. Minnie Wattenpaugh Dawson (nee Vorhees) - Sumner - obit	September 09
	Frank J. Sager - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
March 25	Henry Beisner - Denver - obit
Emil Bloeser - Denver - obit	August Pagel - Sumner - obit
Leonard Dienst - Sumner - obit
	September 16
April 01	Mrs. Anna Bruns - Readlyn - obit
E.W. Claus - Tripoli/Greeley, CO - obit
John F. Schoof - Denver - obit	September 30
Mrs. Lorene Wheaton (nee Nolte) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Sam Galloway (nee Brewer) - Tripoli - Obit
April 08	October 07
Henry A. Griese - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Frank Johnson (nee Nelson) - Frederika - obit
Paul Sommerfelt - Crane Creek/Waverly - obit	Mrs. Marian Briggs (nee Brandenburg) - Sumner/Keystone - obit
Mrs. Herman Schneider (nee Nieman) - Sumner - obit
Fred Friedman - Sumner - obit	October 14
	Edward W. Lange - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
April 15	William J. Berger - Readlyn - (N)
Mrs. Sophie Leonard (nee Ohlendorf) - Tripoli/Little Falls, MN - obit	William C. Rector - Denver - obit
Mrs. Emma (Minna) Hesse (nee Bany) - Klinger/Readlyn - obit
Michael J. Woods - Sumner - obit	October 21
William Gaeder - Sumner - obit	Herman Kaiser - Denver - obit
Mrs. Asenath Burrow (nee Hatch) - Sumner - obit	Edward C. Westendorf - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
	Mrs. Ella Dodge - Northwood - (N)
April 22	Louis A. Rohde - Sumner/Riverside, Calif. - obit
Dulcie Jean Birkby (6y) - Riverton - (N)
Ed Bitterman - Nora Springs - (N)	October 28
Mrs. Sophia Wolff (nee Garland) - Sumner - obit	Arlin Platte - Denver - article & obit
Mrs.Emma Benter (nee Engel) - Sumner - obit	A.A. Geuter - Waverly - obit
Mrs. Hulda Heineman (nee Tegtmeier) - Sumner - obit	William Blasberg - Ft. Collins, CO - (N)
	William Happel - Klinger - obit
May 06	Henry Williams - Waverly - article & obit
Fred Richmann - Denver - obit	William Seehase - Buck Creek - obit
	Mrs. Fanny McCook - Sumner/Long Beach, CA - obit
May 13	Mrs. Lydia Bruere - Sumner/Salt Lake City, UT - obit
Rev. A. Matthias - Waverly - obit	Robert Shinstine - New Hampton - (N)
May 20	November 04
George Brewer - Tripoli - obit	Inf. son of Rev. Gerald M. Bock - Tripoli/Jerseyville, MO - (N)
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller (nee Garden) - Sumner - obit	William Hunemuller - Tripoli - obit
Nicholas Rommel - Demver - obit
Mrs. G.A. Forsman (nee Zbornik) - Sumner - obit	November 11
Lester Thompson - Pinelais, FL - obit	John Aurner - Denver - obit
May 27	November 18
Mrs. Minna Koeneke (nee Koch) - Tripoli/Ft. Morgan, CO - obit	Carrie Whitman (nee Fifield) - Frederika - obit
Nick J. Rommel - Readlyn - obit	Carl E. Ladage - Siegel - obit
	Mrs. Ida Kirchmann (nee Stahlhut) - Sumner - obit
June 03
Herman Krueger - Tripoli/Soldiers Home, Marshalltown - obit	November 25
	Carl H. Westendorf - Western Douglas/Tripoli - obit
June 10	Mark Herman (Inf. son of Wm. Hahle) - Sumner - (N)
Frank R. Boyd - Horton/Plainfield - obit	Mrs. Anna Sorge (nee Leyh) - Sumner - obit
John B. Marsh - LeRoy Twp/Waterloo - obit	Mrs. Minnie Tonn (nee Bruns) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Elmer Matthias (nee Sielaff) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Minnie Buenzow (nee Poehler) - Sumner - obit	December 02
	Richard Wille - Denver - obit
June 17	Mrs. Anna Hue (nee Kreis) - Western Douglas Twp - obit
Ernst Bergmann - Douglas Twp - obit
Carl Schweer - Fremont Twp - obit	December 09
John E. Enloe - Elma - article & (N)	Mrs. Mary Kappmeyer - Douglas Twp/Waverly - obit
William T. Goff - military veteran - obit	Fred Schilling - Waverly - obit
June 24	December 16
Lyle Pagel (5y) - Sumner - article & (N)	Mrs. Mary Oltrogge - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Ernestine Buhr (nee Telzman) - Sumner - obit	William Graening - Denver/Waterloo - obit
	Mrs. Irene Buls (nee Homan) - Frederika - obit
July 01
Mrs. Clara Heine (nee Kuecker) - Tripoli - article & obit	December 23
Cpl. William Chapin - Tripoli - article & (N)	Jacob F. Huppert -Washburn/Tripolli - obit
Beth Warnke (nee Stufflebeam) - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Serfoss (nee Shellhorn) - Waverly - obit
Christ Miller - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Fred Beckel (nee Sassmann) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Anna Bohle (nee Mohlis) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Carl Clausing (nee Wedeking) - Denver/Grants Pass, OR - obit	December 30
	Wayne Colburn - Tripoli - obit
	J.W. Patton - English, IN - (N)

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