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 06	June 30
Wayne Collburn - Tripoli - (N)	Mrs. Grace Engelbart - Readlyn - obit
January 13	July 07
Charles A. Bruns - Spring Fountain/Westgate - obit	James W. Nygren (7y)- Waterloo - obit
Herbert Goetz - Hazen, ND - (N)	Louis Tiedt - Readlyn - obit
Erwin Reisner - Sumner - obit
Rev. John Flottman - Sumner - obit	July 14
	Mrs. Bernard Nolte - Sumner - (N)
January 20	Malinda Gange (nee Schweer) - Readlyn - obit
Fred Schweer - Crane Creek - obit
Mrs. W.T. Denn (nee Todd) - Sumner/St. Charles, MN - obit	July 21
Roy G. Boehm - Sumner/Los Angeles, CA - (N)	Herman Bunger - Readlyn - obit
	Mrs. Shirley Jean Price (nee Buchholz) - Tripoli - obit
January 27	Elizabeth Westendorf - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. A.T. Gray - Frederika/Minneapolis, MN - (N)	David Waite (3y) son of Robert - Tripoli/Ventura - (N)
	Mrs. Melba Robertson (nee Niblock) - Sumner - obit
February 03	Mrs. Delores Nolte (nee Schult) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Margaret Lines - Waterloo - obit	John H. Biemann - Denver - obit
Ernest Mundfrom - Waverly - obit	Marvin Wintz - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Amanda (August) Tonne (nee Tegtmeier) - Tripoli - obit
	July 28
February 10	Ernest Milius - Denver - obit
R.D. McCook - Sumner - obit	Mrs. William Hoth (nee Wiebke) - Sumner - obit
Wm. J. Hughes - Sumner - obit
	August 04
February 17	Mrs. Louise Furrow (nee Wilharm) - Tripoli/Tucson, AZ - obit
Edwin Mowatt - Frederika - obit	Roger Lee Nauholz (7y) - Sumner - obit
*Lester Diekmann - declared dead as of 12/31/1950 - Readlyn - (N)
	August 11
February 24	Mrs. Ella Miner (nee Ernst) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Lena Kelso (nee Bohnsack)- Tripoli - obit	Donald D. Samsell - Waverly - obit
Mrs. Gottfried Goetz - Hazen, ND - (N)	William Westendorf - Sumner - obit
	Amil Gaede - Sumner - obit
March 03	Ronald Meier (8y) - Sumner - article & obit
Mrs. Kate Ostrander - article & (N)
Ernst Dettmering - Crane Creek - obit	August 18
Ray Meyer - Marengo, IL - (N)	Delbert Thurm - Readlyn - article & obit
Mrs. James Madden (nee Johnston) - Frederika/Sumner - obit
	August 25
March 10	Mrs. Emma Thies (nee Wolff) - Tripoli - obit
William C. Johnson - Tripoli - obit
Fred Steidler - Readlyn - obit	September 01
Roy Ferrand - Sumner - obit	Glenn Anderson - Tripoli/Grantsburg, WI - obit
*Lt. Robert Nieman - Sumner - article & obit	September 08
Christ Luther - Denver - obit	Harry Martin Marticoff (inf. son of Martin) - Waverly - (N)
	Mrs. Isabella Jacobson (nee Halvorson) - Tripoli - obit
March 17	Colleen Kay Haverkamp (inf. dau. of Lavern) - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs. Justine Heyer (nee Froehlich) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Carrie Carney (nee Taylor) - Frederika - obit
Wm. J Schultz - Vet Hosp, Iowa City - obit
R.S. (Pat) Van Wert - Hampton - (N)	September 15
	Mrs. Louis Jahnke - (nee Carstensen) - Tripoli - obit
March 24	Mrs. C.C. Judas - Readlyn - obit
R.G. Fenneman - Siegel - obit
William Garland - Tripoli - obit	September 22
	Burton B. Bennett - Tripoli - obit
March 31
Garl Reynolds - Janesville - (N)	September 29
	Clarence Baker - Waverly - article & (N)
April 07	Mrs. Emilie Kueker (nee Westendorf) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
Robert Green - Frederika - obit	John Harms - Sumner - obit
Eugene A. Sweet - Tripoli/Tulare, CA - obit	Mrs. Lydia Nolte (nee Rief) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
April 14	October 06
Mrs. Rosa Chapin (nee Bennett) - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Margaret Jacobson (nee Eichmann) - Tripoli/Clarksville - obit
*Cpl. Lester Diekmann - (declared dead Dec. 31, 1950) - Readlyn - obit	John H. Weidemann - Artesian/Waterloo - obit
	Henry Hoppenworth - Edgar, WI - (N)
April 21
Mrs. Louisa Strottman - Readlyn - obit	October 13
Fred Hagenow - Readlyn - obit	Henry Hoppenworth - Edgar, WI - obit
Becky Lee Adams (7y) - Klinger - obit	Herman H. Biermann - Western Douglas/Siegel - obit
	Mrs. Alice O'Rourke (nee Mundfrom) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
April 28	Charles Schiefelbein - Oran - obit
Guy O. VanDerveer - Waverly - article & (N)
Richard Walter Forsyth - Sumner - obit	October 20
	William Rodemeyer - Waverly - obit
May 05
Mrs. Hulda Johnson (nee Ludermann) - Waverly - obit	November 03
Herman Holm - Tripoli - (N)	George B. Coontz - Denver - obit
	Mrs. Lizzie Kroblin - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit
May 12	Robert Strempke - Sumner - obit
Charles Reusch - Crane Creek - obit
Mrs. Maud Goodsell (nee Stevenson) - Janesville - obit	November 10
	Martin Sievers - Frederika - obit
May 19	William Johnson - Frederika - obit
Mrs. Henry A. Buhr - Tripoli - (N)	James Conrad Reimler (14m. twin son of Gene) - Sumner - obit
J.L. Heidemann - Denver - obit
Edwin Hankner - Tripolli - obit	November 17
Joseph Ritz - Sumner - obit	John R. Mishler - Denver/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Sophie Knief (nee Stolte) - Denver - obit	Shirley Ann Pleggenkuhle (inf. dau. of Alfred) - Frederika - (N)
Mrs. Lucille Strong (nee Hamilius) - Denver - obit	Patricia Robin Fisher (5m. dau of Milton) - Denver - obit
Christ Pipho - Denver - obit	Inf. twin dau. of Wilbert Meyer - Sumner - (N)
	Mrs. Emma Winning - Tripoli - (N)
May 26	Debra Kuker (inf. dau. of Donald) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Buhr - Crane Creek - obit	John Meyer - Sumner - obit
William Slack - Waverly - (N)
Mrs. William Slack - Waverly - (N)	November 24
	Herman Thoms - Readlyn - obit
June 02	Mrs. Emma Winning (nee Weihe) - Tripoli - obit
George Bentley - Denver - obit
Mrs. Christine Claus (nee Wilharm) - Tripoli/Greeley, CO - obit	December 01
Mrs. Mona Day (nee Hammetter) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Anna Davis (nee Dawson) - Sumner - obit
George Denner - Chickasaw County - (N)
	December 05
June 09	Will Hoppenworth - Western Douglas/Waverly - (N)
Conrad Goodenbour - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Amelia Carroll (nee Ebert) - Frederika - obit
Herbert Pries - Readlyn - obit
Elmer Ritz (WW I vet) - Frederika - (N)	December 15
	William Hoppenworth - Western Douglas - obit
June 16	George Fox - Frederika - obit
Malinda Fink (3y) (dau. of Ray) - Tripoli - obit	Adolph Bartels - Readlyn -
Mrs. Anna Blaschke (nee Tolzman) - Sumner - obit
	December 22
June 23	Frederick W. Clausing - Denver/Waterloo - obit
John Meier - Readlyn - obit	Keith Scott - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Ida Ann Kuker (nee Buls) - Tripolil - obit	Mrs. Francis B. Holmes (nee Green) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Will Kraft - Sumner - obit	Alma Meier - Denver/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Anna Eastman - West Union - (N)	John C. Kurtt - Denver - obit
Mrs. H.B. Sammons - Manchester - (N)
Mrs. Emma Fox - Oelwein - (N)
Ernest A.A. Reasland - Osage - (N)
Emil Hehmke - Bethel Twp., Fayette County - (N)

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