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 04	July 04
Richard H. Diekmannn - Denver/Cedar Falls - obit	James Henry Ritner - Kansas City, MO - article & obit
Mrs. Anna Knief (nee Brandt) - Artesian - obit	Mrs. Theodore Kemp - Belmond - obit
Larry Lee Kueker (9m) (son of Erhardt) - Sumner - (N)	John J. Neuendorf - Tripoli - obit
	Edward Niemeyer - Tripoli - obit
January 11	Mrs. Anna Walthers (nee Stoffregen) - Denver - obit
Norma Jean Axon - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Christina Leyh (nee Albrecht) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Caroline Schellhorn (nee Rewoldt) - Tripoli - obit	Fred Marsh - Denver - (N)
Mrs. Alice Moeller (nee Biesterfelt) - Tripoli - obit	Jean Marie Steinbronn - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
Kenneth L. Sorge - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Gieseman (nee Henniges) - Sumner - obit	July 11
Mrs. Amanda Dick (nee Thies) - Elma - obit	Fred Marsh - Denver - obit
	James Ritner - Memorial Service
January 18	Leo A. Heyer - Sumner - obit
Danial F. (Meyers) Stevens - Tripoli - article & obit	Mrs. Mae Louise Koch (nee Nolte) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Helen Goodenbour (nee Meswarb) - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Florence Loeffelhardt (nee Dawson) - Sumner - obit
Anton Rosol - Waverly - obit
Teresa Joan Pagel (3m dau. of of Russell) - Sumner - obit	July 18
Mrs. Mabel Schuknecht - Tripoli/Selma, CA - (N)	Mrs. Anna Pape - West Union/Eldorado - (N)
Mrs. Bertha Nolte (nee Poehler) - Buck Creek - (N)	G. William Schweer - Readlyn - obit
Louis Carstensen - Tripoli - (N)	Herman Kirchhoff - Tripolli - (N)
	Mrs. Lilliam Vierth (nee McBride) - Sumner - obit
January 25	Mrs. Anna Ladwig (nee Schultz) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Bertha Nolte - Buck Creek - obit	Adolph Borges - Siegel/Sumner - obit
	Lorenz Koehler - Sumner - obit
February 01
Nicholas R. Ambrose - Tripoli - obit	July 25
John C. Zander - Tripoli - obit	John Prestien - Tripoli - obit
Henry S. Shomer - Sumner - obit	Gottfried Goetz - Hazen, ND - (N)
	Donald Leech - Sumner - obit
February 08	Gordon Covel - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Ernest Spier - Readlyn - obit	Cletus Walz - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Stella Truair (nee Buenger) - Sumner/Randolph, MN - obit	Mark Sexton (5y) - Sumner - obit
	Herman Kirchhoff - Siegel/Tripoli - obit
February 15
Carl Behrend - Tripoli - obit	August 01
Mrs. Dewey Opperman - Waterloo - obit	Mrs. Augusta Kuhrt - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs. Minnie Wenthe (nee Jarchow) - Sumner - obit	Elmer Drape - Frederika - (N)
	Mrs. Ida Meyer (nee Vogt) - Sumner - obit
February 22	Charles L. Courter - Waterloo - obit
Rev. E.H. Gillman - Tripoli - obit
Gustave Marks - Sumner - obit	August 08
Carl Behrend - Tripoli - (N)	Edwin L. Dorn - Denver - obit
	Frred Stahlhut - Sumner - obit
February 28	William A. Tietje - Sumner - obit
Arthur Tegtmeier - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Mary Nolte (nee Sell) - Sumner - obit
Herbert E. Claus Sr. - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Karen Mae Mohlis (Inf. twin dau. of Ernest) - Sumner - obit
Charles Krueger - Buck Creek - obit	Augusta Rettig Kuhrt (nee Krueger) - Tripoli - obit
Fred Beckel - Denver - obit	Elmer Drape - Siegel/Frederika - obit
Seth A. McGee - Frederika - obit
William Schroeder - Buck Creek/Sumner - obit	August 15
Will Kohls - Sumner/Elgin - (N)	Carl H. Poock - Readlyn -obit
Richard Benner - Pinhook - (N)	Dr. Lawrence Finney - Georgetown, IL - (N)
March 07	August 22
Christoph Drape - Tripoli - obit	Dr. E.D. Plass - Saranac Lake, NY - obit
Mrs. Martha Hanff (nee Weger) - Tripoli/Wykoff, MN - obit	Otto Whitnable - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Lena Hoth Gersonde (nee Barth) - Sumner - obit	C.H. Poock - Klinger - obit
Mrs. Alice Nolte (nee Rief) - Sumner/Lakewood, CA - obit
S.A. McGee - Frederika - (N)	August 29
Augusta Hommema - Pecatonica, IL - (N)	Mrs.Herbert Wittenburg - Readlyn - obit
March 14	Henry Sassmann - Denver - obit
	Everett Dudley Plass - Iowa City - obit
Mrs. William J. Steege (nee Meier) - Denver - obit
John Ehlers - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	September 05
A.H. Moment - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Diane Burdine Rathe (Inf. dau. of Donald) - Readlyn - obit
	John Hanson - Readlyn - obit
March 21	Mrs. Herbert Wittenburgt (nee Degelau) - Artesian/Denver - obit
Mrs. Mary Pries (nee Hunemuller) - Tripoli - (N)
Carl Miller - Tripoli - (N)	September 12
Mrs.Rose Timm (nee Barth) - sumner - obit	Fred H. Doepke - Tripoli - obit
William Seegers - Sumner - obit	George Koschmedeer - Readlyn - (N)
	Karen Kay Frisch - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
March 28
Mrs. Anna Abel (nee Eiffert) - Newton - (N)	September 19
Mrs. Mary Pries (nee Hunemuller) - obit	George Koschmeder - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Louise Moehling (nee Seegers) - Denver - obit	Mrs. James Mitchell - Waterloo - article & (N)
Carl Miller - Siegel - obit
Mrs. Minnie Krienke - New Hampton - obit	September 26
John H. Smith - Sumner - obit	Martine Melcher - Artesian/Chicago IL - obit
April 04	October 03
James Maddem - Sumner - obit	Henry Hankner - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Hattie Johnston - San Clemente, CA - (N)	William Bany - Tripoli - obit
James Eveland - Frederika - obit	Mrs. Pearle Kollman - Sumner - (N)
Phillip Bolte - Minnesota - (N)
William Benzine - Sumner/Charles City - obit	October 10
John Robertson - Sumner - obit	Randolph Tiedt - Readlyn - obit
April 11	October 17
Walter Mahlzahn - Tripoli - obit	Arthur Schumacher - Readlyn - obit
Louisa Piehl - Readlyn - obit	Harley C.. Soles - Waterloo - obit
Edwin E. Tonne - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Mrs. Otto Klemp (nee Banser) - Sumner - obit
Fred Kirchmann - Sumner/Chosen, FL - obit	Fred Becker - Denver - obit
Roy Robertson - Sumner - obit	Mrs. James Peacock - Bloomington, WI - obit
April 18	October 24
Arhurt Hunemuller - Tripoli - obit	Edwin Joens - Western Douglas - obit
Mrs. John Dins - Denver/Deer River, MN - (N)	H.W. Bergmann - Douglas Twp - obit
	A.J. Schumacher - Klinger - obit
April 25	Mrs. Dorothea Albrecht (nee Boedecker) - Readlyn - obit
John H. Mueller - Tripoli/Kansas City, MO - (N)	David John Casey (inf. son of John J.) - Tripoli - obit
Mary Fedeler - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Lena Gies (nee Harmening) - Tripoli/Iowa City - obit
Arthur Partridge - Sumner - obit
	October 31
May 02	Mrs. Leo Nobisch - New Hampton - (N)
Kevin Kent Heine (Inf. son of Erwin) - Tripoli - obit
Arthur Hunemuller - Crane Creek - obit	November 07
Carl J. Mohlis - Sumner - obit	Dale Wilson - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Martha Damon Borland (nee Harms) - Sumner - obit	Albert Potratz - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Minnie Klooz - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	John F. Repp - Denver - obit
Gleason Chapin - Tripoli/Brookfield, IL - obit
	November 14
May 09	Ernest Redies - State Hospital, Independence - obit
Fred C. Peters - Denver - obit	John Sassmann - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Lawrence Traeger - Sumner/West Union - obit	John Berlin Miller - Des Moines - obit
	Mrs. Olive Bagnard (nee Bowers) - Frederika - obit
May 16	Fred Biermann - Siegel/Tripolil - obit
William Nolte - Siegel - obit	Mrs. Ruby Whitcomb - Fredericksburg - obit
Mrs. Olive Martin (nee Caudill) - Oklahoma City, OK - (N)	John Mohlis Sr. - Sumner - obit
Fred Degelau - Waverly - obit
	November 21
May 23	Ernst Tegtmeier - Tripoli - obit
Carl Vandersee - Sumner - obit	Swen Allette Ellertson (3y) - Rockford - obit
	Mrs. Carl Erikson - Aurora, MN - (N)
May 30	Vayland Farrand - Sumner/Pomona, CA - obit
James O. Ranard - Waterloo - obit	Harvey O. Moyer - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
Fred Moser - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Anna Nordmann - Clarksville - (N)
Mrs. Alice Hoepfner (nee Granneman) - Sumner - obit	Alfred William Zabel - Fredericksburg - obit
Orville Bremmer - Sumner - obit
	November 28
June 06	Bryce Happel (11y) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Emma Klemp (nee Breitsprecher) - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Malinda Lenius (nee Scheve) - Tripoli - obit
	Fred Walters - Denver/Grafton, IL - obit
June 13	John H. Kasemeier - Sumner - obit
Jean Steinbronn - Tripoli - (N)	Howard Kroblin - Sumner - (N)
Julia McDonald - Frederika -obit
Emma Redemann - Tripoli - (N)	December 05
Herman Brummund - Denver - obit	Mrs. Malinda Lenius (nee Scheve) - Tripoli - obit
John H. Patton - Los Angeles, CA - article & (N)	August Platte - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Alvina Waschkat (nee Meier) - Sumner - obit	Howard W. Kroblin - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Marie Meyer (nee Boderman) - Sumner - obit
	December 12
June 20	Mrs. Frieda Welch (nee Buenneke) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Wilhelmine Kimbal - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Emma Beaumont (nee Schott) - Waterloo - (N)
Jeffrey Risse (2 1/2 y) - Readlyn - oobit	Mrs. Mary Peterson (nee Schott)- Waterloo - (N)
Frred Nuss - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Redemann (nee Schuknecht) - Tripoli - obit	December 19
	Herman Milius - Maxfield Twp - obit
June 27	LaVere Smith - Sumner/Council Bluffs - (N)
Henry Warnke - Tripoli - obit
Fred Kurtt - Denver - obit	December 26
	August Gipper - Waterloo - obit
	Mrs. Eda Cass (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit

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