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 02 July 24
Miss Sophia Nolte - Siegel - obit Mrs. Arthur G. Langholz - Sumner/Sterling, NE - obit
Mrs. Clara Meyer - Dunkerton/Denver - obit Mrs. Emma Foelske - Denver - obit
  William Ehlert - Sumner - (N)
January 09 Lee Miller - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit
Burton E. Sweet - Tripoli/Waverly - obit Mrs. Julia Primus (nee Nichols) - Sumner - obit
Arthur Lauck - Oelwein - obit Philip Sorge - Sumner - obit
Charles Olds - Sumner - obit  
Martin Mittelheuser - Forest Park, IL - (N) July 31
  Mrs. Louise Matthiesen - Frederika/Waterloo - (N)
January 16 Loy Young Tripoli/Mankato, MN - obit
Mrs. Lena Gillett - Frederika - obit Edwin Bergmann - Douglas Twp/Toledo, IA - obit
Mary Ann Jones (Inf. Dau. of Russell) - Sumner - (N)  
  August 07
January 30 Mrs. Louise Mathiesen (nee Moeller) - Tripoli - obit
John F. Arthur - Sumner - (N) Mrs. Louisa A. Whitman (nee Buhrow) - Frederika/Minneapolis, MN - obit
Mrs. Lillian Harvey (nee Glass) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Marry Tonne (nee Stromer) - Tripoli - obit
  W. Merwyn George - Janesville - obit
February 06 Henry Seehase - Sumner - obit
John F. Arthur - Sumner - obit  
Henry Bathke - Sumner - obit August 14
  John Swinton - Nashua - article & (N)
February 13  
Ernest Kammeyer - Tripoli - obit August 21
Mrs. Roy Rathbone - Sumner - obit Richard Meiners - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Sophia Seehas (nee Zell) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Bertha Flood - Frederika/Waterloo - (N)
Mrs. Sophia Schroeder (nee Niemeier) - Denver - obit Clarence Rau - Sumner - obit
   
February 20 August 28
G. Adolph Forsman - Sumner - obit Mrs. Sophia Tegtmeier (nee Buhr)- Sumner - obit
Mrs. Jessie Crawford (nee Robinson) - Sumner/Woodstock, IL - obit  
  September 04
February 27 Mrs. Alvina Bergmann (nee Homann) - Western Douglas - obit
Henry Bieman - Tripoli/County Home - obit William B. Hitch - Sumner - obit
Henry Pries - Bremer County/Waterloo - obit'  
  September 11
March 06 Auguest Foelske - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Margorie Oliver (nee Marsh) - Bremer County/Centralia, MO - obit Werner Wedemeier - Tripoli - article & obit
Michael Robert Corkery (Inf. son of Robert) - Sumner - obit Lucille Brase - Douglas Twp/Woodward State Hosp. - obit
  Mrs. Herman Schuldt - Denver - obit
March 13  
Mrs. Anna Clausing(nee Diercks) - Denver - obit September 18
Mrs. Mable Rettig (nee Heinemann) - Sumner - obit W.C. Wedemeier - Denver - obit
Mrs. Cora Griesert (nee Baker) - Sumner - obit Henry Bunger - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Bernice Hammel (nee Goff) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Louise Henniges (nee Leslien) - Sumner - obit
   
March 20 September 25
Mrs. Betty Brooks (nee Elliott) - Glendale, CA - (N) Mrs. Harold Hoeger - Tripoli/West Covina, CA - (N)
Ed Borchert - Denver - obit Peter Theisinger - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
Mrs. Mary Lou Kirchhoff (nee Lau) - Tripoli - obit  
Mrs. Nora Ganske - Readlyn - obit October 02
Harvey Clary - Frederika/Edmunton, Alberta, Canada - obit Mrs. Hazel Pace (nee Hunt) - Sumner - obit
Emil Bahlmann - Frederika - (N) Louis Allenstein - Sumner - obit
Otto O. Ladwig - Sumner/Hampton - obit Otto Torno - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Elisa Lauterbach (nee Hoth) - Sumner - obit William McGuiness - Sumner - obit
  Mrs. Amy Dean (nee Theobold) - Sumner - obit
March 27  
Mrs. Louise Spier (nee Klemp) - Readlyn - obit October 09
Emil Bahlmann - Frederika - obit John W. Hesse - Denver - obit
Herman Schwem - Tripoli - obit Mrs. Minnie Boeckmann (nee Schultz) - Tripoli - obit
Edward Borchert - Tripoli - obit Otto C. Kuethe - Readlyn/Waverly - obit
Mrs. Nora Ganske (Nee Nield) - Readlyn - obit Donald Whitman - Frederika/West Plains, MO - obit
Henry Buhrmeiter - Sumner - obit  
Mrs. Dora Duhrkopf - Sumner - obit October 16
  Harold Pierce - Tripoli - obit
April 03 Mrs. Margaret Parrott (nee Ambrose) - Tripoli - obit
Archie Clary - Frederika/Waverly - obit Mrs. Rika Pries - Frederika/Waterloo - obit
  Carolee Kimball (4y) )dau. of Homer) - Sumner - obit
April 17 Mrs. Frederika Keding - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Maria Tegtmeier (nee Weidemann) - Tripoli - obit Mrs. Ida Grahlmann (nee Kencken) - Sumner/Minneapolis, Minn. - obit
Mrs. Grace Durant (nee Penny) - Sumner - obit  
John Rohrssen - Sumner/Jesup - obit October 23
Frank Vierth - Sumner - obit Mrs. Alvina Hildebrandt (nee Meier) - Tripoli - obit
Carl Biermann - Sumner - (N) Mrs. Emma Judisch (nee Seehase) - Buck Creek - obit
  Louis C. Funk - New Hampton/Appleton, MN - (N)
April 24 Mrs. Margaret Parrott - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Mabel Kuhrt (nee Pries) - Tripoli - obit Harold Upham - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Minnie Westendorf (nee Schwartz) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit Mrs. Helena Seehase (nee Thies) - Sumner - obit
Carl Biemann - Siegel/Tripoli - obit  
Ed Gurtiz - Sumner - obit October 30
Mrs. Christine Mirs (nee Strottman) - Sumner - obit Guy Carpenter - Sumner - obit
   
May 01 November 06
Charles W. Stout - Sumner - obit Ernest G. Redies - Tripoli - obit
Lee O. Peacock - Tripoli - obit Clyde McConkey - Pinhook - obit
  Mrs. Hulda Hagemann - Denver/Palmdale, CA - obit
May 15 Mrs. Amos Hinde - Readlyn/Milwaukee - obit
Mrs. Alma Strempke (nee Westendorf) - Klinger - obit Harry Trost - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit
Elaine Buchholz (9y) - Douglas Twp - obit Ruth Wehling - Waterloo - (N)
John Notbohm - Sumner - obit  
  November 13
May 22 George M. Schaper - New Hampton - obit
John Boeckmann - Siegel - obit Mrs. William Steitler - Denver - obit
Walter Berg - Sumner - obit Francis Alvin Beach (Inf. son of William) - New Hampton - (N)
Wilbert Gebert - Sumner - article & obit Mrs. Rose Belschner (nee Ladwig) - Sumner/Madison, WI - obit
John Laabs - Sumner - obit Mrs. Anna Leyh (nee Albrecht) - Sumner - obit
   
May 29 November 20
Mrs. Hulda Heideman (nee Carstensen) - Tripoli - obit' John Timion - Janesville - obit
Arthur Testorff - Frederika - obit Mrs. Emma Blowers - St. Paul, MN - article & obit
Ed Kuhrt - Tripoli/Colfax - obit Mrs. Sadie Belknap (nee Finch) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Grace Panzer - Pinhook/Sumner - obit Mrs. Bertha Holm (nee Wedemeier) - Tripoli - obit
  Mrs. Bertha Buhr (nee Kukenmeister) - Sumner - obit
June 05  
Henry Kruse - Tripoli - obit November 27
Henry H. Schlichting - Tripoli - obit Henry F. Poock - Readlyn - obit
F.L. McAlpine - Waverly - obit H.H. Biermann - Tripoli - obit
  John Waldrop - Anchorage, AL - obit
June 19 Edwin Heinemann - Oran - obit
R.H. Adelmund - Waverly - obit A.H. Buss - Denver - obit
Ernest Meyer - Klinger - obit A.J. Maillie - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
Edwin Schwan - Sumner - obit  
Chris Hagenbuch - Sumner - obit December 04
  Mrs. Ida Pike (nee Whitman) - Frederika - obit
June 26  
William Hesse - Denver - obit December 11
Mark W. Petersen - Cedar Falls - obit Agnes Fikenscher - Waverly - obit
Fay Harris - Indiana - (N) William Sass - Denver - obit
Louis Dreier - Sumner - obit Alvina Eickelberg - Denver - obit
  Rev. A.G. Rausch - Des Moines - obit
July 03 Ernest Homan - Denver obit
Mrs. Bermard Beckmann - Readlyn/Independence - obit Arthur Frisch - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Herbert Blaschke (nee Cosby) - Sumner - obit Elwin Ladwig - Sumner - obit
Gus Hahn - Sumner - obit  
  December 18
July 10 Ernest H. Homan - Denver - obit
Edward Graf - Sumner - obit Mrs. Julia McAloon - Sumner - (N)
Mrs. Sophie Brandt - Denver - obit  
Mrs. Mary Lemke - Sumner - obit December 25
  Mrs. Conrad Lampe - Waverly - (N)
July 17 Mrs. Alma Warneke - Readlyn - obit
Nathan M. Reichert - Dunkerton - obit Rev. Theo. Thomas - Ft. Dodge - obit
Mrs. H.O. Steege - Denver - obit Guy Forsman - Sumner/St. Louis, MO - obit
Carl Schneider - Readlyn - obit  
Lilliam McLaren (nee Muench) - Independence - (N)  
Lee Miller - Sumner - (N)  

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