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.

1 January	11 June
Mary Loebsack (nee Holm) (92y) - Waterloo - obit	Vern H. Busse - Western Douglas - obit & article
Rev. Paul C. Schanke (former pastor at St. Paul E&R, Buck Creek) - N	Donald Hurmence - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Anna Schanke (nee Kleinau) - (wife of pastor, formerly of Tripoli) - N	Ralph Buttolph - Waterloo - obit
George Cordes (father of Herman) 78y - Germany - N
William R. McClure - Sumner - obit	18 June
Paul Shank - Sumner/Griswold - obit	Mrs. Arleen (Norbert) Speth 9 (nee Halvorson) - Sumner - obit
8 January	25 June
Mrs. Stella Alderman Dalton (nee Blancher) (81y) - Tripoli - obit	LaVerne I. Klenzman (brother of F.A. Klenzman) - Wenatchee, WA - obit
Mrs. Duane Bockholt - Readlyn - N	Mrs. Elmer McKeown (nee Tietje) - Sumner - obit
Arthur Thies - 59 - Sumner - obit	Richard Rettig - Tripoli - obit
	Mark Richard Burrack (inf. son of Rev. Richard) - Western Douglas - obit
15 January	Dale J. Rieck (15y) - Tripoli - obit & Article
Conrad Fritz (88y) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Emma Williams Lau (nee Funk) - Tripoli - obit	2 July
Mrs. Fred Kimball - Tripoli/Lebanon, N.H. - obit	Henry Barbknecht - Baraboo, Wisc. - obit
Mrs. Louise Liebau - Waverly - (N)
Herman Klotz (84y) - Sumner - obit	9 July
Sgt. Phillip R. Marling - Independence - obit	Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Carrick - Bagley - (N & article)
Leonard Slaughter - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	Mrs. Josephine Potratz - Sumner - obit
John Jacob - Sumner - (N)	Ida Amundson - Sumner - obit
22 January	16 July
Raymond Guhlow (48y) - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Wilhelmine Mixdorf - Denver/Readlyn - obit
Charles L. Ager - Frederika - (N)	Herman Rosenow - Sumner - (N)
Herman Albrecht - Klinger/Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Ethel Faye (Jack) Byers - Kent, Washington - (N)
29 January	23 July
Mrs. Emma (Ernst) Drewis (nee Kuhrt) - Tripoli - obit	Henry H. Buhr - Tripoli - obit
Charles L. Ager - Frederika - obit	John R. Nield - Readlyn/Waverly - obit
Mrs. Minna Schultz Buhr (nee Meyer) - Sumner	Mrs. Martha Pennington (nee Lease) - Sumner - obit
L.L. (Gillie) Wells - Sumner/Little Rock, Ark.- obit	Mrs. Josephine Bierbaum - Sumner - (N)
Mrs. Alvina (Frank) Haupt - Sumner - obit
	30 July
5 February	Henry A. Buhr - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Augusta Klenzmann (90y) - Sumner - obit	Esther Lemke - sumner - obit
Mrs. Caroline (Henry J) Meyerhoff - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Mary Meyer (nee Vogt) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Arthur Shepard - Sumner/Chicago - obit	Mrs. Lydia Dawson (nee Harms) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
Mrs. Henrietta Tanner (nee Stevens) - Sumner/Des Moines - obit	Paul McDonald- Sumner/Trenton, MO - obit
Anthony (Tony) Sievers - Tripoli - (N)
	6 August
12 February	Bertram L. Woodcock - Cedar Falls - obit
A.C. (Tony) Sievers - Tripoli - obit	Peter DeVries - Denver - obit
Mrs. Fred Biesterfelt - Tripoli - obit	Emma Rector - Denver - obit
Eugene Abbas- Frederika/Tripoli - (N)	Fred Reinhart - Sumner - obit
	Sam Munger - Sumner - obit
9 February
William C. Millius (83y) - Denver - obit	13 August
Mrs. Martha (Fred) Biesterfelt (nee Kreger) - Tripoli - obit	Fred Dorn - Denver - obit
Elmer Tiedt - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Ida Warner - Tripoli/Carmel, Calif - obit
Eugene George Abbas - Frederika - obit	Mrs. Lilliam Havenstrite (nee Reeck) - Seattle, Wash. - obit
	Mrs. Jacob Hoffman - Key West, IA - obit
26 February	Hugh Armentrout - Maynard - obit
Diane Schleasman (14y) - Waterloo - (N & article)
Edward Bergmann (72y) - Tripoli - obit	20 August
Otto Meyerhoff (57y) - Sumner/Los Angeles - obit	Almond Fridley - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Ella (Tim) Powers (88y) - Sumner - obit	Will Hagenberg - Sumner - obit
Hnery Bohle (86y) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Grace E. Rogers (nee Mather) - Sumner - obit
Bernhardt Struck (twin brother of Ernest) - Tripoli - (N)
	10 September
5 March	Albert Olson - Denver - obit
William D. Kueker - Tripolil/Artesian - obit	Mrs. Clara (Henry) Schmidt (nee Kuhrt) - Tripoli - obit
Harley H. Sorg - Tripolil/Marion - obit	Mrs. Sophia Ann (John) Nolting - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Anna Schneider - Denver - obit	Mrs. Arend Dreyer - Aplington - obit
Mrs. Emma Segebarth - Waverly - obit	Anton Licht - Sumner - obit
Glenn Trout - Hawkeye/Sumner - obit
Mrs. Edna (Elmer) Ladwig - Sumner/Postville - obit	17 September
	Mrs. Alvina Boevers - Readlyn - obit
12 March	William Boevers - Tripoli - obit & article
Mrs. Lisetta Griese - Denver - obit	Lester Reichel - Hawkeye - obit
William Siggelkov - Readlyn - obit	Henry Wenthe - Sumner - obit
August Schumacher - Tripoli - obit	Roy W. Benning - Sumner - obit
Richard Pepperling - Waterloo - (N & article)
Mrs. L.C. Warneke - Denver - obit	24 September
Rudolph Tonn - Jesup - (N)	Mrs. Sophia Everding (nee Clausing) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Alma Pease - Sumner - obit	William Sneller - Sumner/Tripoli - obit
Mrs. P.A. Smith - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Marie Lease - Sumner - obit	1 October
Mrs. Anna (Herman) Kuker (nee Steege) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Leonard Buhrow (nee Guhlow) - Fredericksburg - obit
	Henry W. Lemke - Sumner - obit
19 March
Mrs. Albert Lee - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	8 October
Ernest E. Fink - Oran - obit	Mrs. Louisa Mundfrom (nee Ladage) - Tripoli - obit
Edward Gitch - Fredericksburg - (N)	Edward McCue - Sumenr/Waterloo - obit
Dean Leslie Hartmann (8m) - Fairbank - (N)
	15 October
26 March	Mrs. Emma (William) Biesner (nee Tegtmeier) - Tripolil - obit
Herman Kuker - Sumner - obit	Mrs. William Huebner - Readlyn - (N)
Dr. W.L. Whitmire - Sumner - obit	Fred Kimball - Readlyn - (N)
Gustav Schwemm - Siegel/Tripoli - obit	Mayme Kangley - Sumner - obit
George Nieman - Sumner - obit
	22 October
2 April	Mrs. Martha (William) Huebner (nee Meyerhoff) - Klinger - obit
John Fritz - Hawkeye - obit	Fred Kimball - Readlyn - obit
Earl Kroblin - Sumner - obit
Dr. Whitmire - Sumner - another obit	29 October
Sam Munger - Sumner/Long Beach, CA - obit	Richard Wolf - Readlyn - obit
	Rev. A.F. Carsten - Waverly - obit
9 April	Alfred Hunemiller - Dunkerton - obit
Mrs. Cicely (George) Banwell (nee Mooney) - Frederika - obit	Mrs. Louise (Fred) Nuss (nee Sell) - Sumner - obit
Ernest Spier - Readlyn - obit	Neil Wallace - Sumner/Parkersburg - obit
Fred Dilley - Pinhook/Sumner - (N)	Mrs. Louie Reimler - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
16 April	5 November
Mrs. Daniel Krick (sister of Emma Bunger) - Chicago - (N)	Infant son of Don Koschmeder - Readlyn - (N)
Rene Orvis - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Esther (Arthur) Sorge (nee Frisch) - Sumner - obit
23 April	12 November
Mrs. H.C. Rohrssen - Denver - obit	W.C. Moeller - Readlyn - obit
	Mrs. Letha (John) Heller (nee Baumbartner) - Sumner - obit
30 April	Harold Koberle - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Clara Knox - Hawkeye - (N)
August Brase - Western Douglas/Waverly - (N)	19 November
Clifford Shook - Denver - obit	W.C. Moeller - Readlyn - obit
Dr. H.E. Johnston - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Helen (Gay E.) Shipp - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Sophie Miller - Sumner - obit	Irene O'Day - Pinhook - obit
Robert Meighan - Sumner - obit
	26 November
7 May	Theo. McNamee - Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Alberta Reimer - Sumner - obit	Theodore W. Slack - New Hampton/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Elsie Hansen - Sumner - obit	Hans Wilkens - Denver - obit
Infant Lahmann (son of Arlon) - Tripoli - (N)	Robert Wagner - Frederika - (N)
	Herman Schweer - Readlyn - obit
14 May	Mrs. Mary (James) Walker (nee Veasey) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Wayner Buhr - Denver - obit & article
Lawrence Dettmer - Tripolli - obit	3 December
Clement C. Bennett - Tripoli/Visalia - obit	Robert Wagner - Frederika - obit
Frank Harding - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Emma (August) Moeller (nee Moehling) - Tripoli - obit
	Fred Reimler - Sumner - obit
21 May	Oscar Bethel - Sumner - obit
August C. Harms - Frederika - obit
Lawrence Dettmer - Siegel - second obit	10 December
Owen D. Marsh - Pinhook/County Home - obit	Leonard E. Buhrow - Frederika - obit
H.W. Gillmann - Denver - (N)	Herman Schweer - Tripoli - obit
28 May	17 December
Mrs. Ethyl Corwin (mother of Mrs. E.C. Biermann - Waterloo - (N)	Henry F. Matthias
Dale Schmidt - Tripoli - obit & article	Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carstensen - Waverly - (N & article)
	Mrs. Sophia (Henry) Klemp (nee Wehling) - Tripoli - obit
4 Jun	Henry F. Matthias - Denver - obit
Mrs. Henry Kussatz (sister of Minnie Everding) - Waterloo - (N)	Mrs. Emilie (Theodore) Frese (nee Schnakenberg) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Mina Koelling - Denver/Waverly - obit	John Woods - Randalia - (N)
Mrs. Lisetta Meyer - Denver/Waterloo - obit
Arthur Robinson - Sumner - obit	31 December
	Mrs. Henry Lobeck - Readlyn - obit
	Mrs. Albert Mohling - Denver - obit
	Fred Bergmann - Siegel/Tripoli - obit
	Mrs. Iva (Ralph) Smothers (nee Moore) - Sumner/West Union - obit

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