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.

7 January 8 July
Henry Bergmann - Western Douglas- obit Clifford Zamzow - Sibley - obit
Stephen Wilson - Denver - obit Herman H. Plagens - Tripoli - obit
Rev. H.H. Kitson - Sumner - obit W. J. Steege - Denver - obit
Mrs. Effa (William) McMeans (nee Treloar) - Sumner - obit Henry J. Meyer - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Maria (Gottlieb) Fritz (nee Krumm) - obit  
  15 Jul
14 January William Carney - Frederika - obit
Mrs. Mary (August) Heideman (nee Hoerman) - Denver - obit Pam Kowalsky (10y) - LaPorte City - (N)
Albert L. Pries - Tripoli/San Diego, CA - obit Henry Meyer - Sumner - 2nd obit
Stephen Wilson - Denver - 2nd obit  
Mrs. Martha (Arnold) Cornish (nee Boehm) - Sumner/Oelwein - (N) 22 Jul
Paul Nilges - Sumner - obit Pam Kowalsky -LaPorte City - obit
Inf. dau. of Lyle Kasemeier - Spring Fountain - (N) Herman Kussatz - Denver - obit
Dr. F.S. Epeneter - Tripoli/Portland, OR - (N) John LaRue - Frederika - obit
  Mrs. Evelena Rubyor (nee Knox) - Hawkeye/Sumner - obit
21 January  
Louis Kurtt - Denver - obit 5 August
Theresa (Michael) Goodenbour (nee Buhrow)- Tripoli - obit Mrs. Caroline (J.P.) Snelling (nee Franklin) - Tripoli - obit
Albert Duhrkopf - Sumner - obit Frank Goodenbour - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. Esther (P.A.) McIntyre (nee Ledson) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Theo. Schmidt - Klinger - obit
Herman Buldhaupt - Sumner - obit Mrs. Lulu (William) Hagenbuch (nee Sommer) - Tripoli - obit
William H. Wenthe - Sumner/Hawkeye - (N) Carl Gade - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Vella (Guy) Aufferbaugh (nee Farrand) - Sumner/Arlington, VA - (N)  
  12 August
28 January Barbara Foelske (inf. dau. of Wilbert) - Denver - (N)
Mrs. John Seegers (nee Fasel) - Denver - obit Inf. dau. of Howard Bunger - Western Douglas - (N)
Louis Kurtt - Denver - 2nd obit Clark Oberdiear - Plainfield - obit
August Bunger - Tripoli - obit  
Christ Zander - Tripoli - obit 19 Aug
Mrs. Fidelia (F.J.) Wells (nee Munger) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Mary Engelke (nee Heick) - Sumner - obit
  Chris Ladwig - Fredericksburg - obit
4 February  
Alfred H. Bock - Tripoli - obit 26 August
Clifford Gunsalus - Frederika - obit Paul Zabel - Tripoli - obit
Mary Ellen Whitney - Plainfield - obit Mrs. Karoline Westendorf - Siegel - obit
Mrs. W.D. Bussey (nee Diekmann) - Denver - obit  
  2 Sept
11 February Carl H. Struck - Tripoli - obit
Mrs.Emelie Hennings (nee Hagenow) - Readlyn - obit John Eickelberg - Klinger - obit
Mrs. Ernestine (William) Gade (nee Pieper) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Angeline Lindfield - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs.Annie JUNE (Cecil) Mills (nee Haggerty) - Sumner - obit  
  9 Sept
18 February Wendel A. Peters - Denver - obit
Otto J. Wedemeier - Waverly - obit Louis Waschkat - Tripoli - obit
Gehart Holm - Tripoli/Mason City - obit Mrs. Angeline (Ernest) Lindfield (nee Johnson) - Frederika/Waverly - obit
Mrs. Phoebe (Jacob) Diedrich (nee McVey) - Sumner - obit  
  16 Sept
25 February Mrs. Minnie (Otto) Meyerhoff (nee Spier) - Sumner - obit
Fredie Schweer - Tripoli - obit Wayne Diekmann - Sumner - obit
Otto Walther - Waverly - obit Albert Raether - Sumner - obit
   
4 Mar 23 Sept
Virgil Biermann - Siegel - obit Walter Fulkerson - Frederika/Cedar Falls - obit
Mrs. Hilda Biermann (nee Hartmann) - Plainfield - obit Robert Buenzow - Sumner/Jefferson, WI - obit
Elmer Gowan - Cleghorn - obit Mrs. Mary (August) Platte (nee Boeckmann) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Lucile (Elmer) Gowan (nee Woodcock) - Clegehorn - article & obit  
  30 Sept
11 Mar S.M. Furrow Sr. - Tripoli/Pocahontas - (N)
Mrs. Alvina (Wilhelm) Bergmann (nee Biermann) - Tripoli - obit Mrs. Carolina (John) Brandt - Tripoli - obit
Ed Seegers - Denver - Obit Harry Robbins - Oakwood, IL - (N)
Mrs. Bertha Pipho (John) Morris (nee Dettmer) - Tripoli/Ft. Myers, FL - obit  
Mrs. Minnis Judisch - Waverly - (N) 7 Oct
  Minnie Milius - Denver - obit
18 Mar Mrs. Caroline (Albert) Thiemann - Denver - obit
William G. McKeown - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit Diane Ragsdale (5y) dau. of Ralph - Janesville - (N)
  LaDonna Schweer (inf. dau. of of Donald) - Crane Creek - obit
25 Mar Mrs. Wilhelmine (Carl) Wendt (nee Thies) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Margaret (Edgar) Klemp (nee Hansen) - Sumner - obit John Winter - Sumner - obit
John Dirksen - Sumner/Waterloo - obit  
  14 Oct
1 April Mrs. Lottie (Edward) Wisner (nee Carpenter) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Caroline Griese - Denver - obit Floyd Marken - Grundy Center - obit
Floyd Hobbs - Plainfield - obit  
Gay E. Shipp - Tripoli - obit 21 Oct
Mrs. Emma Kasemeier - Buck Creek - (N) Mrs.Emma Sudol (Otto) Lehmkuhl (nee Wendt) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Theresa Krull - Tripoli/Green Bay, WI - (N) Mrs. Elizabeth (Henry) Buss - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs. Emma (Henry J.) Kasemeier (nee Ganske) - Sumner - obit William Foelske - Denver - obit
Mrs. Lora McDonald (nee Hurmence) - Sumner - obit William Becker - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
  George Warnke - Sumner - obit
8 April  
Hans Lorenzen - Denver - obit 28 Oct
Mrs. Theresa (William) Krull (nee Schuknecht) - Tripoli - obit Mrs. Elizabeth Buss - Tripoli - obit
Henry Schedtler - Sumner - obit Mrs. Effie (Lee) Blodgett (nee Eggleston) - Sumner/Minneapolis - (N)
Mrs. Gena (Oscar) Bethel (nee Amundson) - Sumner - obit  
Mrs. Caroline (John) Griese (nee Schuenemann) - Denver - obit 4 Nov
F. Ray Robinson - Sumner - obit Mrs. Bertha Buhr - Readlyn - (N)
  Bert Buhr - Tripoli - (N)
29 April Alexander Wentworth-Paul - Denver - obit
Maria Dawson (William) Krause (nee Lease) - Sumner - obit Donald D. Brinkman - Allison - obit & article
Mrs. Louise (William) Pagel (nee Harms) - Sumner - obit Mrs. Lizzie (August) Pieper (nee Segebarth) - Tripoli - obit
   
6 May 11 Nov
Inf. dau. of Orville Schumacher - Tripoli - obit Wendell Maurer (19y) - Readlyn - obit
Phillip G. Gunsalus - Tripoli/Cheyenne, WY - obit Rev. Albert C. Woodcock - Tripoli - obit
Henry Everding - Readlyn - obit Cecil Corkery - Sumner - obit
Maurice Woodcock - Tripoli/Aplington - obit Mrs. Emma (Henry) Frank - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - obit
  Carl Grawe - Waverly - obit
13 May  
James Brocka (12y) - Tripoli - obit 18 Nov
William Tietje - Sumner - obit Al Wolfgram - Sumner - obit
Ed Potratz - Sumner - obit  
Norman Dickens - Sumner - obit 25 Nov.
  Henry Hahle - Sumner - obit
20 May  
Eldon Bahlmann - Tripoli - obit 2 Dec
Carl F. Wendt - Tripoli - obit Dora Witt - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Ida (William) Tietje (nee Gehrke) - Sumner - obit S/3c Ronald Senft - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Lena (Charles) Marks (nee Shug) - Sumner - obit H.H. Tietje - Sumner - obit
  Mrs.Clara (Chris) Moehle - Sumner - obit
27 May  
Mrs. Elizabeth Sassman - Denver - obit 9 Dec
Elmer Meyers - Dunkerton - obit Mrs. Bessie Richmond (nee Bravener) - Frederika/ Great Falls, MT - obit
Marie Poocki - Readlyn - obit Lewis M. Hill - Frederika - obit
Elmer G. Gillette - Waterloo - obit John Stoffregen - Arcadia, CA - (N)
Orville Thoms - Readlyn - obit  
  16 Dec
3 Jun Jonathan Eugene Schwem (inf. son of Romaine) - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs. Ida Leistikow - Decorah - obit  
  23 Dec
17 Jun Maude Woore - Denver - (N)
Charles Williamson - Readlyn - obit Fred Joens - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Mary (Henry) Bunger (nee Henning) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit William Primus - Sumner - obit
Fred H. Dreier - Siegel - obit & article Mrs. Carroll Harding - Canby, MN - (N)
  C Vern Dunahoo - Maquoketa - obit
24 Jun Theodore Poock - Klinger - obit
Mrs. Emma (Louis) Bany (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli - obit Mrs. Margaret (James) Meighan (nee Costello) - Sumner/Waukon - obit
   
1 Jul  
Mrs. Edith (Henry) Thomas (nee Young) - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit  
William Wehling - Denver - obit  

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