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.

6 January	8 June
Paul Konarske - Denver - obit	Fred Boevers - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Lucy Mattheisen - Denver - obit	Edward Eberling - Elmhurst, IL - (N)
Mrs. Clarence DeMuth - Frederika - obit	John Bock - sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Baumgartner Larson - Sumner/Alpha - obit	Pauline Potratz - Sumner/Elgin - obit
13 January	15 June
Mrs. Bertha (John) Ganske (nee Lutter) - Readlyn - obit	Fred Boevers - Readlyn - 2nd obit
Mrs. Lucy (Henry) Matthiesen (nee Tegtmeier) - Tripoli - obit
	22 June
20 January	Mrs. Ruth (Louis J.) Bitterly (nee Cole) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Herman Moeller (nee Nolte) - Tripoli - obit	Roy Rathbone - Sumner - obit
Otto Priebe - Sumner - obit	Henry Platter - Sumner - obit
27 January	29 Jun
Clem Schroeder - Tripoli/Ossian - obit	Joseph Schneider - Denver - obit
Ann D. Woolman - Denver - obit
Arthur Wilharm - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit	6 July
Mrs. Henry Pals - Waverly - obit	Grace Dybol - Sumner/Westgate - obit
	William Gruetzmacher - Westgate - obit
3 February
Mrs. Clara (William C.) Moeller - Readlyn - obit	13 July
	John Asmus Sr. - Tripoli - obit
10 February	Mrs.Teresa (Clarence) Lehman (nee Whitman) - Frederika/Waterloo - obit
Earl Moore - Sumner - obit	Christian Brandt - Denver - obit
Mrs. Henry Mixdorf - Sumner/Cedar Falls - (N)	Mrs. Emilie Buss - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. O.A. Llewellyn - Sumner/Des Moines - (N)	Frances Price (14d) inf. daughter of Marvin) - Waterloo - (N)
	Kuhrt Rohde - Sumner - obit
17 February	Mrs. Flossie Mae (Carl) Thompson (nee Thomas) - Sumner - obit
Lewis Pinkerton - Frederika/Waterloo - obit	Wilfried Potratz - Sumner - obit
Mrs. William C. Steege - Denver - obit
Henry C. Buhr - Sumner - obit	20 July
Harry Bramer - Sumner/St Paul, MN - (N)	John Mahoney - Detroit Lakes, MN - obit
Ernest Warnke - Sumner/Oelwein - (N)
Mrs. Ernest Potratz - Sumner/Carney, Neb. - (N)	27 July
J.H. Orvis - Sumner/Estherville - (N)	John Haag - Sumner - obit
24 February	10 August
Harry Schmidt - TripoliL - obit	Mrs. Hanna (William) Rundle (nee Worden) - Sumner - obit
Lyman Chapin - Tripoli - obit
Louis Michael - Tripoli/Canton, OH - obit	17 August
Mrs. Hulda Hagen Bock (nee Krueger) - Tripoli - obit	Hulda (Carl) Testorff (nee Jordan) - Frederika - obit
William Rieck - Sumner - obit	Dr. George Darnell - Sumner/Clear Lake - obit
Fred Strottman - Readlyn - obit
	24 August
2 March	Arthur John Hesse - Denver - obit
William H. Brockman - Tripoli - (N)	Henry Mohlis - Sumner - obit
Mrs. John Frahm - Tripolil - obit
Mrs. Alvina (Herman) Pries (nee Zander) - Tripoli - obit	31 August
Mrs. Anna Eickelberg - Klinger - (N)	Mrs. Nellie (R.A.) Grover - Frederika - (N)
	Henry Shortau - Frederika - obit
9 March	Mrs. Emil Barth - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
William Brockman - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Emma Klemp (Frederick) Buth (nee Leistikow) - Readlyn/Minneapolis - obit
Elmer D. Dattler - Tripoli/Calhoun Falls, SC - obit
Harold Ladwig - Sumner - (N)	7 September
Walter Kohls - Sumner/Elgin - (N)	Dorothea Dohrmann - Tripoli - (N)
W.J. Ellis - Sumner - obit	Roy Strommer - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Emma (Roy) Sumner (nee Gaede) - Sumner/Long Beach, CA - (N)	Mrs. Nellie (Ray) Grover (nee Breda) - Frederika - obit
	Ernest F. Buls -Siegel - obit
16 March
Mrs. Mary Lemka (nee Bathke) - Sumner/Sparta, WI - (N)	14 September
Ida Fedeler - Sumner - obit	Kenton James Klemp (Inf. son of James) - Tripoli - (N)
Herman Jochens - Sumner/Cedar Falls - (N)	Dorothea Dohrmann - Readlyn - obit
Otto Elvers - Elkader - (N)	Samuel T. Fox - Sumner - obit
23 March	21 September
Louis Bruns - Denver - obit	Fred Bock - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Clara Krueger - Sumner - (N)	Mrs. Minnie Gaede - Sumner - (N)
Mrs. Winifred (William) Holsinger (nee Triplett) - Sumner - obit
Peter J. Messerer - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	28 September
Mrs. Fred Copp - Hawkeye - (N)	Fred Bock - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Evelyn (George) Crist (nee Young) - Sumner/Monrovia, CA - obit	Mrs. Minnie (Emil) Gaeder (nee Stahlhut) - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Carrie Tissue - Sumner - (N)
30 March
Ernst Struck - Tripoli - obit	5 October
Ricky Bergmann (inf. son of Clarence) - Frederika - obit	Raymond A. Grover - Frederika - obit
Mrs. Lottie (William) Heinemann (nee Suhr) - Klinger - obit
	12 October
6 April	Ella Ladwig - Sumner/Glendive, MT - obit
Clarence Wolfe - Tripoli - obit
Mrs.Bertha (Fred) Geffert (nee Eick) - Tripoli - obit	19 October
Mrs. Engel (Fred) Dorn (nee Meier) - Denver - obit	Mrs. Sophie (George) Faust (nee Schweer) - Denver - obit
Ernest J. Struck - Tripoli - obit	Jens (Jim) Hansen - Sumner/Venice, FL - (obit)
Charles Zell - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Edna (Jim) Hansen (nee Metzger) - Sumner/Venice, FL - obit & article
Mrs. Bertha (John) Buhr (nee Seehase) - Sumner/Belgrade, MN - obit	William Sabin - Sumner - obit
	Leo McConough - Sumner - obit
13 April	Thomas Hannaman - Sumner - obit
Kenneth M. Matthias - Readlyn - obit & article	Wayne Allen Fox (inf. son of Stanton) - Sumner - obit
Albert H. Meyers - Denver - obit
Mrs. Emma (Henry) Buhr (nee Kasemeier) - Tripoli - obit	26 October
Mrs. Louise (James) Leaphart (nee Bodermann) - Tripoli - obit	Otto A. Wedemeier - Waverly - obit
Ernest Buckendahl - Frederika - obit	Herman Koepke - Denver - obit
Mrs. Lillian (Alfred) Moment (nee Allen) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Mrs. Lulu (Arthur) Steggall (nee Hoth) - Sumner - obit
	Christian Anderson (father of Mrs. Borge Pederson) - Denmark - (N)
20 April
Edward A. Selck - Tripoli - obit	2 November
Reinhold Foelske - Denver - obit	Carl H. Rohrssen - Denver - obit
Louis H. Meyer - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Ethel (Clarence) Frisch (nee Riffenburg) - Sumner - obit
Elmer McKeown - Sumner - obit	Ernest Schwerin - Sumner/Elkton, MN - obit
Rebecca Reynolds (2 yrs) - Sumner - (N)
	9 November
27 April	Clarence Lampe - Frederika - obit
Rev. Thomas Dixon - Tripoli/Dixon, WI - (N)	Leo Buckendahl - Sumner - obit & article
Mrs. Louisa Hirsch - Waverly - (N)	Henry Pals - Pinhook - obit
Erwin Bartels - Sumner - obit	Elmer Korte - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma (Arthur) Miller (nee Gebhardei) - Sumner - obit
	16 November
4 May	Fred Harmening - Tripoli - obit
Purl S. Walters - Denver/Waterloo - (N)	Edgar Traeger Jr. - Sumner/West Union - obit
Mrs. Emma Tiedt - Denver - obit
Donald Richard - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	23 November
Mrs. Hannah J. Bennett - Shullsburg, WI/Sumner - obit	John Jarchow - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
	William Sabin - Westgate - obit
11 May	Mrs. Frank Gifford - Waucoma - obit
Mrs. Frank Johnson - Frederika - obit
James Watts - sumner - obit	30 November
Mrs. Ines (John) Necker (neeSwartz) - Sumner - obit	Willilam D. Chapin - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Theodore Koeberle - Sumner/Ames - obit	Mrs. Rosemond (Charles) Cronk (nee Korman) - Sumner - obit
Purl S. Walters - Denver - obit
	7 December
18 May	Arthur Kohl - Tripoli - obit
Nora Gunsalus - Tripoli - (N)	Lester Fritz - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Katharina (Friederich) Niemeyer (nee Weihe)- Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Rose (John) Blessington (nee Langahan) - Sumner/Charles City - obit
Mrs. Emma Tiedt - Readlyn - 2nd obit	Mrs. Charlotte Wilman (nee Holm) - Waterloo - (N)
25 May	14 December
Julius Juel - New Hartford - obit	Henry W. Moeller - Evansdale - obit
Hannorah Gunsalus - Pinhook/Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Dora Lortz (nee Topp) - Sumner/Des Moines - (N)
Kerlein (Ernest) Kammeyer (nee Schellhorn) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. John Tietje - Sumner - obit	21 December
Mrs. David Boland (nee Kerr) - Williamsburg - (N)	Dallas Stirling - Tripoli - obit & article
Mrs. Anna (Henry) Degelau (nee Kirchner) - Tripoli - obit	Bertha (Herman) Bockhaus (nee Feldt) - Cedar Rapids - obit
	Mrs. Helen Wolf - Waterloo - (N)
1 June	Mrs. Lena (Herman) Buenzow (nee Leistikow) - Readlyn - obit
Dr. Robert E. Robinson - Tripoli - obit	Herman Frisch - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Doris (David) Boland (nee Kerr) - Tripoli/Williamsburg - obit	Ernest Pries - Sumner/El Monte, CA - obit
Mrs. Minnie (Adolph) Koelling (nee Buhr) - Denver - obit	Herman Reimer - Sumner - obit
Oswald Sell - Readlyn - obit	William Wolfgram - Sumner - obit
Henry Schoephoerster - Sumner - obit
Floyd Mettlein - Oelwein - obit	28 December
	Carl Hildebrandt - Tripoli - obit
	Leslie E. Bowlby - Frederika/Soudth Bend, IN - obit
	Mrs.Nina (Harry) Creager (nee Churchill) - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Lizzie Schlatter - Sumner - obit

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