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.

3 January	11 July
Sue Lynn Bruns (inf. dau. of Eugene) - Denver - (N)	Ethel Griffin - Tripoli - obit
James DuWayne Wiltse (2.5y) - Maxfield Twp - (N)	Carl Grebien - Waterloo - obit
Emilie Sundermeyer - Readlyn - (N)
Lloyd Reisner - Sumner - obit	1 August
	Iver Sverdahl - Waterloo - (N)
10 January	Marvin Young - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Anna (Henry A.) Griese - Denver - obit	John Parson - Sumner - obit
Harold Hoeger - Tripoli/West Covina, CA - obit	William Schutte - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit
Emelie B. Sundermeyer (nee Boehme) - Readlyn - obit	George Kuepker - Sumner/Kansas City, MO - (N)
James Earl Mooney - Frederika - obit	Henry Nolting - Tripoli - obit
	Fred W. Wolfgram - Sumner - obit
17 January
Herman Pichelman - Tripoli - obit	8 August
Louis Niedert - Sumner - obit	Herman Steege - Denver - obit
Paul Bock - Sumner - obit	Herman Matthias - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Elsie Grimms (nee Haupt) - Sumner - obit	H. Edward Roth - Denver/Waterloo - (N)
Frank Howard - Sumner/Littleton - (N)	Jody Fink (inf. son of Richard) - Sumner - obit
Merle Bahe - Oelwein - (N)	Mrs. Amelia Griesert - Fredericksburg - (N)
24 January	22 August
Henry Richmann - Denver/Tower City, ND - (N)	Philip G. Bloeser - Denver - obit
Charles Wilhelm (bro of Mrs. Clarence Nerge) - Battle Creek, MI - (N)	Mrs. Mary (Carl) Hunemuller (nee Schweer) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Sarah (G. Edson) Kingsbury (nee Baumgartner) - Sumner - obit
	29 August
31 January	William Sell - Tripoli - obit & article
Amanda Bartels - Readlyn - (N)	Mrs. Amanda (John) Franklin (nee Zwanziger) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Caroline (Charles) Milbrandt (nee Fedeler) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Burnis (Erwin) Fisher (nee Colby) - Denver - obit
Herman F. Knoll - Sumner - obit	Frederick W. Ehlert - Sumner - obit
Henry J. Richmann - Denver - obit	Bernard F. Beckman - Sumner/Salida, CO - obit
	Inf. son of Donald/Marlys Sowers - Sumner - (N)
7 February
Anna Luther - Denver - (N)	5 September
Adolph John - Sumner/ St.Petersburg, FL - (N)	Theodore Schmidt - Denver - obit
Mrs. Louisa Hilliwe - Charles City - (N)	William W. Sell - 2nd obit
14 February	12 September
John L. Buhr - Readlyn - obit	Mrs. Alfred Bockhaus - Siegel - obit
Charles Porter - Denver - obit	Mrs. Leona Luts (nee Maillie - Sumner/Brainerd, MN - (N)
21 February	19 September
Edmon Heidemann - Tripoli/Fredericksburg - obit & article	Rev. Frederick H. Schnathorst - Denver - obit
Harriet Schwaze - Tripoli - obit	Herman Sohle - Denver - obit
Elston Chapin - Janesville - obit	Mrs. Blanch (Fred) Reimler (nee Robertson) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Edna (Ernest E.) Topp (nee Harding) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Kathryn (Charles) Claypool (nee Smith) - Sumner/Boynton Beach, FL - obit
28 February	26 September
Mrs. F. Schlueter (widow of Rev. F.) - Tripoli - (N)	Magdalena Leistikow - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Emma (Louis) Bruns (nee Kuhlmann) - Denver - obit	Inf. son of Rodger Buss - Tripoli - (N)
	Mrs. Hilda (Wm.) Hesse - Denver - (N)
21 March	Keith Moeller (Inf. son of Lloyd) - Tripoli - (N)
Fred L. Sommer - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	George Bronn - Sumner - obit
Harry Bergman - Sumner - obit
Larry Potratz - Sumner - obit	3 October
Emil Krause - Fredericksburg - obit	Sheri Lynn Hoppenworth (inf. dau. of Eldon) - Grundy Center - obit
	Henry C. Reimler - Sumner - obit
28 March	Walter Carpenter - Sumner/Minneapolis, MN - obit
Arthur E. Magee - Hawkeye - obit	Claude Clifford - Sumner/Waverly - obit
Herman W. Bockhaus - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit	Emil Bender - Westgate - (N)
Williams Lenius - Denver - obit	Mrs. Mary (Will) Leverenz (nee Tegtmeier) - Sumner - obit
Henry W. Tietje - Sumner - obit	Daniel Bowling - Sumner - obit & article
Mrs. Anna (John H.) Rigdon (nee Barron) - Black Hawk Cty - obit
	17 October
4 April	Wm. Leistikow - Readlyn - obit
Robert Buss - Denver - obit	Mrs. Helena Dorn - Denver - (N)
Ray Burkhart - Sumner - obit	William Doepke - Cedar Falls - (N)
Vern Block - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Marlowe Hannaman - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - obit
11 April	24 October
Carl L. Schultz - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Ernest Ranard - Tripoli/Whittier, Calif. - 0b9t
Arthur Schultz - Sumner - obit	Rev. E.F. Byers - Tripoli/Round-Up, MT - obit
August Clark - Sumner/Chicago - obit	Clarence Tiedt - Denver - obit
	Mrs. Lydia (Ralph) Bonnell (nee Wilharm) - Sumner - obit
18 April	Mrs. Johanna (John) Albrecht (nee Kasemeier) - Sumner - obit
Lemuel W. Hickman - Denver - obit	Mrs. Helena (Louis) Dorn - Denver - obit
	Gustave Gienau - Denver - obit
25 April
Julie Lee Nieman (inf. dau. of James) - Sumner - (N)	31 October
	no deaths
2 May
William F. Krueger - Tripoli - obit	7 November
Mrs. Herman Jochems - Cedar Falls - (N)	Stanley Pichelman - Tripoli - obit
Henry C. Rieck -Sumner/Waterloo - obit	William Bast - Denver/Minot, N.D. - obit
Harry R. O'Rourke - Frederika/Waterloo - obit	William Tonne - Tripoli - obit
	Mrs. Louise (Herman) Buchholz (nee Buchholz) - Tripoli - obit
9 May	Mrs. Cora Belle Simes - Frederika/Oskaloosa - (N)
Saidee Williams - Denver - obit	Carl Fagenbaum - sumner - obit
J. Kendall (Buster) Lynes - Plainfield - obit & article	Mrs. Marjory (John) Corkery (nee Blesington) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma (Paul) Niemann (nee Klemp) - Sumner - obit
	14 November
16 May	Carl Kuether - Waverly - obit
William Fred Reimler (2y) (son of Leon) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Arthur Schlichting - Artesian - obit
Mrs.Della (Fred) Milbrandt (nee Kirchner) - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit	August Hesse - Tripolil - (N)
	Mrs. Harvey Meier - Denver - obit
23 May	Lyle Hoth - Sumner - obit
Christina Schortau (nee Harms) - Frederika - obit	William D. Tonne - Tripoli - obit
	Stanley Pichelman - Tripoli - obit
30 May
Mrs. Everett Prestien - Fredericksburg - obit	21 November
	Louie Begalske - Hawkeye - (N)
6 June	Edward Heineman - Waverly - obit
Herman Bockhaus - Western Douglas - obit	Dietrich F. Kirchhoff - Tripoli - obit
Ralph Richmond - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Lloyd Bass - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Monica Potratz - Sumner - obit
	28 November
13 June	John Johnston - Iowa City - obit
William E. Beach - Tripoli/Nashua - obit	Sarah Heuser - Readlyn - obit
Herman Miller - Tripoli - (N)	Mrs. Meta (Henry) Specht (nee Dienst) - Sumner - obit & article
Will Blume - Readlyn - (N)	Mrs. Janice (Kenneth) Jones (nee Zell) - Sumner - obit & article
Mrs. Tillie Hultz - Jesup - obit	Inf. dau. of Kenneth Jones - Sumner - obit
William Milbrandt - Sumner - obit	Rev. Herman H. Kirchman - Sumner/Wray, CO - obit
Theodore Setz - Sumner/West Union - obit	John Lang - Sumner - obit
Caroline Mohling - Denver - obit	Earl Wayne Phillips - Sumner/Greenwood, MS - (N) & article
20 June	5 December
Merle W. Meyer - Denver - obit & article	Ernest Schumacher - Tripoli - obit
Will Blume - Tripoli - obit	LaVerne Platte - Tripoli - obit
27 June	12 December
August Deterding - Tripoli - obit & article	Mrs. Emma Kelsey - Tripoli - (N)
Mina Tibbats (nee Chapin) - Tripoli/Santa Barbara, CA - obit	Erwin Sell - Sumner - obit
Werner Klemp - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Engel (nee Bohle) - Sumner - obit	19 December
Hiram Lease - Sumner/Bell, MO - obit	Paul Strottmann - Tripoli - (N)
	William Gebert - Tripoli - (N)
4 July	Emma Kelsey - Tripoli - obit
Ed Weidemann - Hawkeye - (N) & article	Elmer Pleggenkuhle - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Mary (Carl) Oltrogge - Readlyn - obit	John Heller - Sumner - obit
Neal Rigdon - Cedar Falls - obit
Mary Margaret Luther - Denver - obit	26 December
	Mrs. August Wittenburg - Tripoli - (N)
	Wilhelm Gebert - Tripoli - obit

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