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 | 1 July |
F.H. Brettmann - Denver - obit | Mrs. Sophie (August) Schellhorn (nee Zander) - Tripoli - obit |
Calvin Waterman - Tripolli - obit | Fred Biesterfelt - Tripoli - obit |
8 January | 8 July |
William Biesner - Tripoli - obit & article | Mrs. Herman Tegtmeier - Tripoli - (N) |
Mrs.Berdina (John) Volker (nee Judisch) - Buck Creek - obit | Mrs. George Diercks - Readlyn - (N) |
Mrs. Ella Jane (Wesley) Farnum (nee Mumtower) - Sumner - obit | |
John Mohlis - Sumner/Rowley - obit | 15 July |
Calvin Waterman - Tripoli - 2nd obit | Mrs. Herman Tegtmeier (nee Buhr) - Tripoli - obit |
Albert W. Miller - Tripoli - obit | |
15 January | John F. Heidemann - Denver - (N) |
Herman Keding - Tripoli - obit | Arthur Cluts - Sumner - obit |
William H. Heidemann - Tripoli - obit | Mrs. Anna (C.T.) Heller, Sr. (nee Wetzel) - Sumner - obit |
Sam Galloway - Tripoli/West Plain, MO - obit | Peter Kanten - Westgate/Niles, IL - obit |
22 January | 22 July |
Anna Propp - Tripoli - obit | John Lantow - Sumner - obit |
Oscar Leyh - Sumner - obit | George Rockdaschel -Sumner - obit |
Albert Miller - Tripoli - 2nd obit | |
29 January | |
Mrs. William Propp (nee Burmeister) - Tripoli - 2nd obit | 29 July |
Orie C. Stagner - Tripoli/Janesville, WI - pbot | Mrs. Dora (Arthur) Kulow (nee Edwards) - Tripoli - obit |
Marie Richmann - Readlyn - obit | |
5 February | Ruth Prestien (15y) - Fredericksburg - article & obit |
Mrs. Anna (Fred) Wilharm (nee Volker) - Sumner - obit | Mrs. Minnie (Fred) Kroblin (nee Wackerhahn) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit |
Alfred Bremer - Sumner/Pueblo, Colo. - obit | Mrs. Augusta Koeneke - Tripoli/Waterloo - (N) |
Alma Zickuhr - Frederika - obit | |
12 February | Earl Webster - Sumner - obit |
Sophie Wedemeier - Readlyn - (N) | Mrs. Lucinda Morf - Fayette - (N) |
Mrs. Alma (Clarence) Kimbal (nee Mundfrom) - Tripoli - obit | |
Henry Dreier - Sumner - obit | 5 Aug |
Dr. Harry Schlichting - Tripoli/Delaware, OH - obit | |
19 February | Dorothea Milius (nee Meier) - Denver - obit |
Fred A. Biermann - Siegel - obit | Fred Schott - Sumner - obit |
Minnie Nolting - Denver - (N) | Mrs. Ross Charles - Sumner/Waterloo - obit |
Paul Martin - Tripoli - (N) | Ferd Strauch - Augusta, Wisc. - (N) |
Helena Pipho - Tripoli - (N) | |
George Ladwig - Sumner/Billings, MT - obit | 12 Aug |
Milton Elliott - Aurora - (N) | Mrs. Emma (Floyd) Fedeler (nee Hoeger) - Sumner - obit |
Lloyd Bowers - Kemare, ND - (N) | Dr. Harry Schlichting - 2nd obit |
Mrs. Elizabeth (William) West (nee Briggs) - Frederika/New Hampton - obit | |
19 Aug | |
26 February | Ernest Schwerin - Sumner - obit |
Albert Rathbone - Sumner - (N) | Mrs.Gertrude (Lloyd) Dickman (nee Noon) - Sumner - obit |
Helena Pipho - Tripoli - obit | Mrs. Lydia (Erwin) Bartels (nee Seehase) - Sumner - obit |
Paul Martin - Tripoli - obit | Mrs. Lottie (M.J.) Klaesges (nee Harding) - Sumner/Minneapolis, MN - (N) |
Henery Dieckmann - Denver - (N) | |
Horace Studley - Sumner/Conway - (N) & article | 26 Aug |
Daryl Hannaman - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit | Alvin Bergmann - Frederika - obit |
4 March | 2 Sept |
Roy Sickles - Denver - obit | William Moeller - Siegel/Tripoli - obit |
Arnold Bohl - Grant Park, Ill. - (N) | William Warnke - Sumner - obit |
Mrs. Nettie (Irven) Wilkens (nee Dickman) - Sumner - obit | Mrs. Minnie Mabon - Cedar Rapids - (N) |
Albert Rathbone - Sumner - obit | Theodore Engert - Arlington Heights, IL - (N) |
Mrs. Anna (John) Fortsch (nee Wenthe) - Sumner - obit | Earl L. Gillette - Waterloo - (N) |
Mrs. Anna (Fred) Nuss (nee Poppenhagen) - Sumner - obit | |
Herman Seehase - Sumner - obit | 9 Sept |
Ed Barth - Sumner/Janesville, WI - (N) | William A. Kuker - Tripoli - article & obit |
Ronald Mau - Wall Lake - article * (N) | |
11 March | Mrs. Clyde Potter - Sumner - obit |
Mrs. Burton Stumme - Readlyn - (N) | |
Jessie Ligue (nee Holmes) - Tripoli/New Hampton - (N) | 16 Sept |
Arnold Bohl - Frederika - obit | Clarence Jones - Sumner - obit |
Mrs. Louise (Charles) Schiefelbein (nee Goth) - Sumner - obit | John H. Tietje - Sumner - obit |
Herman Wittenberg - Sumner - obit | Edgar Bredow - Wisconsin Rapids, WI - (N) |
Herman Teckenberg - Marshalltown - (N) | Robert E. Kuker - Tripoli - 2nd obit |
18 March | 23 Sept |
Mrs. Litha (Lloyd) Stevens (nee Sauerbrei) - Tripoli/Rock Island, IL - obit | Violet Poock - Readlyn - obit |
Mrs.Emilie (Peter) Goodenbour (nee Eichmann) - Tripoli - obit | |
1 April | Arnold Strottman - Sumner - obit |
Herman Weihe - Buck Creek - obit | |
30 Sept | |
8 April | Mrs. Hulda (John) Zander (nee Pries) - Tripoli - obit |
Mrs. Everett Tessmer (nee Grebien) - Tripoli - obit | Mrs. Carl Adamson (nee Pagel) - Highland Park, IL - (N) |
Albert Hunemuller - Tripoli - obit | |
Mrs. Dorothy (John) Sell (nee Rosenow) - Buck Creek/Sumner - obit | 7 Oct |
Mrs. Mary Sell - Readlyn/Waverly - (N) | |
15 April | Sister Emma Blasberg - Tripoli - obit |
August C. Buhr - Tripoli/Hales Corners, WI - obit | Mrs. Zelma Acker (nee Meeker) - Denver - obit |
Mrs. Emma Kueker (nee Goellner) - Siegel - obit | Lorenz H. Boevers - Tripoli - article & obit |
Mrs. Lydia (Walter) Buls (nee Lau) - Siegel - obit | Eugene A. Sassmann - Denver - obit |
Adam Musselman - West Union/Sumner - (N) | William Heinemann - Sumner/Milwaukee, WI - obit |
George Lembka -Sumner/Elkader - (N) | |
Elmer Bahe - Waverly - (N) | 14 Oct |
Jim Hare (5y) son of Lawrence - Denver - obit | Carl Warnke - Sumner - obit |
Infant son of Ronald W. Kreuger - Denver - (N) | |
22 April | |
Anna Milius - Denver - (N) | 21 Oct |
Mrs. Gertrude Holmes (Ed) Farris - Waterloo - obit | Lawrence Dawson - Tripoli/Waterloo - (N) |
Mrs. Anna Anderson (Alfred) Harnack (nee Frisch) - Sumner - Milwaukee, WI - obit | Mary Buldhaupt - Sumner/Mason City - obit |
Mrs. Lydia (Walter) Buls (nee Lau) - Tripoli - 2nd obit | Estanislado Lujan - Oelwein - (N) |
David Dean Graening (2m) (inf son of Virgil) - Waterloo - (N) | Mrs. Maude (Orlando) Reep (nee Harding) - Sumner/Danube, MN - (N) |
29 April | 28 Oct |
Otto Buss - Denver - (N) | Milton Soldwisch - Denver - obit |
Louis Meyer - Sumner - obit | Lawrence E. Dawson - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit |
Alvin Clark - Sumner/Waterloo - obit | |
6 May | Mrs. Emma Ganske Wood (nee Brechtol) - Sumner - obit |
Kate Wedemeier - Denver - (N) | Paul Buldahupt - Lake Wilson, MN - (N) |
Wallace Becker - Tripoli/Tampa, FL - (N) | |
4 Nov | |
13 May | Mrs. Bertha (Ernest) Platte (nee Stumme) - Denver - obit |
Mrs. Grace (Rev. Albert C.) Woodcock (nee Pierce) - Tripoli - obit | Lorenz H. Boevers - Readlyn - obit |
Mrs. Minnie (William) Bathke (nee Waskow) - Sumner - obit | Mrs. Eugene F. Frith - Denver - (N) |
Harry Meyer - Sumner - obit | |
C. Wesley McBride - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit | 11 Nov |
Herman Garland - Sumner - obit | Ada Ladwig - Sumner - obit |
Mrs. Rose Webster (James) Jenks (nee Teisinger) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit | |
Christian Heiligmann - Westgate/Oelwein - (N) | 18 Nov |
August Meyerhoff - Readlyn - obit | |
20 May | Louisa Stevenson - Tripoli/Minneapolis, MN - obit |
Mrs.Bernice Sells (nee Murphy) - Janesville/Frederika - obit | William Rimrodt - Sumner/Waterloo - obit |
Mrs. Rachel (Arthur) Partridge (nee Tribon) - Sumner - obit | William Schroeder - Denver - obit |
Mrs. Ida Wilharm (William) Silver (nee Pries) - Waterloo - obit | |
Julia Parker - Janesville - (N) | 25 Nov |
Mrs. Mary Platte - Denver - (N) | John Schumacher - Denver/Waterloo - obit |
Infant son of Donald Frank - Readlyn - (N) | |
27 May | |
Mrs.Gertrude (Harry) Schmidt (nee Gunsalus) - Tripoli - obit | 2 Dec |
Rev. Karl Peiffer - Siegel/LaCanda, Cal. - (N) | |
3 June | Mrs. Lydia (Ed) Reif (nee Hauser) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit |
Bernard (Buzz) Beckman - Tripoli/Glenwood Springs, CO - (N) | |
Phillip Neumann - Cedar Falls - (N) | 9 Dec |
Mrs. Henry Stoffregen - Sumner - (N) | Robert Funk - Tripoli - (N) |
William Knoploh - Sumner - obit | Fred F. Beisner - Readlyn - (N) |
Mrs. Anna (Leonard) Dienst (nee Otto) - Sumner - obit | |
10 June | Mrs. Werner Tiedt - Klinger/Evansdale - obit |
Chester Hope - Dunkerton - (N) & article | |
Joe Humpal - Sumner - obit | 16 Dec |
Connie Mae Reid - (12y) (dau. of Claire) - Westgate - obit | Robert Funk - Tripoli - obit |
Roger Buhr (14y) - Sumner/Fayette - obit | |
23 Dec | |
17 June | Arnold Homan - Artesian - article & obit |
Albert Oltrogge - Readlyn - obit | Herman Tegtmeier - Tripoli - obit |
Leonard Britzman - Waterloo/Denver - obit | |
Carl Kirchhoff - Sumner - (N) | 30 Dec |
Bernard Beckman - Tripoli/Glennwood Springs, CO - obit | Christence Nielsen - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit |
Fred Harms - Denver - obit | |
24 June | |
Carl Kirchhoff - Tripoli - obit | |
Fred Biesterfelt - Tripoli - obit | |
Mrs. Emma (Louis) Dreier (nee Priebe) - Sumner - obit | |
Mrs. Marie (Peter) Theisinger (nee Critz) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit |