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	30 June
Lizzie Lemke - Waverly/Wall Lake, IA (N)	Mary Shufelt (nee Goodenbour) - Frederika - obit
Jacob F. Herman - Denver - (N)	William Reuben (Jake) Frisch - Sumner - obit
Arnold Bartels - Sumner - obit	Wordie S. Snyder - Sumner - obit
Robert Hoth - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Charles Bartie (nee Hansen) - Sumner - obit
Arnold E. Kleinschmidt - Denver - obit
	7 July
13 January	Leo Schoonover (7yr) - Waverly - (N)
Gertrude Borchert - Tripoli/Seattle, WA - obit	Rev. Carl Mardorf - Sumner/Waverly - obit
Eugene F. Frith - Denver - (N)	Fred Bathke - Sumner/Sioux Falls, SD - obit
20 January	14 July
Andrew Nicklaus, Sr. - Sumner - obit	John W. Judas - Maynard - obit
Leo Moment - Sumner/ Van Nuys, CA - obit	Gottlieb Judisch - Buck Creek - obit
Mrs. Gertrude Borchert - Tripoli/Seattle, WA - 2nd obit	Mrs. Ed Bany - Tripoli - obit
	Albert K. Sagert - Denver - obit
27 January	R.F. (Rudy) Schmidt - Denver - obit
Marie Everding - Readlyn - obit	William H. Topp - Sumner - obit
Lowell Rosenow - Sumner - obit	Elsie (Otto) Buhr (nee Hoth) - Sumner - obit
Fred Rosenow - Sumner - obit	Louemma (W.J.) Schuknecht (nee Stitser) - Sumner - obit
Doris (Harold) Morrow - Denver - obit
	21 July
3 February	Charles Boehme - Readlyn - obit
Leslie Tegtmeier - Sumner - (N)	J.F.G. Judisch - Buck Creek - 2nd obit
Fred A. Niemann - Sumner - obit	Richard Bartels - Sumner - obit
Peter Burke - Pinhook/Waterloo - (N)	Daniel Brandt (11yr) son of Earl - Sumner - obit
10 February	28 July
Dora Staack - Readlyn - (N)	Mrs. Mary Kimball - Readlyn - obit
Arnold C. Braun - Tripoli - (N)	Mrs. Sina L. Snyder - Waterloo - obit
Leslie G. Tegtmeier - Sumner - obit	Louise (Henry) Moeller (nee Richmond) - Siegel - obit
Ida (John) Jarchow - Sumner -bit	Louis C. Meyer - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Louise Wiegert - Sumner/Waterloo - (N)	Mildred (Carl) Metzger (nee Harris) - Sumner/Janesville - obit
	Mrs. Ed Bany (nee Quade) - Tripoli - 2nd obit
17 February
Minnie Buenneke -Scranton - obit	4 August
Herman Ganske - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Elmer Sassmann (nee Westendorf) - Crane Creek - obit
William Gaede - Sumner/Long Beach, CA - (N)	Ernest Kalso - Siegel - obit
Zoa Robisha Platt - Sumner/Coeur d'Alene, Idaho - (N)	Gail (Leo) Meyer (nee Creager) - Sumner - obit
	Michael Rochford - Sumner - obit
24 February	Edith (Kenneth) Carroll (nee McCormick) - Sumner - obit
Elizabeth Meyer - Sumner/Hampaton - (N)	Richard Boderman - Tripoli/Long Beach, CA - (N)
Lulu Custer - Sumner/Hazelton - (N)
	11 August
3 March	Arthur C.Sommer - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Constance (Dr. C.E.) (Hoog) Berryhill - Readlyn - obit
Herman C. Buhr - Sumner - obit	18 August
Charles Pleggenkuhle - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit	Henry Gehrke - Frederika - obit
Henry Peterson - Alpha - (N)	Mrs. Fred Luebs - Tripoli - obit
Charles Grove - Republic - (N)	Viola Heidemann Crom - Eugene, OR - (N)
Frank Bagnard - Waterloo - (N)
Edna (Hesse) Mitchell - Denver/West Plains, MO - obit	25 August
	William C. Buckley - Marshalltown - obit
10 March	Frank A. Robinson - Tripoli/ Waverly - obit
Shiela Kay Knapp (infant) - Elgin, OK - obit	Marlys (Norman) Homeyer (nee Potratz) - Denver - obit
17 March	1 September
Carl Oltrogge - Readllyn - obit	Mrs. George Heath - Washburn- obit
Fred Paul - Denver - obit	Rudolph Schneider - Denver - obit
John Burton Holmes - Waterloo - obit	Werner Seehase - Sumner - obit
Lloyd Ladwig - Sumner - obit	Jesse W. Padgett - Birmingham, AL - (N)
Raymond Beisner - Oran - (N)	John Dins - Denver - (N)
Henry Becker - Tampa, FL - (N)
Mrs. Verrell Hall - Denver - (N)	15 September
	Mrs. Gertrude Pinch - Tripoli/Waterloo - (N)
24 March	LaVern Goodenbour - Tripoli/Jesup - (N)
Herbert Zickuhr - Dunnellon, FL - (N)	Robert Paden - Sumner - obit
Anna Kuhlmann Tiedt - Denver - obit	Amelia (James) Priedeaux (nee Huebner) - Sumner - obit
Christina Buhr Schmadeke - Sumner - obit	Joe Primus - Sumner - obit
Henry Westendorf - Alpha - obit	Jessie (F. Ray) Robinson (nee Davis) - Sumner - obit'
Henry Becker - Spring Fountain/Tampa, FL - obit
	22 September 1965
31 March	Gertrude Pinch - Tripoli/Waterloo - 2nd obit
Vivian Kingery - Greene - (N)	Hulda (Herman) Nevermann - Tripoli - obit
Lena Schnurstein - Tripoli - obit	Wayne Salsbury - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Rosine Nauholz Warnke - Tripoli - obit	Roy Finch - Alpha - obit
Duane Gustav Buls -Tripoli/Torrence, CA - obit	William Weatherbee - Sumner - obit
August Wilkening - Sumner/Rockford, IL - obit
Carl Schlater - Sumner - obit	29 September 1965
	Clarence Strottmann - Readlyn - obit
7 April	Herman Schwan - Frederika (N)
Max Davis - Sumner/Windom, Minn. - obit	Louis Rathe - Tripoli - (N)
Pauline Zell Hamill - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Thomas James Dettmer (infant) son of James - Ionia - obit
Oney Johnson - Westgate - obit
Mrs. Ray Wescott - Sumner/Keokuk - (N)	6 October
Lena Schwemm Schnurstein - Tripoli - obit	Louie Rathe - Tripoli - obit
	Dettmer Infant - Tripoli - 2nd obit
14 April	Fred Luebs - Denver - obit
Todd Mitchell Hildebrandt (infant) - Tripoli - obit	Olive (Walter F.) Berg (nee Nelson) - Sumner - obit
Edwin John Boehm - Sumner - obit	Merrill McCormick - Sumner/Santa Susanna, CA - obit
Fred Waskow - Sumner - obit	Thomas W. Reay - Sumner - obit
William Johnston - Sumner - obit
Elizabeth Haeussler (Rev. A.) - Siegel/ Minneapolis, MN - obit	13 October
	Amanda Seegers - Denver - obit
2 April	Louie Rathe - Readlyn/Tripoli - 2nd obit
Henry F. Buhrow - Tripoli - obit	Fred Niemann - Sumner - obit
Ernest Boderman - Spring Fountain - obit
Rev. Theodore Frese - Sumner - obit	20 October
	Otto Ernest Meier - Readlyn
28 April	Henry Nacke - sumner - obit
Henry Buhrow - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Herman H. Platte - Denver - obit	27 October
Gary Gienau - Tripoli - obit	Esther (Roman) Homan (nee Haase) - Frederika/Waterloo - obit
Rev. F.C. Scott - Sumner - (N)	Norbert W. Meigham - Frederika - obit
Harold Kuethe - Tripoli - (N)	William Pagel - Sumner - obit
Louise Heine - Cedar Falls - (N)	Agnes (Alvin) Hoth (nee Huebner) - Sumner - obit
George Sagert - Denver - obit
Paul Diercks - Denver - obit	3 November
	Pauline (Edwin) Tegtmeier (nee Buenzow) - Tripoli - obit
5 May	Alvina Lohmann - Tripoli - obit
Fred Sell - Sumner - (N)	Rudolph J. Allenstein - Sumner - obit
Ernest Kueker - Waverly - obit
Henry Otto - Readlyn - obit	10 November
Mr.s W.C. Buckley - Marshalltown - (N)	August G. Meyer - Tripoli - obit
Fred Brunscheon - Buck Creek/Sumner - (N)	Mrs.Coe Haag (nee Nohbohm) - Sumner/Des Moines - obit
Herbert Schwerin - Sumner - obit	Max Crain - Oelwein - obit
Ward Smith - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Ben Cottrell - Sumner/Seattle - (N)	17 November
	Bruce Douglas Klemp (infant son of Danny) - Waverly - obit
12 May	Agnes Louisa (Richard) Steege (nee Rosenow) - Sumner - obit
Ida Beisner - Denver - (N)
Rev. Karl Koehler - Tripoli/Fond du Lac, WI - obit	24 November
Nancy Otterstetter - Sumner - obit	Emma B. (William) Boeckmann (nee Haase) - Tripoli - obit
Allen Robinson - Sumner - obit	Rev. Walter A. Koch - Tripoli/Richfield, MN - obit
	Mrs. Adolph Kleiss (nee Bartels) - Fredericksburg - obit
19 May	Bruce Douglas Klemp - Waverly - 2nd obit
John Bahlmann - Tripolil - obit
Rev. Karl Koehler - Tripoli/Fond du Lac, WI - 2nd obit	1 December
Mrs. Conrad Otterstetter - sumner - 2nd obit	Ella (James) McDonald (nee Ladd) - Frederika - obit
26 May	8 December
Mrs. Lila (Charles) Kibbee (Farnum) Sumner/Shevlin, MN - obit	Adolph Kleiss - Tripoli/Fredericksburg - obit
Virginia Amaden (Dr, James E.) Whitmire - Sumner - obit	Willi Schweer - Tripoli/Independence - obit
	Harold Frese - Tripoli/Martinsdale (memorial gift)
2 June	Arthur Haag - Sumner/St. Petersburg, FL - obit
Harold Frese - Tripoli/Martinsdale - obit
Bertha (Fred) Zell (nee Foelske) - Sumner - obit	15 December
Velda Rinoldi (nee Stoffregen) - Sumner - obit	Oren Hinecker - Frederika - (N)
	Virgil J. Leege, Sr. - Tripoli/Des Moines - obit
9 June
William Faust - Denver - obit	22 December
Einar "Ike" Fergemann - Tripoli/Seattle - obit	Carl Boeckmann - Tripoli - (N)
Mrs. Emil J. Steck - Tripoli/Faribault, MN - (N)	Oren LaVon Heinecker - Frederika - obit
R.C. Horsley - Sumner - obit	Marie (Adolph) Nelson (nee Seaberg) - Sumner - obit
16 June	29 December
Russell Lee Dancer (2yr) son of Marvin - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Adelia Petersen - Luvern, MN - (N)
Gladys Hildahl Anderson - Lawler - (N)	Anna Scheve - Denver - (N)
Marie Schumacher (nee Bruns) - Sumner - obit	Carl F. Boeckmann - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
23 June
Mrs. Claude Shufelt - Frederika - obit
Lilliam (Arthur) Haag (nee Ayres) - Sumner - obit

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