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.

5 January	6 July
Luise R. Mahnske - Denver - obit	Albert Klemp - Denver - obit
Rose (Albert) Duenow (nee Mahnke) - Sumner - obit	Joe Henry Quandt - Sumner - obit
Ernest H. Faust - Denver - obit	Jacob Diedrich - Sumner - obit
Arthur Beckel - Denver - obit	Leo J. Krause - Sumner/Alhambra, CA - obit
Anna (John) Scheve (nee Moeller) - Tripoli - obit	Henry Steidler - Sumner - obit
	C.O. Barnes - Sumner/Sacramento - obit
12 January	Mrs. Casper Syes - Waterloo - (N)
Albert Bartelt - County Home - LeRoy Twp/MN - (N)
Anna Kuker - Readlyn - obit	13 July
Werner Moehling - Denver - obit	Dean Scott & Mark Richard Greenfield (inf. twin sons of Lavern) - Sumner - (N)
J.J. Sommerfelt - Waterloo - (N)
	20 July
19 January	Arthur French - Denver - (N)
Henry Weihe - Tripoli/Lakewood, FL - obit	August Schlewitz - Readlyn - obit
Ben Leuenberger - Frederika - obit	Carl Neuendorf - Frederika - obit
	Frederick H. Seehase - Sumner - obit
26 January	Penni Rae Fink (inf. dau. of Richard) - Fairbank - obit
Rudolph Busch - Readlyn - obit	Allen Avery (Marine - Viet Nam) - Sumner - (N)
Bill Goetz - Tripoli/Windsor, CT - (N)	Mrs. Christina Beckman - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Ida (William) Garland - Tripoli - obit	Rev. D.I. Hammond - Sumner/Lyons, Colo. - (N)
Ferd Meyer - Sumner - obit
	27 July
2 February	Mrs. Mary Niemeyer - Crane Creek - (N)
Donald J. Mahoney -Westgate - obit	Arthur W. French - Frederika - obit
Harry H. Buhr - Tripoli - obit	Mavel A. (Gordon) Trewin (nee Smith) - Sumner - obit
Alfred Hoeper - Siegel - obit	Harold Stevenson - Sumner - obit
9 February	3 August
Ella (Henry A.) Abbas (nee Groenenberg) - Denver - (N)	Louis Maurer - Readlyn - obit
	Henry Niemeier - Tripoli - obit
16 February	Mary Niemeyer - Crane Creek - obit
Herman J. Bartling - Denver - obit	Arthur Grahlman - Sumner/Charles City - obit
23 February	10 August
Louis Gaede - Tripoli - (N)	Frederick Ulrichs - Clarksville - obit
Martha Pries (nee Heine) - Waverly - obit	Ernest Drewis - Tripoli - obit
Allen J. Avery - Sumner - d. Viet Nam - obit [see July 20 below]	Leslie Huck - Sumner - obit
Keith Koeberle - Sumner - obit	Rupert Hildebrandt - Sumner - obit
2 March	17 August
Malinda Springer (nee Weihe) - Conrad - (N)	Todd Raymond Eick (son of Eugene) - Western Douglas - obit
Marie Slack (nee Bahlmann) - Tripoli - obit
Rick Christoffer - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	31 August
Arthur Reeck - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Hazel Husband - Sumner - obit
Mrs. John Harms - Sumner - (N)	Minne Niewohner Gissel (nee Schlatter) - Sumner/Long Island, NY - obit
Louis Gaede - Tripoli - obit
	7 September
9 March	Herbert Leyh - Sumner - obit
Minnie (John) Harms (nee Wolfgram) - Sumner - obit	Frank Pagel - Sumner - obit
Donald James Mahoney - Westgate/Waterloo - obit	Irene (Gilbert) Sherman (nee Simmons) - Frederika - obit
16 March	21 September
Herman Hagenow - Sumner - obit	Leslie Kelsey - Tripoli - obit
William Funk - Readlyn? (wf res of County Home) - obit	August Wizenburg - Siegel - obit
23 March	28 September
Emma (John) Briggs (nee Niewoehner) - Sumner - obit	Meta (Gottlob) Steinbronn (nee Thies) - Denver - obit
Cornelia (Earl) Avery (nee Lottman) - Sumner - obit	Carl Wedemeier - Readlyn - obit
Augusta (Ezra) Roland (nee Warnke) - Sumner - obit	Thurness Twins (children of Robert) - Eldora - (N)
	William Waskow - Sumner - obit
30 March	Terri Sue Buhr (inf dau. of Floyd) - Sumner - obit
Charlie Testorff - Frederika - (N)	Leslie Kelsey - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Amelia (Carl) Kowalsky (nee Krause) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. James DeHaven - Winthrop - (N)	5 October
Robert Alan Burr (inf. son of James) - Sumner - (N)	Ernest Hoppenworth - Tripoli - obit
	Elmer F. Busse - Waterloo - (N)
6 April	Hulda (Arthur) Gletty (nee Schlessner) - Sumner - obit
William H. Albrecht - Readlyn - obit
Henry Meswarb - Tripoli - obit	12 October
Myron Cockerham - Sumner - obit	L.C. Schweer - Readlyn - obit
c	Dr. A.E. Meswarb - Tripli/Cedar Falls - obit
Anna (Rev. Richard) Prescott - Sumner/Lamita, CA - (N)	Fred Bitterman - Tripoli/Clinton - obit
Karl Testorff - Frederika - obit	AdelaTestoff (Kenneth) Wood (nee Bremer) - Frederika - obit
13 April	19 October
Carolyn Rose Mast (4yr) - Waterloo (N)	Louie C. Schweer - Readlyn - obit
Alma Schildbach - Sumner - obit	Emma IJohn) Meier (nee Pape) - Readlyn - obit
	Donald Weekley - Waterloo - obit
20 April	Mrs. Glen Heckroth - Cedar Falls - obit
Vada (William) Gade (nee Kuker) - Sumner - obit
Neil Latimer - Sumner/Seal Beach, CA - obit	26 October
	Edward Holm - Tripoli/Boton, MA - (N)
27 April	Paul Rettig - Sumner - obit
Johanna Jungblut (nee Stehn) - Tripoli - (N)	Albert Zierath - Sumner - obit
Raymond Fagenbaum - Sumner - obit	Anna (Joe) Primus (nee Goodenbour) - Sumner - obit
Emilie (William) Gloede (nee Honig) - Sumner - obit	Roger Henniges - Sumner - obit
Lorena (Henry) Kirchoff (nee Boehm) - Sumner - obit
	2 November
4 May	Herman Moeller - Tripoli - obit
LeRoy Boevers - Tripoli - obit	Edward J. Holm - Tripoli/Boston, MA - obit
Gustave Redies - Tripoli - obit	Martha (Henry) Bonorden (nee Koelling) - Sumner - obit
George Johnke - Denver - obit
Rick Ray Steadman (3yr) son of Roger - Sumner/Cedar Falls - (N)	9 November
Albert Lienau - Fredericksburg - obit	Mrs. Lina Lahmann - Tripoli - obit
	Ida (Herman) Bany (nee Gibbs) - Tripoli/Lansdowne, PA - obit
11 May	John Howard - Sumner - obit
Roland H. Lamb - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Dale Leistikow - Fairbank - obit
Elmer Haverkamp - Tripoli - obit	Edward J. Holm - Tripoli - 3rd obit
John Witmer - Denver - (N)	Herman H. Moeller - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Mrs. Loren Piehl (nee Karnes) - Fairbank - obit
Joseph C. Tribon - Sumner - obit	16 November
Nora Niedert - Sumner - obit	Willis Leech - Sumner/Coos Bay, OR - obit
Jeanette (Merton) Scott (nee Mallie) - Sumner/Brainerd, MN - obit	Lloyd Biggle - Sumner - obit
	August Masterpole - Oelwein - obit
18 May
Fred Harmening - Tripoli - obit	23 November
George Harris - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Theodore Wittenburg - Readlyn - obit
	Dennis Ray Meyer (inf. son of Wilbert) - Waverly - obit
26 May	Ida Memmelthei (nee Schultz) - Waverly - obit
Fred Harmening - Tripoli - 2nd obit	James Keough - Denver - obit
Ella (Charles) Ager (nee Howell) - Frederika - obit	Neil Fox - Sumner - obit
Bertha (H.H.) Lease (nee Schedtler) - Sumner - obit	Emma (Monte) Wall (nee Baumgartner) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Roseline (Chris) Bathke (nee Muller) - Sumner - obit	Pearl Head (Alvin) Stedman (nee Smith) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emory Barcus -Sumner/Osceola - (N)	Mrs. Kenneth Freeman - Winthrop - (N)
1 June	30 November
Thelma (Glenn) Biermann (nee Bolte) - Sumner - obit	Walter Zupke - Sumner - obit
Adolph Nelson - Sumner - obit	Walter Carroll - Sumner/Oakdale - obit
8 June	7 December
Connie Ray Volker - Sumner - obit	Henry Koepke - Denver - obit
Mrs. Del Granger - Sumner/Mason City - (N)	LaVern Hay - Tripoli - obit
	Otto Rakowicz - Sumner - obit
15 June
Albert C. Testorff - Frederika - obit	14 December
William Lalk - Sumner - obit	George Kuepker - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Fritz Diers - Sumner/Evansdale - obit
	21 December
22 June	Harvey Schwartz - Tripoli - obit
Henry Klemp - Tripoli - res Bremer Cty Home - obit	Russell James Joens (inf son of James) - Cedar Falls - obit
Emma Bergmann - Tripoli - obit	Ralph Carroll - Sumner - obit
Louise Leistikow - Readlyn - obit	Harry McConkey - Sumner - obit
Arlon Meyer - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Earl Stevenson (nee Braun) - Sumner - obit	28 December
Harold Herman - Fairbank - obit	Herman Geffert - Tripoli - obit
	Ida Nuss - Sumner - obit
29 June	Louie Haag - Sumner - obit
Henry Bahe - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit
Carol (Virgil) Matthias (nee Nolte) - Readlyn - obit
Martha (Henry) Krueger (nee Rosenthal - Tripoli - obit
William Johnson - Sumner/Cannon City, CO - obit
Elmer Damon - Oelwein - obit

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