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.

4 January	2 August
Mrs. Anna Weires - Waverly - obit	Lyle Kasemeier - Sumner - obit
Donald F. Jacob - Sumner - obit	Amanda (August) Seehase (nee Nuss) - Sumner - obit
Judith Jacobs (nee Johnston) - Sumner - obit	Edwin Fox - Sumner - obit
Oren McGrew - Sumner/Evansville, IN - obit	Wilma Muller (nee Kroblin) - Sumner/Hutchinson, MN - obit
	Donald McGrane - Waverly/Vietnam - (N)
11 January
Fred H. Bockhaus - Tripoli - obit	9 August
Edward Jahnke - Tripoli - obit	Albert F. Morf - Tripoli/Los Angles, CA - obit
James McAloon - Sumner - obit	Caroline Struck - Tripoli - (N)
Henry Wegner - Sumner - obit	Lyle Kasemeier - Sumner - 2nd obit
Edwin Borcherding - Sumner - obit	Nora (Arthur) Schultz (nee Bany) - Sumner - obit
	Mary (Amos) Ladwig (nee Grahlmann) - Sumner - obit
25 January	Mary Stufflebeam (nee Meyer) - Waverly - obit
Elmer Platte - Readlyn - (N)	Denise Louise Traeger (inf dau of Elroy) - Sumner - (N)
Emma (Heinrich) Schweer (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli - obit
Jacob Krumm - Newhll - (N)	16 August
John W. Briggs - Sumner - obit	Caroline (Ernest J.) Struck (nee Burmeister) - Tripoli - obit
Ella Turfner Wills Aschbrenner - Sumner - obit	Herman A. Biermann - Siegel/Tripoli - obit
	Ozro D. Littell - Sumner - obit
1 February	Wilhelmina (Minnie) (Willilam) Westendorf (nee Steidler) - Sumner - obit
Harley Hay - Tripoli - obit	Mertie (Gilbert) Bartie (nee Sailor) - Sumner - obit
Molly Bowling (nee Williams) - Sumner - obit	Florence (Bryan) Rhea (nee Wuttke) - Sumner - obit
8 February	23 August
Ray Hoeg - Readlyn - obit	Bertha (William) Kehe (nee Kehe) - Denver - obit
William Propp - Tripoli - obit	John Albrecht - Sumner - obit
Theodore Krueger - Tripoli - obit
	30 August
16 February	Ernest Quade - Siegel - obit
Caroline Bergmann - Tripoli - obit	Harry H. Smith - Denver - obit
Louise Lau - Readlyn - obit	Anna Pagel - Tripoli/Cannon Falls, MN - (N)
Caroline (Henry) Koch (nee Granneman) - Sumner - obit	Zatha Tegtmeier - Sumner - obit
Charkes Fossler - Sumner - obit
	6 September
22 February	Henry Gade - Sumner - obit
Ida Graening - Denver - obit	Walter Mohlis - Sumner/Wheaton, IL - obit
William Schwerin - Sumner - obit	Otto Schulz - Waverly - (N)
Martin Heller - Sumner - obit	Anna Eide Estrem (Frank) Pagel (nee Espeland) - Sumner - obit
Charles Ross - Sumner/Des Moines - obit
Emil Foelske - Bremer - (N)	13 September
N.C. (Chris) Syndergaard - Fredsville - obit	Charles Koepke - Denver - obit
	Anna (Otto) Meswarb (nee Becker) - Buck Creek - obit
1 March	Albert Rahlf - New Hampton - (N)
Milton M. Schaper (Rev.) - Sumner/Mason City - obit
Mrs. H.J. Aeschlimann - Wadena - (N)	20 September
	Frederick Ambrose - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
8 March	Mabel Thompson (Glenn) Hill (nee Ludlow) - Sumner/Story City - obit
Elwin Ladwig - Sumner obit	Henry Schnadt - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Sydney Gott (nee Kalkbrenner) - Sumner - obit
Theodore Stoffregen - Sumner/Burlington, WI - (N)	27 September
	Gustave Sievers - Tripoli - obit
15 March	Mrs. George Darnell - Sumner/Clear Lake - obit
Carl F. Bahe - Readlyn/Waverly - obit	Mrs. Paul Bassett (nee Cannell) - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - obit
Mrs. Marian (George) Philbrick (nee Hurmence) - Sumner/Lubbock, TX - obit	Edward Ehlert - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Emma Timm Zeman - Black River Falls, WI - obit	Mrs. Fred Buhr - Sumner/Dubuque - obit
James Benda - La Porte City - (N)	Clara (Louis) Goldsberry (nee Haffner) - Sumner/Maynard - obit
Rev. I.L. Baumgartner - Sumner/Des Moines - (N)
Louise Blafus - Burlington - obit	4 October
	Louie Faust - Denver/Waterloo - obit
12 April	Charles Gudzus - Sumner - obit
Louis Warneke - Denver - obit	Louis Schroeder - Sumner - obit
Sophia Homeyer - Denver - obit	Dora Fedeler - Sumner/Glendale, CA - obit
Ernest Seemann - Readlyn - obit
August Wolfgram - Denver - obit	11 October
Harold O'Connell - Frederika - obit	Emelie (Fred) Meyer (nee Block) - Tripoli - obit
	Mattie (Gilbert) Ogaard (nee Roberts) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
19 April	Charles Gudzus - Sumner - 2nd obit
Fred Schellhorn - Siegel - obit
Rudloph Pavelec - Tripoli - obit	18 October
Leonard Arp - Tripoli - obit	Margret Anne Schlumbohm (inf dau of John) - Tripoli - obit
Norman Flanscha - Sumner - obit	John Rhea - Sumner - obit
Siegfried Struck - Tripoli - obit	August Drewes - Denver - obit
Caroline Jahnke - Denver - obit
	25 October
26 April	Clarence Beisner - Crane Creek - obit
Mrs. Henry Kuhrt - Waverly - (N)	Mrs. Sophia Walter - Waverly - (N)
William Kuecker - Forest Park, IL - (N)	Mary (Louis) Reisdesel - Denver/Bakersfield, CA - obit
William J. Bauer - Bremer - obit
Carl Bahlmann - Tripoli - obit	1 November
Fred Schellhorn - Frederika - obit	Sonja Rae Thompson - Denver - obit
Leonard Arp - Tripoli - obit	Guy Eastman - LaPorte City - (N)
Fred Niemeyer - LeRoy Twp/Iowa City - obit	Mrs. Harvey Miller - Shell Rock - (N)
Norman Flanscha - Sumner - obit	Arlene (John) Clark (nee Ommen) - Sumner/ Badger - obit
Vera (Robert) Worm (nee Aegerter) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Robert Blanch - Sumner - obit
Emma (Henry) Kuhrt (nee Schwemm) - Tripoli - obit	Treva (Emil) Marks (nee Wescott) - Sumner/Minneapolis - obit
3 May	8 November
Reinhardt Schade - County Home - obit	M.W. Bennett - Frederika - obit
Lois (Manning) Parmley (nee Sorg) - Sumner - obit	Walter Notbohm - Sumner - obit
Olive Wescott - Sumner - obit	Treva Marks - Sumner/Minneapolis - 2nd obit
Kathy Diercks - Arlington - obit	Beulah (George) Starbuck (nee Turner) - obit
Fred Niemyer - Frederika/Iowa City - obit	Arthur Peters - Denver - obit
10 May	15 November
Hilda Brase - Western Douglas - obit	Mrs. Ida Alcock - Frederika - (N)
Harry Koepke - Denver - obit	Peter Ketels - Sumner - obit
Mrs. William Schutte - Sumner - obit	Merrill W. Bennett - Tripoli - obit
17 May	22 November
Hubert Haessler - Siegel/Detroit, MI - (N)	Arthur Schulz - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Myron Chapin (nee Harr) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
31 May	William Weidemann - Sumner - obit
Robert Henry Judisch - Sumner - obit	Edward Nebbil - Louisville, KY - (N)
Ella (Merritt) Stranahan (nee Sieck) - Sumner - obit
Clarence Emil Alvin Hanson - Frederika - obit	29 November
	Ada Olson (Arthur) Aschbrenner (nee Luechenmacher) - Sumner - obit
14 June	Henry W. Messerer - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
Louise Peters - Readlyn - (N)	Jane Schoephoerster - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
Estella Glandon - Sumner - obit	Grace (Edward) Guritz (nee Dickens) - Sumner - obit
Charles Ohmann - Sumner/Minneapolis, MN - (N)	John Seehase - Waterloo - obit
	Minifred (Myron) Chapin (nee Barr) - Tripoli/Waverly - 2nd obit
21 June
Elsie Heidemann - Mt. Vernon Twp - obit	6 December
Ida (Peter) Lang (nee Pries) - Sumner - obit	Fred Nolte - Readlyn - obit
Rebecca Jane Johnson (twin dau. of Robert) - Sumner - obit	Robert Buchholz - Nashua - obit
Florence (Walter) Thompson (nee Garber) - Sumner - obit	Alwina (Louis) Matthias (nee Tatge) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Raymond Lang - Sumner - (N)	Alma (Theodore) Platte (nee Schultz) - Denver - obit
Beth (Fred) Heidemann (nee Goodsell) - Tripoli - obit
	13 December
28 June	Merle k. Fagerlind - Waterloo - obit
Minnie Hagenow (nee Blasberg) - Tripoli - obit	Edwin Schroeder - Tripoli/Evansdale - obit
Frances Hunemuller - Denver - obit	Herman Krueger - Tripoli - obit
Roy Ladwig - Sumner - obit	Philip Walther - Denver - obit
Carrie (John) Rimrodt (nee Buchholz) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. F.J. Wilharm (nee Hoth) - Sumner - obit
Lou Jahnke - Ft. Collins, CO - (N)
	20 December
5 July	Martha (Theodore) Diercks (nee Schutte) - Denver - obit
Walter Boderman - Tripoli - obit	Edwin W. Schroeder - Evansdale - 2nd obit
Lena Hartmann (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli - obit	Duane Aubrey - Sumner/Rock Island, IL - obit
Lyle Horton - Sumner - obit
	27 December
12 July	Caroline Schnurstein - Tripoli - obit
Ernest Schroeder - Sumner - obit	Henry Buss - Tripoli - obit
Elmer Beisner - Oran - obit	August Blume - Sumner - obit
	Daniel Ryan - Oelwein - obit
19 July	Herman W. Niedert - Readlyn - obit
Mrs. Albert Green (nee Wright) - Tripoli - obit
Rev. Armin Haeussler - Siegel/Chicago - (N)
Herman Wolfgram - Sumner - obit
Christian Schlomann - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - (N)
Ruth (Grant) Dickman - Sumner/ Madison, WI - obit
Daisy (Dr. George) Shales (nee Bogert) - Sumner - obit
Edward Ehlert - Sumner - obit
Edmund Ommen - Sumner - obit

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