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	3 July
Christian F. Bathke - Sumner - obit	Viola Ann Semm - Tripoli - obit
Winifred (Elmer) Lucas (nee Rockdaschel) - Sumner - obit
Celinda (Harold) Rundle (nee Stahlhut) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	10 July
Mrs. Emil Christensen - Sumner/Garner - (N)	Christena (Henry) Oberman (nee Hildebrandt) - Readlyn - obit
Anna Ritchie (nee Ambrose) - Sumner/Oelwein - (N)	Rev. Arthur Langholz - Sumner - obit
	Dr. Howard Truner - Sumner/Conroe, TX - (N)
10 January
Henry Korte - Siegel - obit	17 July
Herman Baumann- Denver/Bremer County Home - obit	Anna (Fred J.) Tonne (nee Meier) - Tripoli - obit
Wilmer Seamans - Sumner - obit	William Harms - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Mark Steege - Readlyn/Springfield, IL - (N)
17 January
Fred C. Buchholz - Tripoli - obit	24 July
Minnie (Carl) Kammeyer (nee Schellhorn) - Frederika - obit	Geneva (James) Kerr (nee Drewis) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
	Oscar Forsman - Tripoli/Madison, WI - obit
24 January	Harry F. Strumpell - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Otto Kuethe (nee Tegtmeier) - Readlyn - obit	Herman Oltrogge - SumnerWestgate - obit
Marie (Darwin) Pelley - Denver - obit
Ida (Clarence) Boderman (nee Frost) - Sumner - obit	31 July
Jennie (Rene) Orvis (nee Sitters) - Sumner - obit	George Lindsley - Tripoli/Jackson, MN - obit
Henry Mitchell - Manchester - (N)	Capt. Myron Poock - Tripoli/Vietnam - obit
William Bettenga - Ackley - (N)	Martin Leonhard - Denver - obit
William Luther - Denver - obit
Bernard J. Rohde - Fayette - obit	7 August
	Reaky (Carl) Piegors (nee Carstensen) - Tripoli - obit
31 January	O.J. Larson - Sumner - obit
Randy Holm - Denver - (N)
Duane Teisinger - Denver - (N)	14 August
James H. Trunnell - Denver - obit	John Backes - Sumner/Dubuque - (N)
Christian F. Bathke - Sumner - 2nd obit	Margaret (George) Treloar (nee O'Brien) - Sumner - obit
Rebecca (William) Sneller (nee Chubbock) - Sumner - obit	Rena (Willliam) Smith (nee Garden) - Sumner - obit
Minnie (Henry) Niemann (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit
	21 August
7 February	Claude Carroll - Frederika - obit
Mrs. Norman Mike - Sumner/Oelwein - (N)	John Beisner - Tripoli - obit
Randy Dean Holm - Denver - obit	Anna (William) Kirchhoff (nee Lindner) - Sumner - obit
Duane Dean Teisinger - Denver - obit	William Reiter - Fairbank - obit
	Jennifer Joann Hicks (inf dau of Larry) - Sumner - obit
14 February	Louis A. Dorn - Denver - obit
Paul C. Pockels - Tripoli/Long Beach, CA - obit
Emma K. Krueger (H.H.) Bunger - (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	28 August
Harold Baxter - Sumner/Cresco - obit	Louis Segebarth - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
James P. Murphy - Sumner - obit	Arthur Salisbury - Readlyn - obit
Hilda Rieck (Carl) Moehlis (nee Sell) - Sumner - obit	Henry Severson - Sumner - obit
Alberta (A.C.) Hildebrandt (nee Bockhaus) - Sumner/Tacoma, WA - obit	Lorenz Harms - Frederika/Clear Lake - (N)
21 February	4 September
Clarence P. Goodenbour - Tripoli - obit	Henry Hagen -Tripoli - obit
Norma (Dale) LaRue (nee Bahr) - Sumner - obit	Effie (Leigh) Alcock (nee Gillette) - Frederika - obit
	Sigurd Johnson - Sumner/Mountain View, CA - obit
28 February	Claude Carroll - Frederika - 2nd obit
Eldon R. Shriver - Tripoli/Maquoketa - obit
Audrey (Ronald J.) Strottmann (nee Poock) - Readlyn - obit	11 September
Sheri Rae Strottmann (child of Ronald J.) - Readlyn - obit	Alvin Moeller - Denver - obit
Brian Jon Strottmann (child of Ronald J.) - Readlyn - obit	John Schultz - Hawkeye - (N)
Wayne Kroeger - Sumner - obit	Mrs. John Schultz - Hawkeye - (N)
Clarence Goodenbour - Tripoli - 2nd obit
	18 September
6 March	Henry Henning - Tripoli - obit
August Krueger - Tripoli - obit	Cordelia (Herbert) Seehase (nee Giese) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. William Buls - Siegel - (N)
Dora (Carl) Kappmeyer (nee Kerkhoff) - Siegel - obit	25 September
Frank Haupt - Sumner - obit	Clarence L. Strong - Denver - obit
Alfred J. Redeman - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	Bertha Miller (Clarence) Strong (nee Sass) - Denver - obit
	George Fergemann - Waterloo - (N)
13 March	Roy Tibbetts - Sumner - obit
Clyde C. Clary - Frederika - obit	Hazel (Bernard) Hammond (nee Wickham) - Fredricksburg - obit
Robert J. Ott - Fairbank/Cedar Falls - obit	August Lantzky - Sumner - obit
August Krueger - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Mrs. William Rappold (nee Hoepfner) - Sumner - obit	2 October
Edgar Nuss - Sumner/Plainfield - obit	Florence (Ray) Block (nee Kirchhoff) - Tripoli - obit
Carl Tiffany - Independence - (N)	Art Kaiser - Tripoli - obit
	George Heath - Washburn - (N)
20 March	Fred Kammeyer - Sumner/Waterloo - (N)
Walter Kuker - Artesian - obit
Burton Moeller - Klinger - obit	9 October
Herman Olsen - Sumner/Waterloo - (N)	Minnie Rohrssen (nee Katz) - Tripoli - obit
Richard J. Meighan - Sumner/Vietnam - obit	Edgar Traetow - Artesian - obit
	Arthur Bartels - Sumner - obit
27 March	Alfred Morf - Sumner - obit
Infant son of Larry Spencer - Frederika - obit	Frank C. Waskow - Sumner - obit
Dr. Don Mirick - Clinton - (N)	Lorraine (Richard) Burhite (nee Madden) - Sumner - obit
Walter Kuker - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Werner Westendorf - Sumner/Raymond - obit	16 October
Harold Maurer - Sumner/Melros, WI - obit	Marsha Buls - Siegel - obit
Herman H. Warnke - Sumner - obit	Gertrude (William) Primus (nee Powers) - Sumner - obit
J. Herman Olsen - Sumner-Waterloo - obit	Harold Wells - Sumner/Gadsden, Ala. - obit
Erhardt Potratz - Sumner - obit	Emma (William) Schweer (nee Matthias) - Denver - obit
	Albert Lee - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit
3 April
Sp4 Richard Meighan - Sumner - 2nd obit	23 October
	Henry Dettmer - Sumner - obit
10 April	Louis Reimler - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
Mrs. Wilfred Boginson - Sumner/Dawson - obit
	30 October
17 April	Olinda (Andrew) Christensen (nee Buenger) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Bertha Thurm (nee Schweer) - Denver - obit	Warren O. Creager - Sumner - obit
William J. Heidemann - Demver - obit	Emil Matthias - Sumner - obit
Frederick Zell - Sumner - obit	Eva (Alfred) Burghardt (nee Groth) - Sumner - obit
David Wayne Pagel - Sumner - obit	George Ernest Sauerbrei - Jubilee/Tripolli - obit
B.H. (Bert) Schnadt - Sumner - obit
	13 November
24 April	John Kehe - Readlyn - obit
Rev. Clark Crowell - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit	Mrs. Henry Bathke - Sumner - (N)
Martha (Paul) Rosenow (nee Bartels) - Sumner - obit	Frank Rohlwing - Clarksville - (N)
Lynne Fortsch - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	Clara Boldt - Marshfield, WI - (N)
Louis Mackey - Sumner - obit	Jess Kent - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
	Frederick Elsamiller Sumner - obit
1 May	Arthur Treloar - Fredericksburg - obit
Arthur Hammetter - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Lena Schroeder - Postville - (N)
Debbie Childers - Sumner/Los Angeles - obit
	20 November
8 May	Carl H. Kehe - Denver - obit
Otto Brase - Frederika - obit	Minnie Bergmann (John) Weidemann (nee Hirsch) - Tripoli - obit
Edward l. Gabe - Frederika - obit	R.J. Hills - Waverly - (N)
Bertha (Rev. E.F.) Byers - Tripoli/Kent,WA - (N)	J. Flynn Brayton - Sumner - obit
Bertha (Fred) Bergman (nee Johnston) - Frederika - obit	Georgia (Vern) Heyer (nee Stark) - Sumner - obit
	Brenda Sue Hoth (inf. dau of Marlowe) - Sumner - obit
15 May
William Dohrmann - Crane Creek/Tripoli - obit	27 November
Marie Heiligmann - Frederika/Westgate - obit	Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Hartson - Fredericksburg - (N)
George Brechtol - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
	3 December
22 May	W.C. Steege - Denver - obit
Herbert Koehling - Denver - obit	Hildegard Koepke - Denver - obit
Otto Brase - Frederika - obit	Edwin Tegtmeier - Tripoli - obit
	Wayne E. Moore - Sumner - obit
29 May	Rudolph Haase - Sumner/Brunswick, GA - obit
Dalton Meyer - Sumner - obit
Herman Thoms - Readlyn obit	11 December
Bernhardt C. Volker - Cedar Falls - (N)	John Sansenbach - Denver - obit
Ed Schoephoerster - Sumner/Northfield, MN - (N)	Mrs. Elmer Tiedt (nee Ganske) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit
Ernest Wille Sr. - Denver - obit	Anna (Albert) Hoeger (nee Koening) - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Mary Miller - Sumner/Fayette - (N)
5 June
Arthur H. Huebner - Sumner - obit	18 December
Wallace Robertson - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Mrs. Minnie Koschmeder - Tripoli - (N)
Sylvia (Joe) Clark (nee Burke) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. William Erpelding - Jesup - (N)
William Ishman - Sumner - obit	Herman Frahm - Waterloo - (N)
Harry L. Pace - Sumner - obit	Sophia ( Herman) Staack (nee Nuss) - Sumner - obit
	Harry Buenzow - Sumner - obit
12 June	Harold Diekmann - Readlyn - (N)
Henry F. Meier - Frederika - obit
	25 December
19 June	Paul B. Rathe (inf. son of Dallas) - Fairbank (N)
Rev. H.G. Diemer - Sumner - obit	Minnie Zander (John) Koschmeder (nee Zander) - Tripoli - obit
	Ernest Heinemann - Buck Creek - (N)
26 June
Viola Semm - Tripoli - obit
Rev. Lloyd Bair - Frederika/LaPorte City - obit
Esther (Albert) Nolting (nee Nolte) - Denver - obit
Elmer Baier - Sumner/Waterloo - obit

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