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	25 June
Mrs. Effie Repp - Denver - article & (N)	John H. Kuhrt - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
Elmer Lucas - Sumner - obit	Inez May Smith - Sumner - obit
Ernest Heinemann - Sumner - obit
	2 July
8 January	Harry H. Heine - Tripoli - obit
Kathryn Tehel (nee Jenkins) - Sumner - obit	Theodore Bock - Tripoli - obit
Lloyd Leach - Sumner/Vinton - obit	Oliver V. Anderson - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Leo Rochford - Sumner - (N)
	16 July
15 January	Mary (William) Harmening (nee Heine) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Frank Eichmann - Clarksville - (N)	Lawrence Schortau - Frederika - obit
Io Austin Alcock -Frederika - obit	Sarah (John) Waskow (nee Karsten) - Sumner - obit
	Frederick W. Klein - Sumner - obit
22 January
William Steitler - Denver - obit	23 July
Emil Seehase - Sumner - obit	Cynthia Bishop - Waverly - obit
Rev. Norman Langholz - Sumner/Edina, MN - obit	Walter Riechmann - Artesian - obit
Mrs. Andrew Hansen - Nashua - (N)	Edward J. Ladwig - Sumner - obit
Io Austin Alcock - Frederika - 2nd obit	William Griesemann - Sumner - obit
29 January	30 July
Albert Krueger - Tripoli - obit	Joseph (Inf. son of Harold) - Tripoli - obit
Marie Meier - Tripoli - obit	Emil Graening - Denver - obit
Rhoda (Myron) Cockerham (nee Anderson) - Sumner - obit	Lydia (Christian) Brandt (nee Diekmann) - Denver - obit
Mrs. Philip Schlatter - Decorah - (N)	Florence (joe) Seagrove (nee Powers) - Sumner/Woodward - obit
John Westphal - Pico Rivers, CA - (N)	Bruce Howard - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Alvin Flatjord - Alta Vista - (N)
	6 August
5 February	Peter Mahlstedt - Tripoli - obit
William Schweer - Tripoli - obit	Ida Neuendorf - Tripoli - (N)
Lela Meyerhoff (August) Blume (nee Cluts) - Sumner - obit	Mary Alice (Ralph) Countryman (nee Barker) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Philip Schlatter - Sumner - obit	Erwin Ribbeck - Sumner - obit
Inf. Son of Jerry Schoephoerster - Independence - obit	Anna Sorensen - Sumner/Des Moines - (N)
David Hicks - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit	Virginia (William) Weibel (nee Zurbriggen) - Sumner/Chicago - obit
	Martha (Joseph) Schneider (nee Konarske) - Denver - obit
12 February	Arlin Deterding - Readlyn - obit
Charles H. Knief - Denver/County Home - obit
	20 August
19 February	Cpl. Donald W. Stufflebeam - Denver/Camp Pendleton, CA - obit
Fred Heine - Artesian - obit	Fred Rathe Jr. - Tripoli - obit
Charmayne (Charles H.) Ganske (nee Olsen) - Sumner - obit	Walter R. Waskow - Sumner/Waterlooo - obit
Henry Jesse - Sumner - obit	Peter Schnoor - Sumner - obit
Amanda (Roy) Tibbitts - Sumner - (N)
	27 August
26 February	Sophie Schwemm - Tripoli - obit
Bertha Peters (nee Grebein) - Tripoli - obit	Harry Carstenson - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Amanda (Roy) Tibbitts - Sumner - obit	William Priebe - West Union - obit
5 March	3 September
H.F. Goebel - Bayport, MN - (N)	George Abbas - Denver/Grundy Center - obit
Sarah (Fred) Holm (nee Becker) - Tripoli - obit	Mrs. Emil Oltrogge - Sumner - (N)
Fred Tonne - Tripoli - obit
Albert Olson - Sumner - obit	10 September
Irene (John) Lynch (nee Fuhr) - Tripoli/Havanna, IL - obit	Werner W. Sell - Tripoli/Long Beach, CA - obit
	Sophie (Gustav) Schwemm (nee Moeller) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
12 March	Edward Frisch - Sumner/Brooten, MN - obit
Mrs. Kenneth Bunger (nee Staack) - Tripoli/Evansdale - obit	SP/4 Duane Clefish - Sumner/Westgate/Vietnam - (N)
Fred Tonne - Frederika - 2nd obit
Gary Poock - Denver/Mt. Pleasant - obit	17 September
Albert Pollow - Sumner/Waverly - obit	E.H. Stehn - Tripoli - obit
Ernest Avery - Shell Rock - (N)	Herman Seegers - Denver - obit
Mrs. Frank Ackley - Fredericksburg - (N)	Cora (Emil) Omvig - Frederika - (N)
	Lois (Herman) Niemann (nee Mueller) - Sumner - obit
19 March	Leslie W. Buenger - Sumner - obit
Arnold J. Platte - Readlyn - obit	Charles A. Pagel - Sumner - obit
Robert Gehrke - Sumner - obit
Matthew Philip (inf. son of Richard Springer) - Omaha - (N)	1 October
Paul Wolff - Fairbank - obit	Cora (Emil) Omvig (nee Ellinger) - Frederika - obit
Inf. dau. of Laverne Greenfield - Sumner - (N)	Louise Schwerin - Sumner - (N)
Carrie Kleiner - Sumner/New Hampton - obit	Marjorie Foster - Sumner/Des Moines - (N)
	John McCue - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
26 March
Alvina Redies - Tripoli/Bremer County Home - obit	8 October
Minna (Ernest) Homan (nee Moeller) - Artesian	Herman Schweer - Crane Creek/Tripoli - obit
Helmuth Quandt- Sumner - obit	Anna Zander - Crane Creek - obit
Alfred Borcherding - Sumner/Kansas City, MO - obit	Martin Koeberle - Sumner - obit
Mrs. P.C. Patterson (nee Farnum) - Shevlin, MN - (N)	Lester Engelke - Sumner - obit
	Louise (Ernest) Schwerin (nee Meier) - Sumner - obit
2 April
Annette (Clayborne) Quigley (nee Scott) - Clarksville - obit	15 October
Jack Carney - Sumner - obit	Glenn Ladwig - Sumner - obit
Erna (Frederick) Nolte (nee Hay) - Readlyn - obit	LaVonne (John W.) Strain (nee Moment) - Sumner/San Jose, CA - obit
Alta (Walter) Carpenter (nee Shenck) - Sumner/Minneapolis, MN - obit	Elnora (Reinholdt) Thran (nee Lemke) - Westgate - obit
Ben Harnisch - Fredericksburg - (N)	George Windebank - Denver - obit
Gary Bishop - Fredericksburg - (N)
Earl Ferguson - Sumner/Louisville, Ky. - obit	22 October
Renae Kae (inf. dau. of Fred) Hemenway - Denver/Clarksville - obit	Carol (Oscar) Schiefelbein (nee Summer) - Sumner - obit
Janet Lyn (inf. dau. of Tom) Hardy - Denver/Oelwein - obit	Ella Adams - Sumner - obit
Dianne Benning - Waverly - (N)	Andrew Konrardy - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Henry Kern - Fredericksburg - obit
	29 October
9 April	William H. Fink - Tripoli - obit
Hattie (Ernest) Block (nee Hoepfner) - Sumner - obit
Ed Mundfrom - Lime Springs - (N)	5 November
Annette (Claybourne) Quigley (nee Scott) - Clarksville - obit	Mary Taylor - Frederika - obit
	Rev. Melvin Shank - Sumner - obit
16 April	Nellie (Frank) Hack (Kleiner) - obit
Fred Bergmann - Tripoli - (N)
Rev. L.W. Reuther - Sumner - obit	12 November
Edward OBrien - Sumner - obit	Clara (Erwin) Biermann (nee Buhre) - Siegel - obit
Minnie (John) Schroeder (nee Knief) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Tina Yvonne Buchholz (Inf. dau. of Roger) - Tripoli - (N)
	Alberta (Harry) Hunt (nee Krause) - Sumner - obit
23 April	Oscar Quade - Tripoli - obit
Leslie Schmidt - Tripoli - obit
Albert Bock - Tripoli - obit	19 November
Herman Zacharias - Tripoli/Oelwein - (N)	Helene Karsten - Tripoli - obit
Fred Ambrose - Sumner - obit	Alfred Krueger - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
	Blanch (Harold) Garland - Sumner - obit
30 April	Mrs. Edwin Flanscha - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Louis Schweer (nee Everding) - Denver - obit	Oscar Minkel - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Leslie Schmidt - Tripoli - 2nd obit	Juddson R. Bartie - Sumner - obit
7 May	26 November
Charles Smith - Tripoli/Independence - obit	Betty (LaVerne) Spier (nee Mitchell) - Readlyn - obit
Thomas J. Durant Jr. - Sumner - obit	Alvin Sassmann - Denver - obit
	Fred Buhman - Denver - obit
14 May
Fred Heidemann - Tripoli - obit	3 December
	Herbert Noon - Denver - obit
21 May	Mary Dawson - Sumner - (N)
Louise (Fred) Lamka (nee Schmidt) - Frederika - obit	Ida Buls (nee Schwemm) - Tripoli - obit
Fred Rochow - Sumner/Staples/MN - (N)	Bertha Wendt (John) Albrecht (nee )Stolte- Frederika - obit
	Larry Poock - Decorah - obit
28 May
Minnie (Henry) Meswarb (nee Pries) - Tripoli - obit	10 December
Mrs. Edwin Seehase (nee Warnke) - Sumner - obit	Everett Garland - Sumner - obit
John Schmadeke - Sumner - obit	Brian Rhea - Sumner - obit
Ferdinand Klemp - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Bergman (Herman) Hay (nee Huebner) - Sumner - obit
4 June	17 December
Henry Stumme - Readlyn - obit	John Johnson - Frederika - obit
Arthur Gletty - Sumner - obit	Clara (Louis) Matthias (nee Foelske) - Denver - obit
Otto Wendt - Sumner - obit	Herbert Meyerhoff - Readlyn - obit
Bertha (Otto) Hoth (nee Glassnap) - Sumner - obit
	24 December
11 June	Edwin Bany - Tripoli - obit
Richard Foelske - Denver - obit	Romaine Brase - Sumner - obit
Adolph Koelling - Denver - obit	Mardella (Edward) Biermann - Readlyn - obit
Ross Kelsey - Tripoli - obit	Fred Fedeler - Sumner - obit
	Minnie (Louis) Moehlis (nee Holm) - Crane Creek/Waterloo - obit
18 June	Bertha M. ( Charles) Bartling (nee Heidemann) - Denver - obit
Henry Borcherding - Sumner - obit
George Roberts - Sumner/Greene - obit	31 December
	Mabel (Edward) Maurer (nee Moser) - Sumner - obit
	Edwin Bany - Siegel - obit

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