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 Jan	14 Jul
Donna Lee (45) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Fred Hirsch (70) - Waterloo - obit
Theodore Sievers (64) - Siegel - obit
Elda Everding (59) - Readlyn - obit	21 Jul
	Michael Buls (7) (son of Verlyn & Phyllis) - Tripoli - obit
13 Jan	Oscar Gutknecht (74) - Sumner - obit
Emil Thies (56) - Readlyn - obit	Nellie (Earl) Milnes (84) - Chariton - obit
Lillie (William) Reimler - Sumner - obit
Ida (Leonard) Scott (87) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	28 Jul
Ernest (Anna) Mohlis (79) - Sumner - obit	August (Agusta) Kuker (87) - Sumner - obit
Fern (William) Ault (78) (nee Popkey) - Denver - obit	Edwin (Marie) Niedert (64) - Sumner - obit
	Caroline (William) Molumby (97) (nee Hanson) - Sumner - obit
20 Jan	Lawrence Kane (82) - Dunkerton - (N)
Anita (Richard) Schedlter (20) (nee James) - Sumner - obit
Susan (Pete Deal & ??? Ash) Ash (92) (nee Hauser) - Oelwein - obit	4 Aug
Mrs. Kenneth Robinson (68) - Volga - (N)	Elida Waterman (88) (nee Ernst) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. John Rueckert (69) - Waterloo - (N)	Ewald (Laura) Lahmann (63) -Tripoli - obit
	Wilma Kammeyer (70) - Sumner - obit
27 Jan
Wilhelm Everding (86) - Readlyn - obit	11 Aug
Ernest (Katherine) Everding - Waterloo - (N)	Elmer Buhr - Readlyn - (N)
Elmer (Adelena) Shipp (73) - Plainfield - obit	Lorenz Sell (49) - West Liberty, IA - (N)
Chris Moehle (94) - Sumner - obit	Emil (Anna) Tonne (61) - Readlyn - obit
	Ernest (Ada) Grahlmann (73) - Sumner/San Pedro, CA - obit
3 Feb	Frederick (Hulda) Mohlis (65) - Sumner/Spring Valley, MN - obit
William J.(Bertha) Peters (78) - Readlyn - obit	Irene (Herman) Hagenberg (72) (nee Keding) - Sumner - obit
Bertha Dravis (78) (nee Buchholz) - Tripoli - obit	John (Minnie) Eimers (69) - Sumner - obit
Alma (William) Pipho (75) (nee Goppelt) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Phil Winter (69) - Lawler - (N)	18 Aug
	Edward (Bernice) Barbknecht (73) - Frederika - obit
10 Feb	Lorenz (Arlene) Sell (49) - Tripoli/West Liberty - obit
Ben (Laura) Kalal (74) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	Elmer (Lucinda) Buhr (67) - Denver - obit
Elmer (June) Spier (58) - Readlyn/Cedar Falls - obit	(Anna) Sophie (Henry) Kehe (78) (nee Schumacher) - Denver - obit
Rev. Ernest Potratz (84) - Sumner/Kearney, Neb. - obit	Minnie (William) Wehling (88) (nee Bahe) - Denver - obit
Grace Borneman (74) (nee Ackerman) - Sumner - obit
William (Matilda) Hochberger (93) - Hawwkeye - obit	25 Aug
Mrs. Donald Ritnour (50) - Fredericksburg - obit	Leroy (Margaret) Happel (50) - Readlyn - obit & article
August (Opal) Treloar (79) - Fredericksburg - obit	Carl (Anna) Heller (78) - Sumner - obit
Clyde Bates - Tripoli/Marshalltown Veterans Hospital - (N)	Augusta Judas - Waverly/Appleton, Wisc. - (N)
17 Feb	1 Sep
Alfred (Lulu) Buls (71) - Frederika - obit	Mrs. Andrew Haas (70) - Sumner (N)
Sophia Kruse (82) - Tripoli - obit	Leroy (Margaret) Happel (50) - Sumner - 2nd obit
Clara Keding (97) (nee Martens) - Tripoli - obit	Augusta Judas (79) (nee Propp) - Waverly - obit
Louise (John) Becker (88) (nee Nuss) - Sumner - obit	Irma Jensen (59) - Humboldt - obit
Elaine (Oscar) Erickson (79) (nee Hildahl) - Norway/Sumner - obit	Wendy Sue Bergmann (21 mo) (dau of Roger & Gloria) - Jericho - obit
Glenn (Verna) Wells (71) - Sumner/Grundy Center - obit
	8 Sep
24 Feb	Elna Pries (75) - Waverly - obit
John Wille (93) - Denver/County Home - obit	Hulda (Charles) Plaster (81) (nee Hoendescke) - Westgate - obit
Henry (Frieda) Meyer (74) - Sumner - obit
	15 Sep
3 Mar	Katherine (Edward) Bergmann (81) (nee Fehring) - Tripoli - obit
Fred (Sarah) Holm (84) - Tripoli - obit	John (Lucille) McDermott (58) - Sumner/Glenview, Ill. - obit
Henry (Minnie) Redies (67) - Bremer - obit
Lulu (Carl) Wedemeier (73) (nee Nolting) - Readlyn - obit	22 Sep
LaVerna (Louis) Hochberger (59) (nee Heineman) - Sumner - obit	W.H. (Emma) Warner (72) - Tripoli - obit
Wilmont (Florence) Mohling (66) - Denver - obit	Erwin (Mabel) Hay (65) - Tripoli/Quasqueton - obit
	Mark Koschmeder (14) (son of Erwin) - Tripoli - obit
10 Mar	Wendell Krull - Tripoli/Sun City, AZ - obit
Edward (Emma) Bunger (82) - Waverly - obit	Emil (Dorothy) Jarchow (80) - Sumner - obit
Emma (John) Stumme (88) (nee Blasberg) - Denver - obit	Vernon (Lillian) Sour (56) - Hampton/Sumner - obit
Norma (Dale) Schrader (61) (nee Drewis) - Sumner - obit	Edward (Elenore) Hesse (76) - Denver - obit
Adolph Petersen (76) - Cedar Falls - (N)
Fred Thelman (77) - Alpha - (N)	29 Sep
	Clara (John) Johnson (nee Pike) - Frederika - obit
17 Mar	Ida (Fred) Schuldt (81) (nee Ohlendorf) - Tripoli - obit
Edwin (Ella) Kasemeier (63) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Clarence Spier (65) (nee Nolte) - Waverly - obit
	David (Frances) Sjulin - Hamburg, IA - obit
24 Mar	Ralph Baxter (61) - Sumner/San Jose, Calif - obit
David Creager (16) (son of Aulden) - Sumner/Spokane, Wash. - obit	William (Emma) Werner - Tripolli - obit
31 Mar	6 Oct
Edwin (Gladys) Zander (62) - Tripoli - obit	John (Emma) Shales (88) - Sumner/Alburquerque, NM - obit
Francis (Vera) Walker (63) - Denver - obit	Blanche Bickle (81) (nee Busey) - Sumner/Harrisburg, PA - obit
Eileen (Ray) Benning (nee Brandt) - Cazenovia, Wis. - (N)
	13 Oct
7 Apr	Brian Schnathorst (inf son of Larry) - Waverly - obit
Angela Lohnert (inf dau of Juergen) - Cedar Falls - obit	Martha (Arthur) Peters (76) (nee Everding) - Denver - obit
Lawrence (Valeria) Schwartz (65) - Tripoli - obit	August Ducker (88) - Waverly/Ft. Dodge - obit
David Ganske (50) - West Union - (N)
John (Lena) Wenthe (75) - Oelwein - obit	20 Oct
Ada Farnum (89) - Sumner - obit	Walter (Alberta) Sell (61) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
	Bernice (John) Tietje (76) - Waupaca, Wisc. - obit
14 Apr	Erwin (Elizabeth) Kuepker (74) - Sumner - obit
Minnie Sauerbrei (89) (nee Kruckenburg) - Tripoli - obit	Miinie (John) Fedeler (93) (nee Pleggenkuhle) - Sumner - obit
Dora Wedemeier (57) (nee Hagenow) - Readlyn - obit	Jerald (Marion) Brush (57) - Randalia/New Franklin, MO - obit
'Will Essman (81) - Crane Creek - (N)
Melinda (William) Miller (72) Harmony, MN - obit	27 Oct
Nellie (Gilbert) Long (68) (nee Madden) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Russell Nystrom (20) - Denver/Woodward - obit
Louise (William) Doepke (75) (nee Tegtmeier) - Denver - obit	Albert Wharton (76) - Dubuque - obit
21 Apr	3 Nov
John Stumme (92) - Denver - (N)	Marvin (Karen) Pallow (38) - Sumner - obit
David Lindner (19) (son of Lawrence) - Plainfield - (N)	Herman (Mae) Waskow (77) - Sumner - obit
	Nellie (Nick) Aegerter (81) (nee Seery) - Sumner - obit
28 Apr
Edna Steitler (62) - Denver - obit	10 Nov
Allie (Mike) Zwanziger (91) (nee Knapp) - Frederika - obit	Sherri Kae Kammeyer (inf dau of Paul & Karol) - Tripoli - obit
Gustav Refshauge (78) - rural Waverly - (N)	Hulda (Will) Gebert (84) (nee Dettmer) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. Otto Zinn - Plainfield - (N)	Paul (Dorothy) Springer (58) - Sumner - obit
Glenn Ehlert (50) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Emma (Herman) Arndt (89) (nee Keding) - Sumner - obit
Lorena (Will) Meyer (65) (nee Mullenbruch) - Sumner - obit	Rt. Rev.John Fisher (70) - Dubuque - obit
John (Emma) Stumme (92) - Denver - obit
	17 Nov
5 May	Helena (Elmer) Schneider (70) (nee Oltrogge) - Readlyn - obit
Art Brockmeyer (73) - West Union/Inglewood, Calif - obit	John Wayne Bumgartner (inf son of Donald & Janice) - Ft. Worth, Texas - obit
Henry (Leona) Lau (67) - Readlyn - obit	Louise (Henry) Schedtler (79) (nee Judisch) - Sumner - obit
Veronica (Leo) Hughes (72) (nee Demmer) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Elmer Steege (72) - Fredericksburg - (N)
Lawrence Meier (72) - Fredericksburg - obit	Verla Clark (58) (nee Schuknecht) - Ankeny - obit
	Mrs. Rev. Reuben Topp (49) (nee Bode) - Clarksville - obit
12 May	Walter (Ione) Elmer (77) - Oelwein - obit
Edith (Robert) Rundle (97) (nee Kuhlow) - Sumner - obit	Vernon Moeller - Readlyn/Chicago, Ill. - obit
James Kelleher (9) (son of Robert) - Denver - obit
	24 Nov
19 May	Lelah (William) Niemeyer (58) (nee Begalske) - Tripoli - obit
Mary (Fred) Bremer (nee Burmeister) - Tripoli - obit	Reinhart (Mildred) Klemp (61) - Tripoli - obit
Louie Holm (81) - Tripoli - obit	Anna (Siegfried) Struck (88) (nee Wiese) - Tripoli - obit
Bernice (Elmer) Glaw (85) - Sumner - obit	Rev. William (Emma) Engelke (94) - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Keith Speicher (20) - Fredericksburg - (N)
26 May	Mrs. Martin Lubben (63) (nee Schrage) - Clarksville - obit
Eva (Howard) Boynton (62) - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit	Helena (Elmer) Schneider (nee Oltrogge) - Readlyn - obit
2 Jun	1 Dec
Mabel (Walter) Hunemuller (71) (nee Heinemann) - Tripoli - obit	Emil (Cora) Omvig (81) - Frederika - obit
Walter (Anna) Steege (72) - Westgate - obit	Florence Creager (88) - Sumner - obit
Margaret Jahn (49) - Sumner - obit	John (Alma) Meier (80) - Sumner - obit
Minnie Kuhn (77) - Fayette Cty Home - obit	Elsie Epeneter (84) - Portland, Oreg. - obit
9 Jun	8 Dec
Edwin (Evah) Henning - Tripoli/Alhambra, Calif. - obit	Dennis (Judy) Cooper (26) - Pinhook - obit & brief article
Charles Grahlman (12) (son of Dale & Ida Mae) - Sumner - obit & article	Caroline Belgaske (75) (nee Zupke) - West Union - obit
Gordon (Diane) Tegtmeier (22) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Robert Coover (55) (nee Schlatter) - Cedar Rapids - obit
Pauline (John) Lambrecht (79) (nee Mezler) - Sumner - obit
	15 Dec
16 Jun	Clarence (Louise) Kretzschmar (60) - Greene - obit
Elizabeth Kent (89) (nee Aegerter) - Sumner - obit	Mary (Frederick) Winter (86) (nee Meyer) - Waucoma/Sumner - obit
Wilmer (Edna) Buhr (55) - Sumner - obit
	22 Dec
23 Jun	Herman (Louise) Buchholz - Siegel - obit
Ella (Gus N.) Platte (79) (nee Potratz) - Sumner - obit	William (Lulu) Hagenbuch (90) - Tripoli - obit
Frank (Helen) Doege (68) - Sumner - obit	Benard (Elvera) Nordstrom (58) - Readlyn - obit
Roger (Delpha Parks & Delores Prentice) Forsman (55) - Sumner - obit
Hemmo (Augusta Hilmer & Anna Bohman) Abbas (86) - Dumont - obit	29 Dec
	Joseph (Lucille) Dorn (58) - Cedar Falls - obit
7 Jul
William Block (78) - Tripoli - obit
Minnie Meyer (77) - Sumner - obit
Dorothy (Alfred) Vandersee (65) (nee Miner) - Sumner - obit
Albert Pagel (73) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Thomas Rourke (66) - Sentinel Butte, ND - (N)

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