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 Jan	19 Jul
Lillia Buhrmester (90) - Sumner - obit	Virgil Kingsbury (67) - Tripoli/Fairbault, MN - obit
Marion Donat (72) (nee Dawson) - obit	Duane Duncomb (23) - Riceville, IA - (N)
Richard (Hilda) Brandt (77) - Denver - obit	Lydia (Daniel) Glass (94) (nee Steimer) - Sumner - obit
	George (Bertha) Beu (70) - Sumner - obit
12 Jan
Joseph Clark (79) - Sumner - obit	26 Jul
Cynthia Potratz (17) (dau. of Adam) - Sumner - obit	Ella (Theo) Peters (76) (nee Holm) - Readlyn - obit
Edward Leyh (75) - Sumner - obit
	2 Aug
19 Jan	Rosina (Edward) Schroeder (68) (nee Moeller) - Denver - obit
James (Phyllis) Leistikow (35) - Readlyn - obit	Frank (Zona) Lang (96) - Sumner - obit
Lydia (August) Eichmann (76) (nee Frese) - Tripoli - obit	Lucille (Ray) Duhrkopf (nee Reif) - Sumner - obit
Mildred E. Walker (92) - Bartels Home, Waverly - (N)	Paul (Susan) Fridley (75) - Sumner - obit
Norman Bruner (76) - Sumner/Sioux City - obit	Albert (Pauline) Stoffregen (78) - Salsbury, MO - obit
William (Sarah) Hagedorn (74) - Frederika - obit
	9 Aug
26 Jan	Virginia (Cecil) Harris (62) (nee Koeneke) - Sumner/Greene - obit
Paul Schober (70) - Tripoli - obit
Harold Pencil (63) - Denver - obit	16 Aug
William (Minnie) Poehler (86) - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit	Sophia Wolf (97) (nee Kuecker) - Artesian - obit
Thelma (John) Wedemeier (64) (nee Heidemann) - Denver - obit	Louise (Werner) Braatz (64) (nee Sprong) - Spring Fountain - obit
Clara (Faye) Rowe (74) (nee Niedert) - Sumner - obit	Ervin Bahlmann - Huntington Park, Calif. - (N)
Florence (A.N.) Fogdall (nee Burkhart) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	Keith (Adeline) Britian (45) - Sumner/Marshalltown - obit
2 Feb	23 Aug
Zona (Frank) Lang (91) (nee Webster) - Sumner - obit	Bertha (Nels) Debel (nee Pries) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit
Add (William) Aegerter (82) (nee Olds) - Sumner - obit	Edna (Charles) Richmond (79) (nee Flood) - Frederika - obit
	James (Myrna) Ranard (41) - Tripoli/Portland, Ore. - obit
9 Feb
Arthur Belknap (88) - Tripoli - obit	30 Aug
Robert Kerr (89) - Tripoli - obit	Clara Koch (84) (nee Haase) - Tripoli - obit
William Witecht (71) - Sumner - obit	Hattie (Fred) Bockhaus (81) - Tripoli - obit
Hulda O'Brien (82) (nee Schultz) - Tripoli/St. Paul, MN - obit	Susie Wood (88) (nee Hannaman) - Sumner/Denver - obit
16 Feb	6 Sept
Martin (Ella) Marticoff (79) - Tripoli - obit	Paul (Luella) Boevers (64) - Waverly - obit
Mrs. William Ragsdale (80) - Janesville - (N)	Henrietta (Fred) Bockhaus (nee Poock) - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Verla Trusty (38) (nee Jacob) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Charles Wall (87) - Sumner/Mankato, MN - obit
Anna (Walter) Schmudlach (84) (nee Korman) - Sumner - obit	Linda (Cecil) Dallenbach (72) (nee Niedert) - Sumner - obit
Mary Kauten (85) - Westgate - obit
Minnie (Emil) Raatz (nee Nuss) - Sumner/Little Falls, MN - obit	13 Sep
	Alma Bahlmann (79) (nee Buls) - Tripoli/Denver - obit
23 Feb	Fred (Anna) Nuss (88) - Sumner - obit
Walter (Martha) Hay (73) - Readlyn - obit
Hulda Blume (81) - Readlyn - obit	20 Sep
Melvin (Melva) Schnurstein (60) - Denver - obit	Doris (August) Bergmann (84) (nee Kruse) - Tripoli - obit
	Thomas Leisinger (16) (son of Lester) - Artesian - obit & article
1 Mar	Herman Ulrich (65) - Waterloo - obit & article
Martha Schlewitz (75) (nee Meyer) - Readlyn - obit	Leta Allenstein (81) - Sumner - obit
8 Mar	27 Sep
Lynda (Adolph) Jahn (81) (nee Haag) - Sumner - obit	John (Maude) Figenbaum (87) - Sumner - obit
Emma (Albert) Westendorf (96) (nee Buhr) - Buck Creek/Sumner - obit
August (Alice) Benzine (76) - Sumner - obit	4 Oct
Emma (Carl) Kuether (90) (nee Niemann) - Waverly/Colorado Springs, Co - obit	Lorenz (Bertha) Koelling (58) - Denver - obit
Hulda (Will) Blume - Tripoli - 2nd obit
	11 Oct
15 Mar	Fred (Adela) Buchholz (76) - Siegel/Waverly - obit
Jamie McCloud (inf. son of Ricky & Gail) - Denver - obit	Claude (Mary) Shufelt (91) - Frederika - obit
Alice (Lemuel) Hickman (80) (nee Wiegand) - Denver - obit	Lorenz (Irma) Meyer (61) - Sumner - obit
Lorenz (Velma) Wente (50) - Sumner - obit	Genevieve (J.T. "Tom") Bump (70) (nee Wells) - Sumner - obit
	William (Alma) Pipho (77) - Sumner - obit
22 Mar
Laura (William) Harms (81) (nee Waskow) - Sumner - obit	18 Oct
	Carl (Bertha) Klemp (94) - Readlyn - obit
29 Mar	George Thelman (71) - Alpha - obit
Alan (Jolene) Steege (30)
	25 Oct
5 Apr	Amanda (William) Kuhlmann (76) (nee Harms) - Readlyn - obit
Amanda (Arthur) Diercks (80) (nee Schutte) - Denver - obit	Stanley (Alice) Buhr (52) - Readlyn - obit
Matilda (Will) Hoeger (83) (nee Winning) - Sumner - obit
Margaret Platt (74) (nee Traeger) - Sumner - obit	1 Nov
Fred (Lena) Hunemuller (81) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Ervin (Emma) Koelling - Denver - obit
Harold Sawyer (son of Harold Sawyer Sr.) - Sumner/Asland, Neb. - (N)	Jerald McKenna (28) - Readlyn - (N) & article
Elizabeth (August) Winter (nee Pleggenkuhle) - Sumner/Corona, Calif. - obit	John (Mary) Poock (90) - Denver - obit
	Ernest Nuss Sr. (86) - Sumner - obit
12 Apr	Arthur (Verneta) Elliott (62) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Wm. Grebien (80) (nee Bahlmann) - Tripoli - obit	David (Joyce) Hochberger (71) - Sumner/Covina, Calif. - obit
Mary (Carl) Fagenbaum (82) - Sumner - obit
	8 Nov
19 Apr	Hazel (Herman) Bruns (74) (nee Kern) - Denver - obit
Ella Kromer (82) - Charles City - (N)	Minnie (William) Nicol (94) (nee Moyer) - Denver - obit
Edna (Herbert) Kempin (54) (nee Borcherding) - Sumner - obit	Carl Schlichting (94) - Tripoli - obit
Susannah (George) Hyde (93) (nee Dresher) - Sumner - obit	Claude Nuss (82) - Sumner - (N)
	Louise Guyer (81) - Sumner - (N)
26 Apr	Eunice (Lester) Lease (64) - Sumner - obit
John Smelcer (19) (son of Ken) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Cecil (Virginia) Harris (69) - Greene - (N)
Edward Schmidt (20) (son of Donald and Cecelia) - Sumner - obit
Emma (Rev. Glenn) Emerson (88) (nee Fasel) - Sumner/Salem, Oregon - obit	15 Nov
Frank (Nellie) Hack (80) - Sumner - obit	Walter (Laura) Fergemann (82) - Tripoli - obit
Mary McCue (80) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Claude (Pearl) Nuss (81) - Sumner - obit
Blossom Newman (nee Reeve) - Ottumwa - (N)	Arland (Betty) Blume - Sumner - obit
	Wesley (Marie) Sorge (70) - Sumner - obit
3 May
Carl (Selma) Meier (68) - Sumner - obit	22 Nov
Mary (Jay) Lease (94) (nee Lang) - Sumner - obit	Rev. Paul (Geneva) Kehle - Buck Creek/Ripon, Wisc. - obit
Blossom Newman (nee Reeve) - Sumner - 2nd obit	LaVern Waterman (61) - Tripoli/Evansdale - obit
	Paul (Anna Marie) Niedert (65) - Sumner - obit
10 May	Marie Buhr (54) - Sumner - obit
Shawn Ness (10m.) (son of Arlin & Barbara) - Sumner - obit	Norman (Frances) Zobel Sr.(60) - Sumner - obit
Hulda (Otto) Pape (76) (nee Peters) - Monona - obit	George (Verna) Heller - Sumner - obit
	Lorraine Brase (14) (son of Romaine and Elaine) - Sumner - obit
17 May
Ryan Hinrichs ( 2 1/2 yr - son of Darrel and Sheila) - Shell Rock - obit	29 Nov
Les (Margaret) Kalkbrenner (58) - Tripoli - obit	Edward Tonne (78) - Tripoli - obit
Lucinda Brandt - Denver - obit	Carl "Charlie" Walther (83) - Denver - obit
	Raleigh Dailey (88) - Sumner/Batabia - obit
24 May	Louis (Thelma) Howe Sr. (52) - Sumner - obit
Mathilda (Warren "Vern") Gehrke (79) (nee Kaeppel) - Sumner - obit
Alvin (Ella) Hucke (64) - Sumner - obit	6 Dec
Mrs. Rudolph Haar - Denver - (N)	Walter (Margaret) Hinrichs (55) - Tripoli - obit
	Emma (Wm. Eichmann & Herbert Boderman) Boderman (83) (nee Hildebrandt) - Tripoli - obit
31 May	Leonard (Catherine) Meighan (62) - Sumner - obit
Alvin (Ella) Hucke (69) - Sumner - obit	Earl (Cora) Avery (76) - Sumner - obit
Chris Wenthe (81) - Fredericksburg - obit
Frank Wietenk (89) - Fredericksburg - (N)	13 Dec
	Harold Kimbal (66) - Tripoli - obit
7 Jun	Howard Sanderson (15) (son of Gordon and Alice) - Tripoli - obit
no deaths	Henry (Emma) Blasberg (75) - Tripoli - obit
	Ella (John) Mueller (90) (nee Heyer) - Sumner - obit
14 Jun	Karl (Hinderike) Korporal (73) - Sumner - obit
Leona (Edward) Weihe (56) (nee Nielsen) - Tripoli - obit	Erwin (Elsie) Nolte (74) - Sumner - obit
Albert (Mary) Wallace (84) - Denver/Cedar Falls - obit	Alfred (Lucy) Haase (59) - Sumner/Brunswick, Ga. - obit
21 Jun	20 Dec
Earl Hutchison (49) - Denver/Waterloo - obit	Leona (Ellsworth) Dancer (54) (nee Judas) - Tripoli - obit
	Lura (John) Sprague (80) (nee Whitford) - Frederika - obit
28 June	Amanda (Herbert) Koelling (82) (nee Warneke) - Denver - obit
Erwin (Dorothy) Boeckmann (71) - Tripoli - obit	Mabel Hagen (83) (nee Mahlstedt) - Tripoli - obit
Louise Harmening (80) (nee Krueger) - Denver/Waverly - obit	Craig Alcock (68) - Frederika - obit
	Rev. Lester (Eunice) Lease (69) - Sumner - obit
5 Jul	Mathilda (William) Weisckirch (84) (nee Schwake) - Sumner - obit
Herman (Elizabeth) Klenzmann (81) - Readlyn - obit	Reinhart (Maybelle) Schwerin (63) - Sumner - obit
Everett (Avis) O'Brien (55) - Sumner - obit & article	Mrs. Freda Schrage (88) - Clarksville/Waverly - obit
Avis (Everett) O'Brien (54) - Sumner - obit & article	Dr. A.W. (Alice) Swenson - Sumner/Waverly - obit
Andrew (Lucinda) Huck (72) - Denver - obit
	27 Dec
12 Jul	Emma (Samuel) Leyh (97) (nee Duhrkopf) - Sumner - obit
Anna Schweer (84) (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli - obit	Lester (Mabel) Kohlmeyer (61) - Sumner - obit
George (Marie) Wilson (76) - Sumner - obit	Clifford (Serena) Schnurstein (75) - Sumner/Culver City, Calif - obit
	William (Laura) Cress (70) - Sumner/Iowa City - obit

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