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.

2 Jan	3 Jul
Elsie (Will) Braun (74) (nee Torno) - Sumner - obit	August (Lydia) Eichmann (78) - Tripoli - obit
Louie (Louise) Brase - Vancouver, Wash. - obit	Bessie Clary (80) - Frederika - obit
	Mary Hankner (88) (nee Zander) - Tripoli - obit
9 Jan	Sophie Spier (87) (nee Droste) - Tripoli - obit
Dexter (Verna) Krueger (63) - Tripoli/Hopkinton - obit
Mildred (Hollis) Hunt (66) (nee Wilkins) - Sumner - obit	10 Jul
Arnold (Charlotte) Wedemeier (67) - Sumner - obit	Marie Buenger (74) (nee Rosen) - Tripolil - obit
Otto (Anna) Meswarb (91) - Sumner - obit	Lottie (Henry) Baker (90) (nee Young) - Sumner/Glendale, Calif - obit
Olaf (Vella) Elesfud (85) - Fredericksburg - obit	Mrs. Fred Haskenhof - Sumner - obit
William (Hilda) Platte (80) - Denver - obit	Kenneth Meyerhoff (48) - Petersburg - obit
	Erice Meyerhoff (43) (nee Bravener) - Petersburg - obit
16 Jan	Estella (Emil) Lantow (nee Lease) - Sumner - obit
Mary (Dr. Lawrence) Finney (87) - Danville, Ill. - obit
Inf. dau of Keith Stahlhut - Tripoli - obit	17 Jul
Fred Meyer (77) - Tripoli - (N)	Carl Kowalsky (81) - Denver - obit
Ernest Rodemeyer (66) - Waverly - obit	Hulda (Fred) Schellhorn (87) - Siegel - obit
David Meier (21) - Sumner - obit	Lillie Mussellman (90) - Sumner - obit
	Hulda (Edward) Kirchmann (83) (nee Meyer) - Sumner - obit
23 Jan	Inez (Dr. George) Sexton (88) (nee West) - Sumner - obit
Oliver (Eldora) Bunger (70) - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit	August (Emma) Steege (89) - Sumner - obit
Teresa Briggs (inf dau of Stanley & Patricia) - Sumner - obit
Ernest (Esther) Eick (70) - Sumner - obit	24 Jul
Mrs. Fred Braun (63) - Sun Valley, Calif. - (N)	Maude (James) Eveland (95) - Tripoli - obit
Maud (John) Getz (87) (nee Corselman) - Sumner - obit	Hilda Pipho (76) (nee Pipho) - Tripoli - obit
	Werner Braatz (67) - Tripolli - obit
30 Jan	Adolph (Ann) Moeller (68) - Sumner - obit
Fred Redies (72) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit	Werner (Blanche) Borcherding (70) - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit
Frieda Funk (62) - County Home - (N)	Mrs. Earle Gallagher (71) - Sumner - (N)
Timothy Patterson (12) (son of Eugene and Phyllis) - Sumner - obit
	31 Jul
6 Feb	Clyde (Anna) Burman - Denver - obit
Frieda Funk (nee Westendorf) - Tripoli - obit	Tena (William) Pickering (61) (nee Schrage) - Sumner - obit
Earnest (Beth) McCook - Sumner/Newport Beach, Calif. - obit	Esther (Milo) Lease (73) (nee Bierbaum) - Sumner - obit
Alta (Fred Boots & Dr. Edward Britton) Britton (nee Moyer) - Sumner/Escondido, Calif - obit	Lincoln (Erma) Jurgensen (79) - Sumner - obit
13 Feb	7 Aug
Alfred Koch (73) - Tripoli - obit	John (Creszenze) Price - Readlyn - obit
George Drewis (57) - Tripoli - obit
Pauline (Vern) Block (77) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	14 Aug
Agnes O'Brien (93) - Sumner - obit	Clifford (Lois) Brause (84) - Denver - obit
Edwin Johnston (41) - Iowa City Veterans Hospital - obit	Mrs. Erwin Kuker (nee Young (foster parents) - Sumner/Waverly - obit
	Charles (Bertha) Tietje (90) - Sumner - obit
20 Feb
Samuel McGown (81) - Frederika - (N)	21 Aug
Ed (Myrtle) McNamee (64) - Tripoli - obit	Albert (Helen) Jahnke (89) - Waverly - obit
Clarence (Elfrieda) Oltrogge (69) - Tripoli/La Porte City - obit	Grace Heffernan (87) (nee Howard) - Frederika - obit
Georgia Creager (90) - Sumner - (N)	Louise (John) Pries (95) (nee Schult) - Sumner - obit
Agatha Schrader (93) - Sumner - (N)
	28 Aug
27 Feb	Ross (Vella Aubrey & Thelma Grimes) Carroll (80) - Sumner - obit
Minnie Brandt (68) (nee Steege) - Tripoli - obit	Margaret (Clifford) Wuttke (52) (nee Schuchman) - Sumner - obit
Henry Malzahn (86) - Tripoli - obit
Dr. Edwin Koch - Detroit, Mich. - (N)	4 Sep
Frieda (William) Funk (nee Westendorf) - County Home - 2nd obit	Adele (Arnold) Bohl (73) (nee Rewoldt) - Frederika - obit
Oscar (Edna) Schiefelbein (72) - Sumner - obit	Adelgunda (Adolph) Boldt (83) (nee Hesse) - Tripoli - obit
Agatha Schrader (93) - Sumner - obit	Perry Sorg (77) - Sumner/Independence - obit
Georgia (Warren) Creager (90) - Sumner - obit
Mary (George) Dedor (79) (nee Krueger) - Sumner - obit	11 Sep
	Walter (Johanna) Matthias (74) - Readlyn - obit
6 Mar	Viola (Otto) Buls (64) - Siegel - obit
Fred Block (92) - Tripoli - obit	Helen (Reinhardt) Bunger (72) (nee Kelley) - Tripoli - obit
Carol Smith (29) (nee Gaede) - Denver - obit	Sylvia (Rev. L.W.) Reuther (77) (nee Ager) - Sumner - obit
Augusta (Ernest) Hoeper (94) (nee Homeyer) - Tripoli/Sumner - obit	Marie (Rev. Edward) Granner (92) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
Dr. Edwin (Nellie) Koch - Detroit, Mich - obit	Viola Hartson (65) - Fredericksburg - (N)
Earl (Leta) Meyer (62) - Sumner - obit	Mildred Rowe (74) - Sumner - obit
	Rick Wegner (20) - Fairbank - (N)
13 Mar
John "Archie" (Matilda) Hale - Tripoli/Seattle, Wash. - obit	18 Sep
Lewis (Viola) Young - Manchester - (N)	Herman (Dora) Bruns (70) - Denver - obit
Valitha (Henry) Rogge (73) - Oelwein - obit	Carl (Elslie) Buls (89) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit
Pauline Bartels (85) - Sumner - obit	Melvin (Inez) Fridley (82) - Milwaukee - obit
Duane Wilharm - Maynard - (N)
Nora Damuth (nee O'Connell) - San Pedro, Calif - (N)	25 Sep
	Dr. Bruce (Alice & Ilamae) Borchert (54) - Jewell, IA - obit
20 Mar	William (Katherine) Krumm (85) - Swea City, IA - obit
Rebecca Oltrogge (dau. of James) - Readlyn - obit & article	Mrs. Ervil Brinkman (73) - Oelwein - obit
Lewis (Viola) Young (53) - Manchester - obit	Carl (Emma) Westendorf (88) - Oran - obit
Mrs. Reginald Nordman (57) - Waverly - (N)	Edwin (Lizzie) Buhr (71) - Sumner - obit
Duane Wilharm (12) (son of Donald) - Oelwein - obit
	2 Oct
27 Mar	Rhimond Dietel (86) - Sumner - obit
Ruben (Edna) Drape (68) - Siegel - obit
Pauline (Arthur) Bunger (81) - Tripoli - obit	9 Oct
Viola (Arthur) Jahnke (88) (nee Haag) - Frederika - obit	Albert (Evelyn) Rieck (74) - Sumner - obit
Minnie Pale (93) - Sumner - (N)	Agnes (Gus) Fiske (90) (nee Albrecht) - Denver - obit
	John (Lydia) Nolte (84) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
3 Apr	Vernon (Myrtle) Vierth (79) - Marshalltown - obit
Elsie (August) Tonne (71) (nee Peters) - Tripoli - obit	Romona (Harvey) Buehler (61) (nee Schnurstein) - Tripoli/Mason City - obit
Matelda (William H.) Biermann (82) (nee Bergmann)	Dr. Bruce Borchert (54) - Jewell - 2nd obit
Frank (Emma Kimball & Minnie Huegli) Beggerow (92) - Tripoli - obit
Leland Benter (58) - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit	16 Oct
	Erwald (Ruth) Fink (57) - Tripoli - obit
10 Apr	Emma Blume (91) - Aumnwe - (N)
Fred Deterding (75) - Tripoli - obit
Marjorie (Herold Maurer & Robert Cowling) Cowling (44) (nee Brase) - Sumner/Roanoke, VA - obit	23 Oct
William F. (Emma) Stoffregen (79) - Sumner - obit	Robert (Elaine) Sievers (42) - Tripoli - obit
Leonard Nordquist (75) - Sumner/Spencer - obit	Dayton (Henrietta) Wright (66) - Denver - obit
	Rose (Ray) Howery (74) (nee Richmann) - Denver - obit
17 Apr
Louis (Clara) Platte (74) - Tripoli - obit	30 Oct
Jeff Diercks (son of Melvin) (20) - Denver - obit	Albert (Marie) Meier (72)
Dexter Gaede (15) (son of Melvin) - Fredericksburg - obit
	6 Nov
24 Apr	George (Magdaline) Popes (69) - Nashua - obit
Anna (Harry) Reeve (82) (nee Hoffman) (foster parents - George Stout) - Sumner/Waverly - obit	Henrietta Johnson (91) (nee Ludwig) - Tripoli - obit
	Erwin Borcherding (55) - Sumner - obit
1 May	Perry (Viva) Patterson (82) - Sumner/Shevlin, MN - obit
Mrs. Arnold Schlatter (83) - Sumner - (N)	Tom (Mary) Hanlon (69) - Sumner - obit
Frances (Bert) Nichols (74) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
Evaline Hahn (87) - Sumner - obit	13 Nov
Ronald (Pearl) Oleson (48) - Sumner - obit	Herman (Marie) Banser (83) - Crane Creek - obit
	Randolph (Lucille) Goodenbour (66) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
8 May	Frank (Myrtle) West (70) - Sumner/Sterling, Ill. - obit
Albert (Anita) Everding (83) - Tripoli - obit	Wilbert (Ethylyn) Lemkuhl (63) - Fairbank - obit
	John Aschbrenner (68) - Sumner/Breda) - obit
15 May	Mae Horton (89) (nee Samson) - Sumner - obit
Lorna Moran (62) (nee Hesse) - County Home - obit	Louie Mittelstadt (86) - West Union - (N)
	Cal Hof (79) - Hardy, Ark. - (N)
22 May	Hazel Potratz - Clermont - (N)
Gayle Benorden (27) - Denver - (N)
	20 Nov
29 May	Kurt (Anna) Meswarb (72) - Tripoli - obit
Gayle Bonorden (28) (son of Wallace) - Denver - obit	Everett "Jim" (Beatrice) Krueger (68) - Sumner - obit
Walter (Lydia) Heller (75) - Sumner - obit	Carl (Lulu) Hof (80) - Sumner/Hardy, Ark. - obit
Bertha (Fred) Leyh (92) - Sumner - obit
Robert (Joan) Drew (44) - Sumner/Ackley - obit	27 Nov
James (Nora) Madden (69) - Sumner/Nashua - obit	Edward (Martha) Olejniczak (62) - Sumner - obit
Clare (Nira) Fousek (55) - Ankeny - obit	Eyla (Ewald) Kueker (65) (nee Geffert) - Artesian - obit
	Hulda Kasemeier (73) - Sumner - obit
5 Jun	Lucille (Don) Bennett (57) (nee Lampbrecht) - Sumner/Oran - obit
Melinda (Rev. Fred) Meyer (63) (nee Christian) - Readlyn - obit	Amy (John) Wood (70) (nee Lyons) - Sumner/Zearing - obit
Dwight Buht (20) (son of Herman & Marlys) - Sumner - obit	LaVerne (Beriece) Schumacher (53) - Readlyn - obit
Bernice Coleman (nee Behrens) - Sumner - obit
	4 Dec
12 Jun	Amelia (Arthur) Kuker (81) - Sumner - obit
Lloyd Waterman (53) - Tripoli - obit	Anna (August) Kelling (88) - Frederika - obit
Henry (Ella) Schroeder (73) - Tripoli - obit	Harlan (Hazel) Erdmann (48) - Denver - obit
Mrs. H.W. Peters (84) - Readlyn - (N)
Terry Krueger (23) - Ft. Atkinson, Wisc. - (N)	11 Dec
Nora Buchholz (nee Schweer) - Tripoli - obit	Herman (Lena) Gebert (86) - Tripoli - obit
Edwin (Alice) Niemann (68) - Sumner/Englewood, Colo. - obit	Jean (Owen) Hankner (50) (nee Mabb) - Waterloo - obit
James Rhea (87) - Martinsburg, West Wirginia - obit	Donald (Blanche) Sievers (70) - Siegel - obit
Nicholas (Nellie) Aegerter (81) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Anna (Robert) Ritchie (nee Ambrose) - Oelwein - obit
	Ida (Henry) Tietje (89) (nee Zell) - Sumner - obit
19 Jun
Leo (Marlys) Goodenbour (46) - Tripoli - obit	18 Dec
Jerome Schwem (inf son of Dennis & Bertha) - Sumner - obit	Steven (Pamela) Kerr (24) - Tripoli/St. Louis - obit
John Ruehs (77) - Frederika - obit	Wayne (Harriett) Hemingson (50) - Tripoli/Ames - obit
Alfred (Clara) Kies (50) - Denver - obit	Virgil Peters (44) - Readlyn - (N)
Elmer Mohling (85) - Sumner/Lombard, Ill. - obit	Fannie Mjor - Marshalltown - (N)
Evelyn Wickham (58) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Lillie Wenthe (81) - Sumner - obit	25 Dec
	Joan (Don) McKeown (42) (nee Halley) - Tripoli - obit
26 Jun	Henry (Hulda) Drape (75) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
John (Aura) Snyder (63) - Tripoli - obit	Steven (Pamela) Kerr (24) - Tripoli - obit
Arlene (Ben) Short (nee Schroeder) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Lizzie (Otto) Wendt (69) (nee Dreier) - Sumner - obit

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