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 Jan	9 Jul
Virgil R. Peters - Readlyn (obit)	Erma (Gerald) Hoth (40) (nee Wilharm) - Sumner - obit
Lucille (Roger) Johnson (57) (nee Kirchmann) - Sumner/Cedar Falls (obit)	Randall Buhr (21) - Sumner - 2nd obit
Bertha (Theodore) Kasemeier (95) (nee Schnadt) - Sumner - obit	Clara Faust - Denver - 2nd obit
8 Jan	16 Jul
Erwin Pipho (74) - Sumner - obit	Henry (Mabel) Maurer (84) - Sumner - obit
Martha (Leo) Niedert (72) (nee Huebner) - Sumner - Obit	Fred (Della) Milbrandt (75) - Sumner - obit
Ida Rae (Harry) Kitson (81) (nee Williams)- Sumner - Obit	David (Alma) Kauten (64) - Sumner - obit
Richard Bohle (79) - Sumner - obit	Fred (Ruth) Rosenthal (73) - Dumont - obit
	Ernest C. (Anna) Moehling (79) - Denver - obit
15 Jan	Herman Wille (58) - Denver - obit
Mary Loney - Holland, OH - (N)
Steven James Kerr (25) - Tripoli - Obit (accident)	23 Jul
Lida Hills (80) - Waverly - (N)	Arnold (Lillian) Meyerhoff - Readlyn - obit
	Adolph (Ernstina) Biermann - Tripoli - obit
22 Jan
Herbert Wuttke (82) - Sumner/Brandon, FL - obit	30 Jul
James Noon (97) - Sumner/Marion, IA - obit	Alex Mooney (90) - San Leandro, CA - (N)
	Arthur (Agnes) Wehling (59) - Readlyn - obit
29 Jan	Helena (Henry) Zell (73) (nee Judisch) - Buck Creek - obit
Pauline (Arthur) Creager (nee Hoffman) (86) - Sumner - obit	Carl (Malinda) Nolte (79) - Tripoli/Seattle, WA - obit
Herbert Wuttke (82) - Sumner (2nd obit)	Werner (Bernice) Thran (62) - Westgate/Lansin - obit
Orrette G. ("Steep") Hallowell (70) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Lena (Edmund) Zummak (87) (nee Plaster) - Westgate - obit
	Viola (Gustav) Brase (73) (nee Schwemm) - Frederika - obit
5 Feb
Gustav Boeckman (68) - Siegel - obit	6 Aug
Fred Piehl (73) - Fairbank - obit	Vernon (Gloria) Everding (34) - Tripoli/Readlyn - obit & article
Arthur Wolff (67) - Readlyn - obit	Mary (Harry) Wilhelms (72) (nee Hahn) - Tripoli - obit
Mrs. C. ("Mom") Spiller - Denver - (N)	William F. (Sophia) Krueger (93) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
Sophia (Henry) Tietje (93) (nee Blume) - Sumner - obit	Martha (William) Heidemann (85) - Tripoli - obit
Eric ("Morley") Finch (63) - Sumner - obit	LuElla (O.B.) Littell (94) - Sumner - obit
Anna (Albert) Dumpman (71) - Westgate - obit	William (Valescha) Flanscha (70) - Sumner - obit
Almer Hoth (61) - Sumner/Iowa Falls - obit	Karalina Steege (94) (nee Volker) - Sumner - obit
	Louise Wolff (89) - Sumner - obit
12 Feb
June Carroll (50) (nee Segebarth) - Frederika/Waterloo - obit	13 Aug
	Louise (William) Beu (97) (nee Poehler) - Sumner - obit
19 Feb	Howard (Lieseloth) Kleiner - Sumner/Fayetteville, NC- obit
Mrs. Carl Mohling (68) - Denver - obit	Nettie Rueber (nee Pleggenkuhle) - Westgate - obit
	Ralph Schildroth (66) - Reinbeck - obit
26 Feb
no deaths	20 Aug
	Elsa (Herbert) Miller (nee Korte) (58) - Siegel - obit
5 Mar
Emma (Henry) Kappmeyer (91) (nee Dettmer) - Siegel - obit	27 Aug
Carl Zabel (87) - Tripoli - obit	Connie (Ronald) Kerkman (nee Siggelkov) - Tripoli/Belle Plaine - obit
William Schnurstein (59) - Fredericksburg/Santa Monica, CA - obit	Emma Gehrke - Sumner - obit
Claude Amiel Block (70) - Sumner - obit	Norman Thies - Sumner/Clear Lake - (n)
Josephine (Almond) Fridley (65) - Sumner - obit
	3 Sep
12 Mar	Charles (Edith) Wall - Sumner/St. Paul - obit
Herman Buls (84) - Tripoli - obit	Lisette (Wilhelm) Nuss (83) (nee Zell) - Sumner - obit
Irene (Elmer) McClain (70) (nee Schmidt) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	David Hamilton (19) - Sumner/San Jose, CA - obit
Jeanette (Lester) Hewitt (68) (nee Schwartz) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. T.J. Nevermann - Long Beach, CA - (N)
George Johnson (52) - Westgate - obit
	10 Sep
19 Mar	John (Blythe) Pollock (31) - Minnesota/Tripoli - obit & article
Millie (Will) Essmann (74) (nee Buhr) - Tripoli - obit	Alice (Franklin) Tribon (76) (nee Diercks) - Denver - obit
Catherine Marquardt (91) - Strawberry Point - (N)	Don McCue - Sumner - (n)
Everett Bailey (78) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Theo. Stahlhut (78) - Readlyn - obit	17 Sep
Ramona G. Randall (75) - Chickasaw County/Denver - obit	Auguste (William) Riechmann (84) (nee Pipho) - Artesian - obit
Wilbert Hartman (54) - Crane Creek - obit	Raymond (Margaret) Jacobsen (61) - Tripoli/Clarksville - obit
	Tollie (Edward) Reyer (87) (nee Ammerson) - Ostfriesland/Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit
26 Mar	Donald (Inez) McCue - Sumner - obit
Rudoph Rueckert (80) - Readlyn - obit	Henry Traeger (68) - Sumner - (N)
Myron Chapin (79) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	John (Ruth) Burke (57) - Waucoma/Anaheim, Calif.
Regina Rathe (78) - Tripoli - obit
Louis Boevers (89) - Tripoli - obit	24 Sep
Louis Cashman (64) - Tripoli/Elma - obit	Rachel (Fred) Stoffregen (74) (nee Johnson) - Denver - obit
Anrew Carstensen (82) - Tripoli - obit
Erwin Heyer (84) - Sumner - obit	1 Oct
Percy Foster (54) - Sumner - obit	Alfred Bockhaus (80) - Siegel - obit
Orien Jones (90) - Denver obit	Alice Mae (Max) Platte (60) (nee Mueller) - Sumner - obit
Hazel (John) Moeller - Bradenton, FL - (N)	Mrs. Harvey Goodnow (86) (nee Ball & Hall) - Alpha - obit
	Henry (Mildred) Traeger (70) - Sumner - obit
2 April
Leroy G. Hill (81) - Sumner - obit	8 Oct
August J. Winter (88) - Alpha/Waucoma/ Corona, CA - obit	Martha (Conrad) Sell (nee Mundfrom) - Grove Hill/Waterloo - obit
Andrew Carstensen - Sumner/Waterloo- (N)	Edward (Marvel) Biesterfelt (59) - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit
Florence Diekmanm (85) (nee Lee) - Denver - obit	James Sulentic - Waterloo - (N) & article
	Margaret (Hans) Lorenzen (98) (nee Hansen) - Germany/Denver - obit
9 Apr	Martha (Herman) Mundfrom (74) (nee Musch) - Denver - obit
Walter ("Doc") Meier (70) - Readlyn - obit
Donald Tiedt (21) - Waterloo - obit & brief article	15 Oct
Alilce (Wayne) Bravener (82) (nee Johnson) - Frederika - obit	Johanna (Henry) Schulte (78) (nee Schaack) - Waterloo - obit
Mathilda (Ewald) Remmers (84) - Denver/Sioux Falls - obit	Marilyn (Delfred) Milbrandt (48) (nee Crail) - Waucoma - obit
Emma (William) Tietje (88) (nee Schlomann) - Sumner - obit	Dawn Milbrandt (16) - Waucoma - obit
Fhronifie (Arthur) Olds (81) - Sumner - obit	Ida (Henry) Rockdaschel (67) (nee Mueller) - Sumner - obit
Hulda (Herman) Wolter (78) (nee Knief) - Denver - obit	Viola (Fred) Shaw (64) (nee Wenthe) - Sumner/Independence - obit
16 Apr	22 Oct
Werner W. Kick (70) - Frederika - obit	Oliver (Mary) Leyh (77) - Sumner - obit
Erwin (Helen) Brase (55) - Western Douglas - obit	Taimi (Vernon) Herrmeyer (nee Maki) - Denver - obit
Ella (Walter) Ackerman (78) (nee Westendorf) - Denver - obit	James (Donna) Nelson - Denver - obit
Herman W. Erhardt, Sr. (67) - Germany/Readlyn - obit
	29 Oct
23 April	Blake Brase (23) - Readlyn - obit & article
August Tonne (80) - Tripoli - obit	Dean (Florence) Buchholz (49) - Denver - obit
Hazel Bowers (75) (nee Bravener) - Fredericksburg - obit	Ralph Ager - Frederika - (N)
Engel (Herman) Griese (90) (nee Warneke) - Denver - obit	Gilbert (Nona) Rich (69) - Sumner - obit
Nate (Juanita) Tibbetts - Frederika/Oelwein - obit	Dora (August) Wille (85) (nee Kirchhoff) - Denver - obit
Margaret (George) Niemann (84) (nee Wittenburg) - Sumner - obit
Elwood (Fern) Graves (79) - Sumner/Waverly - obit	5 Nov
	Grant Dickman (77) - Sumner/Lincoln, NE - (N)
30 Apr
Walter (Grace) Dettmer (50) - Siegel - obit	12 Nov
Leonard (Wilma) Hencken (64) - Sumner - obit	no deaths
7 May	19 Nov
Elizabeth (Donald) Togerson (69) (nee Schwemm) - Waterloo obit	H.Ray Ethyl) Hughes (73) - Washburn - obit
Bert (Lillian) Fischer (89) Tripoli/Nashua - obit	Michelle & Mitchell Garner (inf. twins of Steven & Judy) - Denver - obit
14 May	26 Nov
no deaths	Lorraine (Gerald) Guenther (nee Moeller) - Denver - obit
	Gerhardt Potratz - Sumner - obit
21 May	Hulda (Geroge) Harris (82) (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. John Frahm - Sumner - (N)	Marilyn (Lyle) Yungtum (44) (nee Niemann) - Sumner - obit
	Mrs. Harvey Bitter (80) - Abbotsford, WI. - (N)
28 May
no deaths	3 Dec
	Paul (Marie) Bradfield (58) - Denver - obit
4 Jun	Arthur Jahnke (80) - Frederika - obit
Erwin (Maxine) O'Connell (44) - Frederika - obit	Matthew Funk (inf. son of Dean) - Denver - obit
Edna (Jacob) Kaiser (nee Nichols) -Sumner/Leader, MN - obit	Anna (Rev. William) Nagler (90) (nee Lehrmann) - Sumner - obit
William Lang (91) - Sumner - obit	Dewey (Bessie) Peters (77) - Sumner - obit
William (Lorraine) Andres - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Belle Wescott (86) - Sumner/Shell Rock - (N)
Melvin Sorenson - Decorah - (N)
	10 Dec
11 Jun	Glenn Tibbitts (87) - Sumner/Waterloo obit
William (Stena) Zabel (85) - Frederika/Tripoli - obit	Lilliam (George) Wescott (85) (nee Cruthers) - Sumner - obit
Erwin O'Connell - Frederika - 2nd obit
	17 Dec
18 Jun	Emma (Claude) Tibbitts (91) (nee Haag) - Sumner - obit
John (DeLores) Marlow (49) - Waterloo - obit
	24 Dec
25 Jun	no deaths
Minnie (Herman) Thoms (88) (nee Otto) - Readlyn - obit
Malwin Pipho - Sumner/Ft. Morgan, CO - (N)	31 Dec
Oscar (Erma) Bartels (65) - Greene, IA - obit	no deaths
2 Jul
Randy Buhr (21) - Sumner - obit & article
Emma (Otto) Busching (84) (nee Maar) - Sumner - obit
Henry (Hulda) Judisch - Buck Creek/Readlyn - obit
Betty (Ernest Nortdorf (31) (nee Jensen) - Norway/Sumner - obit
Clara (John) Faust (nee Schmidt) - Denver - obit

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