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.

7 Jan	30 Jun
Rudolp Barth (82) - Sumner/Poplar Bluff, MO - (N)	Roseanna Pencil (inf dau of James) - Denver - (N)
	Frank (Grace) Buhr (59) - Sumner - obit
14 Jan	Anna (Henry) Johnson (96) (nee Stormberg) - Sumner - obit
John (Elva) Pipho (68) - Denver - obit
Gordon Gilbert (67) - Waterloo - obit	7 Jul
Eleanor (Elmer) Stumme (61) (nee Schneider) - Denver - obit	Lavern (Helen) Steege (66) - Denver - obit
Marie (Herman) Olsen (84) (nee Potratz) - Sumner - obit
Alice (Robert) Kirchhoff (52) (nee Duhrkopf) - Sumner - obit	14 Jul
Alvina (Frank) Wood (84) - Sumner - obit	Ernst (Hilda) Homeyer (78) - Readlyn - obit
	Elmer Schmidt (66) - Denver - obit
21 Jan	William Reinking (76) - Sumner
August (Luella) Harms (61) - Tripoli - obit	Edward Olds (91) - Denver -
Art (Hulda & Rose) Stumme (84) - Tripoli - obit
Bertha (William) Peters (78) (nee Rathe) - Readlyn - obit	21 Jul
Jasper "Jack" (Betty Jean) Rinnels (41) - Waverly - obit	Roy Lease (80) - Sumner - (N)
Doris (Earl) Fosselman (46) (nee Tonne) - Sumner - obit
Ed (Marie) Braun (74) - Sumner - obit	28 Jul
	Alvine Schroeder (77) - (N)
28 Jan
Gerald Uhlenhop (23) - Sumner - (N)	4 Aug
Ray (Leona) Buls (67) - Tripoli/Beardsley, MN - obit	Thelma (Alfred) Koch (76) (nee Franklin)- Tripoli - obit
	Alvine Schroeder (77) - Tripoli - obit
4 Feb	Herold (Lenora) Miller (67) - Tripoli - obit
Ella (William) Goodenbour (73) (nee Flanscha) - Sumner - obit	Nellie (Adam) Potratz (61) (nee Haag) - Sumner - obit
	Henry Wendt (66) - Frederika
11 Feb
Gerald Uhlenhopp (23) - Sumner - obit	11 Aug
Jeremy Steeggall (inf. son of Terry & Lori) - Sumner - obit	Marian (Fred) Korman (47) (nee Milbrandt) - Sumner - obit
Mrs. Henry Rosenthal - LeRoy, MN - (N)	Muriel Pearce - Ohio - (N)
Leo Klemp (63) - Readlyn -	Herold Miller - Tripoli - 2nd obit
	Oluf (Vera) Olsen - Denver - obit
18 Feb
Stanley (Helen) Gehrke (58) - Readlyn - obit	18 Aug
Frank (Clara) Holmes (88) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	no deaths
25 Feb	25 Aug
Carol V. (Ace) Gleason (67) - Waterloo - obit	Robert (Josephine) Ewing (66) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Bertha (Reinhardt) Judisch (62) (nee Meyer) - Sumner - obit	Emma (Ernest) Livingston (84) - Sumner - obit
Howard (Ellen) Whitcomb (64) - Sumner obit	Robert (Barbara) Strang (45) - Oelwein - obit
Rosine (Louis) Schwerin (86) - Sumner - obit	Della Herzenbach (80) - Marathon - obit
Floyd (Constance) Sassmann (54) - Denver - obit	Dr. John Nansen (80) - Lubbock, TX
Anna Bahlmann (84) - Tripoli - (N)
	1 Sep
3 Mar	E.H. (Hulda) Gehrke (80) - Readlyn - obit
Mary Brockman (86) - Tripoli/Denver - obit	Elmer (Lorna) Everding (62) - Readlyn - obit
Murray (Marjorie) Gissel (75) - Sumner - obit
Anna Bahlmann (nee Bergmann) - Tripoli - obit	8 Sep
	Mildred (Lawrence) Buls (56) (nee Zander) - Tripoli - obit
10 Mar	Ethel (James) Davison (nee Howard) - Sumner - obit
K.C. Frank (76) - West Union - (N)
Ann (Herschel) Henderson (nee Allenstein) - Sumner/Bainbridge Island, WA - obit	15 Sep
Alma (John) Meier (80) - Sumner - (N)	Lorenz (Lorna) Schroeder (59) - Denver - obit
	Boevers (inf son of Dan & Barbara) - Denver - obit
17 Mar
Ellen Lilly (12) (dau. of John & Vera) - Cedar Falls - obit	22 Sep
Louis (Rosina) Schwerin (90) - Sumner - obit	Lester (Vollie) Gaede (63) - Tripoli - obit
Alma (John) Meier (nee Jesse) (80) - Sumner - obit	William (Esther) Kammeyer (71) - Siegel - obit
Mary Treptow (77) (nee Ganske) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Elmer Griese (65) - Denver
Guy (Emma) Stedman (82) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Klinwerth (Dorothy) Frank - West Union - obit	29 Sep
	William Feldt (83) - Tripoli - obit
24 Mar	Herman (Hulda) Wolter (83) - Janesville - obit
Donald (Agnes) Speed (58) - Sumner - obit	William Kammeyer (71) - Tripoli - 2nd obit
Mrs. Harold Hersch (66) - Dubuque - obit
George Barnes (65) - Tripoli -	6 Oct
	Clara (Carl) Sell (90) (nee Weihe) - Sumner - obit
31 Mar
Irvin (Florence) Stahlhut (54) - Readlyn - (N) & brief article	13 Oct
Ida (William) Reisner (87) (nee Grahlman)- Sumner - obit	Amy (Bertie) Mishler (84) nee Call - Fairbank - obit
	Jeffrey Hagenow (son of James) (9) - Readlyn - obit
7 Apr
Emilie (Johnnie) Nerge (76) (nee Buss) - Sumner - obit	20 Oct
Rosa Lampe (67) (nee Korte) - Tripoli - obit	Warner (Verna) Tegtmeier - Sumner - obit
Daphne (John) Angstman (37) (nee Kane) - Dumont - obit	Alice Chambers (86) (nee Hunt) - Fredericksburg - obit
Irvin (Florence) Stahlhut (54) - Readlyn - obit	Emma (Bunyan) Coleman (82) (nee Lathers) - Denver - obit
Arnold (Hilda) Oberheu (72) - Waverly - obit
Kenneth (Jeanne) LeVan (56) - Sumner - obit	27 Oct
	Burton (Nona) Moon - Denver/Cedar Falls - obit
14 Apr	Walter Dreier (69) - Sumner - obit
Stena Zabel (83) -Fredericksburg - obit
Clara (Charles) Hurmence (89) (nee Messerer) - Sumner/Lubbock, Texas - obit	3 Nov
Louise (William Steege & William Dohrmann) Dohrmann (88) (nee Bockhaus) - Tripoli - obit	Cora (Clarence) Gersonde (82) (nee Baumgartner) - Sumner - obit
21 Apr	10 Nov
no deaths	Edna (Sidney) Steadman (58) (nee Dundgey) - Sumner/Westgate - obit
	Clara (Rev. Marion) Donat (72) - Sumner - obit
28 Apr
Stena (William) Zabel (83) (nee Ohlendorf) - Tripoli/Fredericksburg - obit	17 Nov
Agnes (Donald) Speed (55) (nee Hall) - Sumner - obit	Ulin (Bula) W. Davis (70) - Waterloo - obit
Alfred Lantow (72) - Sumner/Beloit, WI - obit	Thelma (Paul) Sorg (80) (nee Thull) - Sumner - obit
Opha Parrott (86) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Glen (Gertrude) Lentz (68) - Sumner - obit	24 Nov
Matha (Harold) Wood (82) (nee Hoebertz) - Sumner - obit	Agnes (Herman) Thran (92) - Readlyn - obit
	Louis "Luke" Hanneman - Roseville, CA - (N)
5 May	Paul Husman (29) - Manchester - (N)
no deaths	Clarence Block (39) - Sumner/South Bend, IN - obit
	Mary Kleiner (73) - Sumner - obit
13 May	Dewey (Harriet & Alberta) Duhrkopf (78) - Sumner - obit
Albert (Darlene) Erhardt (70) - Sumner - obit
Rev. August (Ruth) Seehase (68) - Ft. Morgan, CO (N)	1 Dec
Eldon (Mina) Noon (70) - Denver, CO - (N)	Ella (Herman) Dettmer (73) (nee Bergmann) - Siegel - obit
Dr. James (Zinita) Murphy (83) - Sumner - obit	George (Mary) Dedor (85) - Sumner - obit
	Anna (William) Maurer (87) (nee Kuhn) - Sumner - obit
19 May	Violet (Ernest) Frahm (60) (nee Schmidt) - Denver obit
Doretta (Charles) Burkhart (nee Schuknecht) (85) - Sumner - obit
Alfred (Anna) Diercks - Sumner - obit	8 Dec
Frances (Henry) Hoffer (nee Thull) - Sumner - obit	Walter (Belle) Robinson (87) - Sumner - obit
Lois (Fred) Farr (51) - Tripoli
	15 Dec
26 May	Carl Abbas (19) - Plainfield - (N) & article
David (Betty) Dunahoo (42) - Waverly - obit	Clarence (Violet) Burggraf (70) - Sumner/Westgate - obit
	Amelia Masterpole (85) (nee Loreto) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit
2 Jun	Fannie Dohlman (84) - Ackley - obit
Melissa Strottmann (33 mo. old dau of Ronald) - Readlyn - obit
	22 Dec
9 Jun	Marguerite (Rathbone) Lagerval (82) - Rochester, MN - obit
Otto (Eather) Nordbrock (70) - Sumner/Phoenix, AZ - obit
	29 Dec
16 Jun	Carlton Rich - Readlyn - 0b9t
Otto (Norma) Schmidt (73) - Readlyn - obit	Louisa (John) Schultz (86) (nee Boie) - Hawkeye - obit
Hannah Moshy (92) - Sumner/Ossian - (N)
23 Jun
Lynn Ducker (19) - Tripoli/Ducker - obit
Lawrence (Edna) Snelling (64) - Tripoli - obit
Frank (Grace) Buhr (59) - Sumner - obit
Henry (Shirley) Moehle (73) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit

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