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	6 Jul
Emil (Elenore) Redies (66) - Artesian - obit	Lester (Jeanette)Hewitt (74) - Sumner - obit
Leslie (Nell) Wilharm (75) - Waterloo	Mrs. Tom Stahr (53) - Oelwein - obit
G. Wiley (Margaret) Beveridge (80) - Sumner/Washington, IA - obit	Louis (Vera) Whitnabel (75) - Sumner - obit
Louie (Martha) Tietje (87) - Sumner/Waverly - obit
	13 Jul
12 Jan	Carol (Frank) Mirs (43) (nee Vogt) - Waverly - obit
Herman Wendt (78) - Frederika - obit	Angela Lee (dau. of Robert) (6) - Waterloo - obit & brief article
Edward (Lydia) Tegtmeier (90) - Sumner - obit	Henry (Neta) Kasemeier (70) - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - obit
Alice (Edwin) Niewmann (65) - Sumner/Englewood, Colo - obit	Emma Buchholz (92) - Siegel - obit
John Malzhn - Tripoli - (N)
	20 Jul
19 Jan	Carl (Rose) Strassburg (77) - Charles City - obit
Kevin Kirchoff (21) - Tripoli - obit	Evelyn (Aaron) Howard (nee Ponsar) - Sumner - obit
Merlyn (Delores) Heidemann (51) - Tripoli/Crane Creek - obit	Carl (Mildred) Metzgar (68) - Janesville obit
Katie (August) Krueger (87) (nee Buchholz) - Tripoli - obit
Albert H. Garland (80) - Tripoli - obit	27 Jul
John O'Neill (95) - Sumner - obit	Harry (Edna) Brown (78) - Tripoli/Anaheim, California - obit
John (Irene) Toussaint (87) - Sumner - obit	Lavern (Avalyn) Diekmann (61) - Denver/Waterloo - obit
Mrs. John A. Hale - Seattle, WA. - (N)
	3 Aug
26 Jan	Helen Christoffer (67) - Tripoli - obit
Gotlob (Meta) Steinbronn (83) -Readlyn - obit	Mabel Johnston (76) - Tripoli (N)
Carl (Alma) Meier (87) - Artesian - obit	John Dean (66) - Sumner/Cherokee - obit
Kenneth (Etta) Feldpouch (68) -Sumner - obit	Roy Chismore (96) - Coggon - obit
Sarah (Frank) Goodenbour (79) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Thomas (Salley) Sojka (30) - Cedar Rapids - obit
Daniel Holdiman (93) - Cedar Falls - (N)	Emma (August) Walther (nee Hartung) - Denver - obit
	Mark Williams (18) - Readlyn - obit
2 Feb
Arnold (Elda) Kleiss (74) - Fredericksburg - obit	10 Aug
Bill (Betty) Hills (54) -Tripoli - obit	Sarah (Louis) Gaede (87) (nee Kuker) - Tripoli - obit
Bernita (Ted) Weiland (69) (nee Leyh) - Sumner - obit	Lauretta (Theodore) Hoppenworth (59) (nee Knoploh) - Sumner - obit
	Bertha (Charles) Tietje (90) (nee Keding) - Sumner - obit
9 Feb
William (Bertha) Schumacher (87) - Denver - obit	17 Aug
Clara (Arthur) Stahlhut (82) (nee Pipho) - Sumner - obit	Hulda (Rudolph) Ludwig (86) (nee Kanter) - Tripoli/Crane Creek - obit
Shirley Ann (Perry) Sheldon (45) (nee Messerrer) - Sumner - obit
Opal (G.N.) Treloar (83) (nee Ladwig) - Sumner - obit	24 Aug
	Krista Tiedt (dau of Michael & Arlene) (2) - Readlyn - obit
16 Feb	Ralph (Teressa) Bartling (51) - Denver - obit
Lorna (Elmer) Everding (62) (nee Platte) - Readlyn - obit	Amanda (Lester) Rieck (59) (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit
Melvin (Esther) Canfield (49) - Denver - obit	Hugh (DeElda) Galloway (61) -Sumner - obit
Mamie Mike (79) - Tripoli/Sumner/Oelwein - (N)	Marilyn (Arlan) Kirchmann (46) (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit
Ewald (Eyla) Kueker (75) - Artesian - obit
Lois (Harlan Schilling & Donald)Hunt (49) (nee Drewis) - Waverly - obit	31 Aug
John (Dorothy) Heinzroth (76) - Alden - (N)	Albert (Irene) Debel (59) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit
Richard Schroeder (82( - Tripoli 0 (N)	Lorenz (Elma) Platte (65) - Denver - obit
23 Feb	7 Sep
Gustav (Emma) Buchholz (90) - Siegel - obit	Margaret (Arnold) Waterman (nee Olejniczak) - Tripoli - obit
Mamie (Karl) Mike (79) (nee Risk) - Sumner - obit	Henry Bonorden (82) - Denver/Sumner - obit
	Floyd (Hilda & Evelyn) Hoth (73) - Sumner - obit
2 Mar	Christ (Hilda) Meyer (71) - Sumner - obit
Lloyd Juel (24) - Sumner - obit	George (Caroline) Boeckmann (79) - Siegel - obit
Alma (Edward) Scott (72) (nee Cox) - Readlyn - obit
Sophie (Henry) Bunger (88) (nee Hagenow) - Tripoli - obit	14 Sep
Maude (John) Figanbaum (88) (nee Fortsch) - Sumner - obit	Nora (Henry) Eggena (73) - Denver - obit
Mabel (Robert) Masterson (63) (nee Probst) - Evansdale - obit	Carl Fagerlind - Waterloo - (N)
Myrtle Anrud (77) - Sumner - (N)	William (Betty) Beach (54) - New Hampton - obit
Mary Jean Heinemann (35) - Denver - obit	Henry (Martha) Bonorden (82) - Sumner - obit
	Ernest (Rena) Miller (92) - Sumner - obit
9 Mar
Carl (Edna) Drape (78) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	21 Sep
Vella O'Connell (79) - (N)	Thelma Brant (54) (nee Fortsch) - Oelwein - obit
Alma (Edward) Scott (72) Readlyn - 2nd obit	LieSette (Carl) Lobeck (59) (nee Schultz) - Tripoli - obit
	John (Albertina) Marsh (83) - Waterloo - obit
16 Mar
Emma Selck (85) - Tripoli - obit	28 Sep
Paul (Pearl) Hill (84) - Sumner/Chicago - obit	Kenneth (Elizabeth) Triplett (71) - Frederika - obit
	Phil Kaiser (76) - LaPorte City - (N)
23 Mar	Arlene (Edwin) Buls (49) (nee Kopeck) - Siegel - obit
Erwin (Laura) Hoppenworth (76) - Siegel - obit
Hilda (Archie) McClain (69) (nee Mohlis) - Sumner - obit	5 Oct
Hulda Weddle (86) (nee Westendorf) - Sumner/Henrietta, Okla. - obit	John (Bertha & Clara) Schumacher
Clarence (Minnie) Reif (72) - Sumner/Dysart - obit
Meta (William) Lalk (86) (nee Hulsebus) - Sumner - obit'	12 Oct
	Margaret (Burton) Duncomb (65) (nee Kelsey) - Riceville/Branson, Mo - obit
30 Mar
Margaret Johnson (nee Morgan) - Tripoli/Sumner - obit	19 Oct
Margaret (Theory) McNamee (94) (nee Edwards) - Waterloo - obit	Minnie (Herman) Steege (84) (nee Tegtmeier) - Waverly - obit
August (Leona) Voss (61) - Alpha - obit	Marjorie Pharr - Jamestown, North Dakota - obit
6 Apr	26 Oct
no deaths	Florence (Paul) Voetmann (59) (nee Kemp) - Tripoli - obit
	Sarah (William) Hagedorn (71) (nee Madden) - Tripoli - obit
13 Apr	Emma (Fred) Schott (nee Kohls) - Sumner obit
Lorenz (Irma) Krueger (69) - Tripoli/Ocean City, MD - obit	Elvin (Mary) Petersen - (54) - Sumner - obit
Minnie (Conrad) Wilharm (93) (nee Kirchmann) - Sumner - obit	Corrinne (Wm. McGuiness & Ward) Cook - (nee Campbell) - Sumner/Forsyth, MO - obit
20 Apr	2 Nov
Amanda (Richard) Schroeder (75) (nee Schuldt) - Tripoli - obit	Gary Murphy (31) - Wyoming, MN - brief article
Ernest (Edna) Topp (82) - Sumner - obit	Everett (Ruby) Cole (67) - Tripoli - obit
Cora (John) Hallowell (94) (nee Green) - Sumner - obit	Anna Brase (79) - Sumner/Tripoli - (N)
Francis (Mabel) Joebgen (54) - Simner - obit	Ruth (Orville) McAnally (68) (nee Craig) - Tripoli - obit
Robert (Sue) Aubrey (54) - Sumner/Jefferson, Oregon - obit	Amanda (Paul) Lampson (70) (nee Rathe) - Readlyn - obit
Emma (Guy) Steadman (83) (nee Reisner) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Anna (William) Wenthe (85) (nee Dietrich) - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit	9 Nov
Caroline (Chris) Busch (71) (nee Dieke) - Waverly - obit	Evelyn Konarske - Denver/Waterloo - obit
	Evelyn (Geo.) Kohlmeyer (64) (nee Messerer) - Sumner - obit
27 Apr	Anna (Adolph) Brase (79) (nee Oberheu) - Frederika/Sumner - obit
Leslie (Mirnada) Lauck (68) - Tripoli - obit
Harold (Grace) Nielsen (66) - Greene - obit	16 Nov
Don (Nancy) Nielsen (56) - Tripoli - obit	Truman (Etta) Stahr (63) - Frederika - obit
Mabel (John) Smith (83) (nee Scott) - Sumner - obit	Herbert (Louise) Judisch (76) - Tripoli - obit
Edwin C. LaCoste (68) - Mason City - obit	Emma (Henry) Judisch (76) (nee Meier) - Readlyn - obit
	Amanda (John) Meyer (92) (nee Reimler) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
4 May	Phillip (Ella) Overton (82) - Sumner - obit
Helen (Samuel) Blasco (nee Slack) - Overland, Kansas - obit	Mrs. Clyde Hummell - Charles City - (N)
William (Grace) Hay (66) - Sumner - obit
	23 Nov
11 May	Louis (Mattie) Bahe (85) - Tripoli - obit
Amanda (Roy) Schmudlach (70) (nee Lemke) - Frederika - obit	Emma (Theodore) Reuscher (79) (nee Hoppenworth) - Western Douglas - obit
	Doris (Walter) Nolte (56) - Sumner/Seattle, Wash. - obit
18 May	Stacy Ann Porter (10 (dau of Edwar & Mary Ann) - Sumner - obit
Donna Albrecht (17) - Readlyn - obit & article	Ruby Brockway - West Union - (N)
Adolph (Anna) Brase (82) - Western Douglas/Sumner - obit
Sam (amanda) Bradley (65) - Perth, North Dakota - obit	30 Nov
Bertha (John) Haag (89) (nee Warnke) - Sumner - obit	Kenneth Nelson (29) - Cedar Falls - (N)
Gladys (Anton) Grandy (nee Sowers) - Staples, MN - obit	Lester (Inez) Finch (80 - Sumner - obit
Charles Morgan (82) - Oelwein - obit
Albert (Charlotte) Markle (48) - Frederika - obit	7 Dec
Mable (Robert) Drewes (nee Scharnhorst) - Sumner - obit	Ernest Meier (59) - Siegel - obit
	Malinda (Oscar) Meyerhoff (82) (nee Thiemann) - Waverly - obit
25 May	Irma (Harold) Kane (64) - Fairbank - obit
no deaths	Elmer (Marjolane Rohrssen (74) - Tripoli/Marshalltown - obit
	Ralph (Myrtle) Messerer (69) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
1 Jun	Clara (August) Pleggenkuhle (91) (nee Frisch) - Sumner - obit
Eva Bennett (91) (nee Leege) - Tripoli - obit	Ernest (Rosella) Meyerhoff (74) - Sumner/St. Louis, MO - obit
Edward (Julia) Krueger (82) - Sumner/Fayette - obit	Levi (Minie Schmidt & Ann McDannel) Parrott (73) - Sumner/Princeton,IA - obit
8 Jun	14 Dec
Scott Snyder (inf. son of Gary & Sandra) - Fredericksburg - obit	Otto (Malinda) Drewis (88) - Tripoli/San Jose, Calif.
Henry (Alma) Fritz (77) - Sumner - obit	Gertrude (Rev. Paul) Bredow (nee Engelke) - Sumner - obit
Ellen "Ella" Rundle (92) - Sumner - obit	Louise (George) Pleggenkuhle (76) (nee Block) - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit
	Michael Megan (18) (son of Jerry & Marjorie) - Janesville - obit
15 Jun	Herbert (Esther) Plaster (73) - Sumner - obit
Henry (Alma) Fritz (77) - Sumner - 2nd obit	Ursula (Russell) Tubbs - Orlando, Fla. - (N)
	Bertha Larson - Onalaska, Wisc. - (N)
	Rory Kocher (son of James) - died in Dublin, Ireland, buried - Hawkeye, Ia - obit
22 Jun
Valesca (Harold) Gremmels (nee Bredow) - Sumner - obit	21 Dec
Marguerite "Mattia" Zurbriggen (86) - Sumner - obit	Ernest (Ida) Brase (85) - Tripoli - obit
	Barbara (Donald) Hagedorn (50) (nee Lauer) - Golden, Colo. - obit
29 Jun	Ernest (Clara) Raether (82) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Edmund (Marjorie) Webster (53) - Sumner - obit
Esther (Herbert) Plaster (69) (nee Aschbrenner) - Sumner - obit	28 Dec
Chester (Jeanette) Bunnell (75) - Sumner/Oskalossa - obit	Emilie (John) Reuhs (85) (nee Foelske)- Readlyn/Western Douglas/Frederika - obit
Oscar Lenius - Fairbank - (N)	Albert (Ida) Mohling (86) - Denver obit
Edna (Roy) Chismore (93) - Coggon - obit	Bertha (John) Schumacher (79) (nee Matthias) - Denver - obit
Wilhelmina (Herbert) Pries (82) (nee Sell) - Buck Creek/Denver - obit
Louis (Emma) Widdel (91) - Readlyn/Waverly - obit
William Kirchhoff (90) - County Home - obit

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