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.

4 Jan	14 Jun
Henry (Gladys) Knief (83)	Rhymond Stoffregen (60) - Sumner/San Diego, California - obit
11 Jan	21 Jun
Lula (Martin) Anhalt (86) (nee Ingersoll) - Waverly - obit	Robert (Dorothy Fortsch & Margene Farrell) Brase (39) - Westen Douglas/Waterloo - obit
Ernest (Sophia) Bahlmann (89) - Tripoi - obit	Mabel (Leo) Burrow (90) - Frederika - obit
Roger (Glenyce) Boeckmann (50) - Tripoli - obit	Rhoda (Murl) Bannister (nee Carroll) - Waterloo/Sumner - obit
H. Marion Mills (63) - Cedar Falls - obit	Martha (Edwin) Potratz (91) (nee Katz) - New Hampton - obit
	Doris (Earl) Ritter (61) (nee Kuhlmeier) - Miami, Florida - obit
18 Jan
Walter (Anna) Schmudlach (88) - Sumner - obit	28 Jun
William Stahlnut (84) - Sumner - obit	Abigail (Edwin) Weidler (62) (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit
Florence (Irvin) Sorge (87) (nee Dallenbach) - Sumner - obit	Gerald (Linda) Herman (24) Fredericksburg - obit
Donald (Henrietta) Reisner Bender - Alpha/Sumner/Quartz Hill, CA - obit	Edward (Sarah) Dybal - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Etta (Peter) Gulsvig (82) (nee Masters) - Denver/Waterloo - obit	Mabel (Leo) Burrow (nee Ferrin) - Frederika - obit
Maxine (Lloys Colburn & James Wells) Wells (nee Remington) - Denver/Waterloo - obit
Albert (Ida) Mohling (86) - Denver - obit	5 Jul
Bertha (John) Schumacher (86) (nee Matthias) - Readlyn/Waterloo - obit	Herbert (Frieda) Otto (73) - Readlyn - obit
	Anna (Louis) Buhr (89) (nee Mundt) - Sumner - obit
25 Jan	Dorathea (Carl) Ribbeck (88) (nee Zell) - Sumner/Tripoli - obit
Erwin H. (Linda) Kuker (79) - Tripoli - obit
Alberta (Harlan) Halford (54) (nee Kuker) - Winthrop - obit	13 Jul
Mary Paden (92) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Hulda (William) Zander (84) (nee Schellhorn) - Tripoli - obit
Arle (Ruth) Morf (68) - Fredericksburg - obit	Edwin (Leona) Schlatter (66) - Tripoli - obit
Dewey Puls (79) - Oelwein - (N)	Raymond (Louise) McKeown - Tripoli - obit
Henry Brickman (91) - Fairbank - (N)	Arthur (Dorothy) Hoppenworth (64) - Sumner - obit
	Diane Sage - Denver/Pasadena, California obit
1 Feb
Herman H. Lahmann (62) - Siegel - obit	26 Jul
Amanda Blume/Buhr? (86) (nee Koehler) - Sumner - obit	Louise Hochberger (81) - Sumner - obit
Leslie (Peggy) Hesse (52) - Denver - obit	Walter (Elda) Hartman (70) - Ionia - obit
John (Minnie) Bruns (89) - Denver - obit	Kimberly Rogers (inf. dau. of Steven & Pam) - Sumner - obit
	Willhelm Nuss (88) - Sumner - obit
8 Feb
Ella.(Leonard) Wilharm (nee Kirchhoff) - Sumner - obit	2 Aug
Renetta Drape (75) - Fredericksburg - (N)	Oscar (Leona) Kries (72) - Tripoli - obit
Ervin (Malinda) Westendorf (61) - Buck Creek - obit	Art (Ada) Lau (77) - Tripolli - obit
Joseph Copland (91) - Sumner/Portland, Oregon - obit	Alvin (Arlene) Brunscheon (53) - Sumner - obit
Inez Peterson (76) - Rutland, N.D. - (N)	Sophia (Almer) Hoth (65) (nee Kammeyer) - Sumner - obit
Rev. G. Eldon (Edna Curtis & Hessie McElroy) MacCanon (81) - Iowa/Texas - obit	Frieda (Henry) Meyer (78) (nee Bartels) - Sumner - obit
Hulda (Chris) Lehman (83) (nee Stromer) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Matthew Converse (14) (son of Dale & Beverly) - Sumner - obit
	Elsie (Leo) McDonough (69) - Sumner - obit
15 Feb
Anna (Fred) Rosenow (85) (nee Lampbrecht) - Sumner - obit	9 Aug
Herman (Marie) Potratz (89) - Sumner - obit	Emma (Henry) Blasberg (79) (nee Sassman) - Tripoli - obit
Timber Oak Lovett (inf dau. of Mike) -- Sumner - obit	Emma (Louis) Kueker (97) (nee Seegers) - Tripoli - obit
	Walter (Frieda) Schultz (84) - Tripoli - obit
22 Feb
Cletus (Marlys) Goodenbour (48) - Tripoli - obit	16 Aug
Leo (Mary) Winks (89) - Sumner/Cedar Rapids - obit	Dale (Norma) Schroeder (71) - Sumner - obit
Hulda Schwerin (97) - Elkton, MN - (N)	Charlotte (Arthur) Stejaskal (nee Farnum) - South Holland, Ill. - obit
Amanda (Edward) Mundfrom (85) (nee Bany) - Lime Springs - obit
	23 Aug
1 Mar	Clara (H.W. Steege & William Seeges) Seegers (95) (nee Matthias) - Denver - obit
Brian Vincent (20) - Tripoli/ Bettendorf - obit & brief article	Ida (Kurt) Rhode (81) (nee Waskow) - Sumner - obit
Anna (Arthur) Slack (80) (nee Sievers) - Tripoli - obit	Henry (Lydia Judisch & Henrietta Westendorf) Haar (83) - Sumner - obit
Leo (Mary) Winks (89) - Sumner - obit	Virgil (Dorothy) Sisam (73) - Sumner - obit
Will (Anna) Schnadt (91) - Sumner - obit
Helen (Adolph) Miller (76) (nee Krueger) - Sumner - obit	30 Aug
Harold (Ruby) Foelske (52) - Denver - obit	no deaths
Herman (Emilie) Oltrogge (84) - Denver - obit
Carl "Charlie" Everding - Readlyn - (N)	6 Sep
Joan (Carroll) Nevermann (58) (nee Howland) - Renton, Washington - obit	Emil (Bernita) Heine (79) - Artesian - obit
	Henry (Wilhelmina) Lobeck (91) - Readlyn - obit
8 Mar
Howard (Ena) Van Brocklin (74) - Fredericksburg - obit	13 Sep
Bernice (William) Mueller (nee Kromer) - Limon, Colorado - obit	Anna (Herman) Kirchhoff (92) (nee Pries) - Tripoli - obit
Helen (Adolph) Miller - Sumner - 2nd obit	Marina (Herman) Miller (63) (nee Kammeyer) - Readlyn - obit
Henry (Hilda) Leisinger (66) - Denver - obit
Carl "Charlie" (Lavera) Everding - Knittel - obit	20 Sep
	Mary (Robert) Hankner (52) (nee Buechele) - Tripoli - obit
15 Mar	Ferdinand (Dora) Homeyer (90) - Denver - obit
Dorothea "Dora" (Wilhelm) Kallenbach (93) (nee Thiemann) - Denver - obit	Burr (Beatrice) Hastings (77) - Plainfield - obit
Dr. Ernest Stumme (73) - Denver - obit
Gustave (Hulda) Laube (80) - Tripoli - obit	27 Sep
Edwin Flanscha (79) - Sumner - obit	Ella (Louis) Peter (82) (nee Pries) - Sumner - obit
	Florene (James) Phifer (49) (nee Briggs) - Sumner - obit
22 Mar	Walter (Gladys) Blume - Sumner/Atlanta, Georgia - obit
Herbert (Evelina) Hoppenworth (71) - Tripoli - obit	Rudina (Robert) Dallenback (45) (nee Potratz) - Waterloo - obit
John Clute (14) (son of Lawrence & Kathryn) - Sumner - obit	John (Amanda) Dunleavy (75) - Denver - obit
Mathias (Cora) Brunscheon (79) - Waterloo - obit
Henry (Nellie) Barth (90) - Sumner - obit	4 Oct
	Frank (Ruth) Haag (81) - Baudette, MN - obit
29 Mar
Neal (Esther) Geuther (61) - Waverly - obit	11 Oct
Herbert Henry (Evalina) Hoppenworth - Tripoli - obit	Leota (Gailord) Farnum (82) (nee Lockie) - Sumner - obit
	Elmer (Henrietta) Muschler (61) - Sumner - obit
5 Apr
Floyd (Marion) Wedemeier (59) - Readlyn/Cedar Rapids - Obit	18 Oct
Caroline (William) Tonne (88) (nee Schwerin) - Tripoli - obit	Herman (Henrietta) Beu (74) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Pearl (Carlyle) Bessmer (83) (nee Krause) - Perry - obit
George Strempke - Fairbank - (N)	25 Oct
	Steven Drape (27) - Tripoli - obit
12 Apr	Wilmer Schnurstein (69) - Denver/Alaska - obit
Elsie (Gustav) Boeckmann (72) (nee Wolfgram) - Siegel - obit	Adolph (Adelgunda) Boldt (88) - Tripoli - obit
Henry (Viola) Schweer (75) - Sumner - obit	Mattia (Marguerite) Zurbriggen - Sumner - obit
Josephine (Robert) Ewing (63) (nee Sien) - Tripoli - obit	Hazel (James) Kane (60) (nee Probst) - Sumner - obit
Ronny Stufflebeam (23) - Waverly - obit	Lillian (Lester) Garrett (60) (nee Rohrssen) - Tripoli/Tinley Park, Ill - obit
Hattie (Fred) Korman (nee Moore) - Sumner - obit
Eldora (Oliver) Bunger (78) (nee Nue) - Tripoli/Cedar Falls - obit (poor copy)	1 Nov
Hilda Mundfrom (73) - Waterloo - obit	Gertrude (Fred) Kruse (68) (nee Bartz) - Sumner - obit
	Leo (Mildred) Westendorf (65) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
19 Apr	Anna (Clyde) Burman (86) (nee Lenius) - Waterloo - obit
no deaths	Amanda (Alvin) Sassman (76) (nee Koepke) - Denver - obit
	Arlene (Melvin) Platte - Readlyn - obit
26 Apr
Wilbur Dimmitt (72) - Frederika/Waterloo (N)	8 Nov
Roy (Viola)Traeger (82) - Sumner - obit	Lee (Helen) Goodenbour (83) - Buck Creek/Tripoli - obit
Pearl (George) Herwig (89 (nee Fritz) - Sumner - obit	William (Lela) Niemeyer (65) - Tripoli - obit
Christ (Hansen (78) - Sumner - obit	Mary (Leo) Winks (88) - Sumner - obit
John (Judy) Moore (34) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Jodi Marie (inf dau of Rodney and Marlene) Wedemeier - Sumner - obit
Margaret (Robert) Bathke (nee Parrott) - Greene - obit	Mrs. Gene Fender (50) - Hamburg, Iowa - obit
Clarence "Barney" (Catherine) Kleiner - Sumner - obit	Phyllis Erdahl - Los Angeles, California - (N)
3 May	15 Nov
Leona (Herman) Mueller (62) - Siegel - obit	Emmett Tank - Waterloo - (N)
Hans (Jennie) Bloem (70) - Tripoli - obit	Charlotte (Earl) Teisinger (85) - Readlyn - obit
Rev. Erich Dornbusch (77) - Tripoli - obit	Fred (Elda) Wittenburg (73) - Denver - obit
Wilbur (Grace) Dimmitt (72) - Waterloo - obit	Richard (Hilda) Steinberg (90) - Denver - obit
Anna (Fred) Seehase (nee Teidt) - Sumner - obit
Howard (Maxine) Borland (76) - Sumner - obit	22 Nov
Maude Howard (93) - Oelwein - obit	Emma Malzahn (86) - Tripoli - obit
	Mabel (Sam) McGown (78) (nee Jordan) - Frederika - obit
10 May	Miriam French (77) - Frederika - obit
Samuel (Florence) Fridley (86) - Sumner - obit	Wilmer (Gertrude) Schnurstein (69) - Tripoli/Haines, Alaska - 2nd obit
Carl (Nellie) Smith (92) - Maple Plains, MN - (N)	Dorothy (John) Barry (63) (nee Primus) - Sumner - obit
Rev. Erich (Loretta) Dornbusch (77) - Tripoli - 2nd obit
	29 Nov
17 May	no deaths
Leona (Harmon) Hildebrandt (58) (nee Doepke) - Tripoli - obit
Gertrude (Paul Wilharm & John) James (81) (nee Lewis) - Mesa, Arizona - obit	6 Dec
Mathilda (Ernest) Schroeder (79) (nee Klemp) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Minnie (Richard) Emerson (94) (nee Everson) - Charles City - obit
	Herbert (Emma) Poock (66) - Readlyn - obit
24 May
Anna (Carl) Hildebrandt (83) (nee Degner) - Santa Ana, California - obit	13 Dec
Fred (Martha) Bockholt (91) - Frederika - obit	Ernest (Hulda) Wendt (83) - Frederika - obit
	Walter Dora) Eick (74) - Tripoli - obit
31 May	Paul (Evelyh) Brase (55) - Western Douglas - obit
Arthur Bunger (84) - Tripoli - obit	Henry Harrison (Bertha) Lease (92) - sumner - obit
George Heidemann (85) - Tripoli/California - (N)	Ralph (Hilda) Pleggenkuhle (63) - Alpha - obit
Cecil O'Connell - Fredericksburg - obit	William (Mabel) Flynn (79) - Indianapolis, Ind. - (N)
Jason Heller (child of Gerald & Patricia) - Sumner - obit
	20 Dec
7 Jun	James (Beverly) Bennett (62) - LaPorte City - obit
Arthur Bunger (84) - Tripoli - obit	Delia (George) Hammetter (91) (nee Green) - Sumner - obit
Arlon (Malita) Buls (52) - Frederika - obit	Angela Lynn (inf dau of Larry) Foster - Sumner - obit
Robert (Helen) Sage (62) - Sumner - obit
	27 Dec
	no deaths

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