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.

3 Jan	13 Jun
Matthew Alan (son of Rickie & Lois) - Readlyn - obit	Stanley Peters (28) - Denver - obit
Michael Michor (76) - Waverly - (N)	William (Doris) Zekoff (65) - Frederika - obit
Fred Hahn (72)	John (Minnie) Hagenow (84) - Artesian - obit
John Lembrecht (88) - Sumner - obit	Jenry (Caroline) Riechmann (88) - Artesian - obit
August Matthiesen (92) - Sumner - obit	William (Martha) Keding (95) - Sumner - obit
Lydia (Fred) Sunderman (93) (nee Failes) - Sumner - obit
Lydia (Fred) Schroeder (81) (nee Degelau) - Artesian/Waterloo - obit	20 Jun
George Granneman (63) - Sumner/Davenport - obit	no deaths
Lawrence (Marie) Gebert (62) - Waterloo - obit	27 Jun
Bertha (Robert) Weidemann (67) - Hawkeye - obit	Clara (Frank) Holm (83) (nee Moeller) - Tripoli - obit
Lydia (Fred) Schroeder (81) - Waterloo - 2nd obit	Helen (Howard) Norris (71) (nee Niemeyer) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
17 Jan	3 Jul
Wilbert (Fern) Schneider (56) - Oelwein - obit	Henry (Delpha) Frese (86) - Tripoli - obit
Emma (Albert) Zierath (85) (nee Ehlert) - Sumner - obit
	11 Jul
24 Jan	Mary (Charles) Fossler (88) (nee Schlessner) - Sumner - obit
Velma (Leland) May (46) (nee Mixdorf) - Denver - obit	Marie (Elmer) Schwartz (66) (nee Reeve) - Sumner - obit
Robert (Cecelia) McKinney (69) - Denver - obit	John "Jack" (Adela Brase & Minnie Bergmann & Doris Bergmann) Weidemann (71) - Tripoli - obit
Earl C.(Elda) Matthiesen (63) - Denver obit	Mario (Judith) Schnurstein (39) - Denver/Alaska - obit
Hedwig "Hattie" (John) Brink (93) (nee Gielau) - Denver - obit
Fay (Robert) Proctor (87) - Alpha/Sumner - obit	18 Jul
Harlan (Karen) Platte (32) - Sumner - obit	Pauline (Alfred) Schudt (nee Schroeder) - Sumner/Independence - obit
	Orville (Jane) Meier (47) - Readlyn - obit
31 Jan
Evelyn (Wendall) Jordan (51) - Tripoli/Nashua - obit	25 Jul
William (Mary Ann) Sassmann (39) - Tripoli/Fredericksburg - obit	Martha (Fred) Biermann (85) (nee Drewis) - Tripoli - obit
Carl Bartz (76) - Readlyn - obit	Martha (William) Schwartz (94) (nee Kramer) - Sumner - obit
Melford (Ruby) Bell (77) - Sumner - obit	Frank Burke (88) - Waterloo - (N)
Charlotte (Ray) Farnum (88) (nee Moore) - Sumner - obit	Harry (Carrie) Vaughn (66) - Janesville - obit
Ardis (Virgil) Horak (57) (nee Pagel) - Sumner - obit	Herman (Minnie) Meihost (80) - Readlyn - obit
Emil (Alvina) Drewelow (88) - Boyd - obit
	1 Aug
7 Feb	Arnold (Mary Ann) Zander (64) - Tripoli - obit
Elda Busch (81) - Readlyn - obit	Letha (Robert) Paden (83) (nee Reif) - Sumner - obit
Claude Leaton (91) - Oelwein - obit	Henry Rockdaschel (93) - Sumner - (N)
Will H. (Helen) Heick (91) - Sumner - obit	Glenn Peterson (66) - Sumner - obit
Donna (Virgil) Staples (54) - Sumner/McGregor - obit	Elias "Cy" Herman (74) - San Rafael, California - obit
14 Feb	8 Aug
Stanley Adams (55) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	Ewald (Helen) Kleiss (75) - Tripoli - obit
Ernest (Caroline) Seehase (88) - Sumner - obit	Herman Vesting (69) - Tripoli - obit
Viola (Harry) Thoms (nee Brandt) - Denver - obit
John "Jack" (Dena)Webrand (80) Denver/Dike - obit	15 Aug
Paul Oberheu (64) - Denver/Fairbank - obit	Ruth Heideman (56) - Tripoli - obit
21 Feb	22 Aug
Doris (F.W. Bergmann & John Weidemann) Weidemann (80) (nee Hirsch) - Tripoli - obit	Bernhard (Sophia) Everding (89) - Readlyn - obit
Louisa (Edward) Pavelec (80) (nee Frahm) - Tripoli - obit and article	Paul Buenzow (81) - Tripoli - obit
	Laura (Paul) Buenzow (nee Treloar) - Sumner - obit
28 Feb	LaVerne (Florence) Shurtleff (61) - Alpha - obit
Carl O. (Ellen) Mixdorf (78) - Waterloo - obit
Arthur (Melba) Herman (80) - Readlyn - obit (Buck Creek store)	29 Aug
Waldemar (Edna) Brown (86) - Denver - obit	Emma (Joesph) Sien (98) (nee Moeller) - Siegel - obit
Leo (Donna) Potratz (53) Sumner/Chula Vista, California - obit	Louis (Jennie) Harmening (68) - Tripoli/Great Falls, Montana - obit
Olive (Fred) Fedeler (83) - Sumner/Hawkeye - (N)
Beatrice (Robert) Anderson (82) - Atlantic, IA/Sumner - obit	5 Sep
Lavern (Loretta) Warnke (63) - Sumner/Oran - obit	Lloyd (Gertrude) Dickman (91) - Sumner - obit
	Velma (Lorenz) Wente (53) - Sumner obit
7 Mar	Viola (Louie) Ehlert (72) (nee Fritag) - Sumner - obit
William (Ruth) Buckley (58) - Tripoli/Rockwell City - obit
William (Miriam) Sage (83) - Denver - obit	12 Sep
Rev. Paul Bredow (78) - Sumner - obit	Sophia (William) Krueger (97) (nee Beisner) - Tripoli - obit
Donald (Beverly) Rueckert (53) - Waterloo - obit	Herman (Ruth Hopka & Martha Klinkhammer) Lange (85) - Sumner - obit
Ernest Hyde (74) - Waterloo - (N)	Mabel (George) Messerer (72) (nee Reifinger) - Sumner - obit
	Gladys (Charles) Morgan (57) (McMinimee) - Sumner - obit
14 Mar	Clifford (Esther) Tribon (77) - Oran - obit
Dora (Henry) Henning (94) (nee Wackerhahn) - Tripoli - obit	Joseph (Evelyn) Draker (47) - Sumner/Randalia - obit
Rev. George (Frieda) Gundel (74) - Tripoli - obit	Leonard (Betty) Martin (51) - Sumner - obit
Leslie (Renetta) Meier (66) - Tripoli - obit	Bertha (Henry) Doepke (75) (nee Bodedeker) - Denver - obit
Edward (Minna) Zars - Readlyn - obit	Arthur (Mabel) Sassmann (83) - Denver - obit
Leslie (Mildred) Kueker (61) - Waverly - obit
Ernest (Malinda) Spier (70) - Readlyn - obit	19 Sep
Paul Bredow (79) - Sumner - 2nd obit	William (Martha) Oberheu (85) - Western Douglas/ Sumner - obit
	Sophia Krueger (97) - 2nd obit
21 Mar
Rev. George (Frieda) Gundel - Tripoli - 2nd obit	26 Sep
Carroll (Dorothy) Wooldrik (48) - Iowa City - obit	Carroll Pinch (69) - Tripoli - obit
Harley (Thelma) Ehlert (71) - Sumner - obit	Anton (Jennie) Emkes (78) - Tripoli - obit
Richard (Anna) Hehmke (91) - Sumner - obit	Ernest (Helen) Buhr Jr. (66) - Sumner - obit
Ella (Gustave)Timm (98) (nee Houpt)- Sumner - obit	Emma (John) Shales (93) (nee Sorg) - Sumner - obit
August (Clara) Pleggenkuhle (95) - Sumner - obit	Otto Sabin (77) - Westgate/Coos Bay, Oregon - obit
Ruth (Ivan) Fridley (nee Lauterback) - Sumner - obit	Virgil Carlson (69) - Sumner/Charles City - (N)
John (Audrie) King - Waterloo - obit
Mary Lou (Jerome) Ortmar (49) - Minneapollis, MN - obit	3 Oct
Merrill Smith (80) - Elkader - (N)	Lloyd (Cheryl) Kammeyer (42) - Tripoli - obit
	Ema (John) Shales (93) - 2nd obit
28 Mar	Leo (Marie) Hoth (67) - Sumner - obit
Gertrude (Alfred) Mallie (71) (nee Porter) - Tripoli - obit	William (Janelda) Kerns Sr. (54) - Fairbank - obit
Harry (Bessie) Krause - Sumner - obit
	10 Oct
4 Apr	Rich (Shirley) Schmidt (46) - Tripoli/Cedar Rapids - obit
LaVerne (Alice) Bell (71) - Tripoli - obit	Emma (Emil) Leisinger (87) - Denver - obit
Emil (Viola) Semm (66) - Siegel - obit
Carl (Leona) Abbas (73) - Frederika/New Hampton - obit	17 Oct
Arthur (Elwina) Rieck (64) - Sumner/Fredericksburg - obit	Lyle (Bena) Bird (66) - Sumner - obit
11 Apr	24 Oct
Charles (Linda) Winkey (24) -Shell Rock - obit	Edward (Lilly) Koch (82) - Tripoli - obit
Lee Olejniczak (68) - Davenport - (N)	Harold (Dorlene) Kueker (63) - Denver - obit
Hartley Seydel (55) - Readlyn - obit
LaVonne (Clair) Kuchenberg - Tripoli - obit	31 Oct
Francis (Sandra) Trzaskos (30) - Amsterdam, NY/Readlyn - obit	Clarence (Dorothy) Nield (61) - Tripoli - obit
	Clarence (Luceal) Schumacher (62) - Readlyn/Waverly - obit
18 Apr
Howard (Eva Rohrssen) Peyton - Laguna Hills, California - (N)	7 Nov
William (Rose) Steinberg (94) - Denver obit	Joel Engle (18) (son of Norman) - Tripoli/Duluth, MN - obit
Ernest "Spike" (Bertha) Platte (84) - Denver - obit	Kate (William) Buhr (90) (nee Boeger) - Denver/Waterloo - obit
William (Esther) Nolting (72) - Cedar Falls - obit
Hulda Schilling (87) - Waverly - obit	14 Nov
Bernard (Hedwig) Graf (67) - Sumner - obit	Alma (Perry L.) Crittenden (72) (nee Kimbal) - Tripoli - obit
Herman (Elsie) Schulte (71) - Sumner - obit	Frances (Alfred) Leyh (68) (nee Foulkes) - Sumner - obit
Thomas Backes (63) - Sumner/Allison - obit
Arnold Barth Jr. - Sumner/Ft.Wayne, Ind. - (N)	21 Nov
	Rudy Ludwig (92) - Cran Creek - obit
25 Apr	Irma (William) Hurmence (91) (nee Haag) - Sumner - obit
Henry (Doralena Moeller & Amanda Harms) Harms (88) - Tripoli - obit	Gordon (Flora) Albrecht (77) - Sumner & Pennsylvania - obit
Dora Bock (77) - Tripoli - obit	Paul (Genevieve) Day (88) - Sumner - obit
John (Marjorie) Corkery (80) - Sumner - obit
Douglas (Lorraine) Stedman (57) - Sumner - obit	28 Nov
Mabel Litzinger (90) - Sumner/Galena - (N)	Donald (Pearl) Hunemuller (59) - Tripoli - obit
	Alfred (Gertrude) Mallie (81) - Tripoli - obit
2 May	ReVern (Ann) Holm (70) - Denver - obit
Emma (Scott) Fiester (80) - Care Facility/ Fredericksburg - obit	Lezetta (Carl) Struck (66) (nee Dohrmann) - Tripoli - obit
Ella Messerer (86) - Sumner - obit	Lavern (Shirley) Blasberg (53) - Waterloo/Des Moines - obit
Emma (William) Pries (86) - Sumner - obit	Kenneth (Viola) Halver (63) - McAllen, Texas - obit
Anna Winter (94) - Sumner - obit	Paul (Emma Klemp & Gertrude Farley) Niemann (72) - Sumner - obit
Irene Simons (95) - Janesville - obit
	5 Dec
9 May	Louise (Herman) Buchholz (88) (nee Schweer) - Siegel - obit
Charles (Doretta) Burkhart (92) - Sumner - obit	Arlie (Myrtle) Rausch (79) - Frederika - obit
Arthur (Martha) Howard (92) - Sumner - obit	Nellie (Louis) Westendorf (68) (nee Biermann) - Tripoli - obit
	George (Mabel) Messerer (77) - Sumner - obit
16 May	Mrs. William Corkery (71) - Wadena - (N)
Lloyd (Elsbeth) Moore (77) - Janesville - obit	Guy (Martha) Bass (76) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Gail McNabb (93) - Cedar Falls - obit
Henry (Ella) Abbas (76) - Denver - obit	12 Dec
Elsie "Wally" (Robert) Lynch (65) - Denver/Cedar Falls - obit	Lenora (Frederick) Foelske (64) (nee Bauer) - Denver - obit
Vivian Fuller (67) - Minneapolis, MN - (N)
Carl Keller - Janesville - (N)	19 Dec
Ed Ehlert (86) - Sumner - (N)	Ewald (Alvena) Boeckmann (80) - Siegel - obit
Selma Traeger (85) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Herman (Alvina) Peters (93) - Tripoli - obit
James Palmerlee (97) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	ReVern (Anna) Holm (70) - Denver - obit
	Lyle (Stella) Schrader (34) - Cedar Falls/Denver - obit
23 May	Dorothy (Paul) Springer (nee Wolfgram) - Sumner/Omaha - obit
Lydia (Edward)Ehlert (86) (nee Buhr) - Sumner - obit	Fred Gonnerman (77) - Dysart - obit
Alvina (Edward) Haar (81) (nee Tonn) - Sumner/Waverly - obit	Emil Oltrogge (83) - Sumner - obit
James "Bud" Leitzinger (65) - Galena, Illinois - (N)	Erwin (Viola) Bruns (79) - Denver - obit
John Duffy (64) - St. Paul, MN - (N)	Burl Porter (70) - Janesville - obit
Carlotta Wendland (88) - Hawkeye - (N)	Maj. (ret.) Nelson (Darleth) Niemeyer (64) - Lawton, Oklahoma - obit
Alice (Jesse) Satterlee (85) (nee Rector) - Denver - obit
	26 Dec
30 May	Dr. Norman (JoAnn) Elmer (50) - Sumner - obit
Hannah Youngstrom (82) - Sumner - (N)	Mabel (Low Farrand & Rev. J.H.Light) Light (101) (nee Dickman)
	Bernard (Martha) Flanscha (84) - Sumner/Parkersburg - obit
6 Jun
Mrs. John Jacobs (70) - Mason City - (N)
Wilbert (Dorcas) Harmening (70) - Sumner - obit

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