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.

2 Jan	4 Jun
Minnie (Herman) Schweer (75) (nee Redies) - Crane Creek - obit	Adolph Mohling (LaVena) (68) - Tripoli - obit
Fern (Elwood) Graves (81) (nee Angus) - Sumner/Waverly - obit	Herman (Agnes) Dau (86) - Sumner - obit
	Horace Powers (68) - MHI, Independence - obit
9 Jan	Carlotta (Roy) Rogers (72) (nee Zollar) - Ft. Myers, FL - obit
Fred Fink (84) - Tripoli - obit	Nellie (Arthur) Eitel (89) (nee Eitel) - Sumner - obit
Florence (Herman) Oltrogge (83) (nee Schuknecht) - Readlyn - obit
John Thurm (92) - Readlyn - obit	11 Jun
Elmer (Margaret) Huebner (81) - Frederika/Oregon City, OR - obit	Elsie (Walter) Stumme (71) (nee Geistfeld) - Sumner - obit
Theordore (Alma) Platte (80) - Maxfield/Denver - obit	Adolph Mohling (68) - Sumner - 2nd obit
Minnie (Louis) Mohling (93) (nee Dins) - Denver - obit
David (Genevieve) Chadwick (93) - Sumner - obit	18 Jun
Frances (James) Treloar (92) (nee Purdy) - Sumner - obit	E.F. (Jo) Schutte (81) - Sumner - obit
Gladys (Creighton) Creager (45) - Sumner - obit
Clair (Velma) Nichols (69) - Horton - obit	25 Jun
Mildred (Donald) Strang (75) (nee Parmely) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Mildred (Al) Wolfgram (83) (nee Garden) - Sumner - obit
Blanche Florence (Samuel) Fridley (77) (nee Rowe) - Sumner - obit	Joan (Russell) Pagel (47) (nee Thompson)
Martha (Lawrence) Cosby (77) - Sumner - obit
Fred Gonnerman (77) - Dysart - obit	2 Jul
Forrest Clayton (90) - Fayette - obit	Mandel (Isabelle)Kramer (72) - Tripoli - obit
	Kathy Fay (18) (dau of John and Edna) - Sumner - obit
16 Jan	Emma (Ogden) Schoonmaker (84) (nee Hobertz) - Sumner - obit
John (Martha) Sassmann (85) - Tripoli - obit	Henry ( Alvina) Suht (90) - Sumner - obit
Oscar (Suzanne) Kreis (40) - Tripoli/Columbus, OH - obit
Gene Heinemann (20) - Siegel - obit	9 Jul
	Dr. Wyman (Mary) Weeber (57) - Tripoli - obit
23 Jan
Louie (Nellie) Wedemeier (72) - Douglas Twp/Waverly obit	16 Jul
Otto (Alma) Bartz (90) - Westgate - obit	Derek Schmudlach (18) (son of Jerry & Betty) - Frederika - obit
Will (Elsie) Braun (86) - Sumner - obit	Herbert (Mary Ann) Platte (67) - Sumner - obit
August (Hilda) Schumacher (87) - Sumner - obit	Mary (Herman) Stumme (78) (nee Rohrssen) - County Care Facility - obit
John Sassman (85) - Sumner - 2nd obit
	23 Jul
30 Jan	Burnita (Carl) Buckman - Sumner - obit
Clara (Edward) Niemeyer (93) (nee Judas) - Tripoli - obit
Esther (Albert) Plaster (75) (nee Meyer) - Sumner - obit	30 Jul - Centennial Issue
Anthony Warnke (inf son of Kent) - Sumner - obit	Robert (Verla) Ganske - Sumner/New Hampton - obit
Frieda (Albert) Lorenz (87) (nee Linder) - Reinbeck - obit	Hattie (Louis) Bahe (nee Heideman) - Tripoli - obit
	Martha (John) Sassman (81) (nee Wolfgram) - Tripoli - obit
6 Feb
Meta (F.W. Luhring & Dennis Mummelthie & Ernest Haase) Haase (81) (nee Neuendorf) - Siegel - obit	6 Aug
Genevieve (David) Chadwick (95) (nee McGee) - Sumner - obit	Bertha Hagenow (92) - Tripoli - obit
Otto (Amanda) Schumacher (87) - Sumner - obit
Henry Henniges (103) - Maynard - obit	13 Aug
Ernest (Mildred) Lemke (82) - Sumner - obit	Bernice Morgan (64) (nee Mitchell) - Sumner - obit
Erma (Sigurd) Johnson (75) (nee Blades) - Sunny Vale, CA - obit	Milton (Evelyn) Schlitter (75) - Sumner - obit
George Sommerfelt (85) - Independence - (N)
	20 Aug
13 Feb	Ena VanBrocklin (74) - Fredericksburg - obit
August Wendt (75) - Tripoli/Ohio - obit	Ruloff (Lillian) Wedeking (83) - Tripoli - obit
Caradotus (C.E.) (Clara Lu) Carlson (95) - Farber, MO/Sumner - obit	Ed (Marion) Bennett (62) - Tripoli - obit
Mary (Herman) Schult (89) (nee Pipho) - Sumner - obit	Belva (Oscar) Meswarb (83) (nee Reimler) - Sumner - obit
20 Feb	27 Aug
Kenneth (Chrystel) Vorwald (52) - Frederika - obit	Adella (LaVern) Schmidt (75) (nee Wehling) - Tripoli - obit
Clarence Gaede - Sumner - obit	Theodore (Emma) Reuscher (82) - Western Douglas - obit
Elfried Siemer (76) - Langholt, West Germany - obit
	3 Sep
27 Feb	Emma Tiedt (94) - Sumner - obit
Evelyn (Cecil) Corkery (nee Miche) - Sumner/Fairfax - obit
George Andrew Langham (inf son of George & Linda Lou) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit	10 Sep
	Nancy Ridge (86) - Sumner - (N)
5 Mar	Elmer (Ruth) Albrecht (72) - Sumner - obit
Herman (Amanda) Westendorf (82) - Buck Creek/Sumner - obit	Esther (Bill) Jantzen (85) (nee Schedtler) - Sheldon - obit
Ella Lande (94) - Sumner - (N)	Patricia Lujen (20) (dau of Mrs. Isabel (Fox) Lujen) - Sumner/Hazelton - obit
Joyce (David) Hochberger (76) - Sumner/Cavina, CA - obit
Sara Jo (Jim) Gieseman - Sumner/Arvada, CO - obit	17 Sep
Louis (Amanda) Seegers (78) - Denver - obit	Frank (Louise) Eichmann (87) - Tripoli/Clarksville - obit
James (Julene) Niemann (49) - Sumner/Oelwein - obit	Nancy (Claude) Ridge (86) (nee Gunn) - Sumner - obit
	Benton Stong Sr. (75) - Keosauqua - obit
12 Mar	Harry (Neva) Wilson (60) - Sumner - obit
Irl (Dorothy) Haynes (61) - Frederika - obit	Esther (Louie) Westendorf (76) (nee Judisch)- Buck Creek/Sumner - obit
Leslie (Gladys Molumby & Vivian Geddes) Schuknecht (83) - Sumner - obit
Will (Martha) Tegtmeier (90) - Sumner - obit	24 Sep
Lillian (Cornelius) Dirksen (95) (nee Crouse) - Sumner/Cedar Falls - obit	Minnie (William) Schumacher (88) (nee Plagens) - Tripoli - obit
Fred (Jean) Borneman (54) - Sumner - obit	Dustin Lee Buhr (inf son of Scott & Jacquiline) - Sumner - obit
Henry Ross (83) - Fairbank - (N)
Clara (Herman) Brase (75) (nee Oberheu) - Western Douglas/Frederika - obit	1 Oct
	Charles (Dorlene) Harms (60) - Sumner - obit
19 Mar	Chad Kirchoff (4 yr. old son of Rodger) - New Germany, MN - (N)
Henry Ehlert (84) - Sumner/Mt. Auburn - obit
Viola (Charles) Lease (95) (nee Miller) - Glenville, MT - (N)	8 Oct
Roberta Melhus (nee Ommen) - Pinhook/Clarion - (N)	no deaths
26 Mar	15 Oct
Dr. James (Virginia) Whitmire (81) - Sumner - obit	Leonard (Frances) Dettmer (47) - Hudson - obit
John (Donna) Gorman (55) - Sumner - obit	Myrtle Moore (89) - Sumner - obit
Zella (Lyle) McDuffee (84) (nee Moyer) - Sumner/Dalton, WI - obit
Viola (Charles) Leaad (95) (nee Miller) - Sumner - (N)	22 Oct
Ellen (Arthur) Renuick - Sumner/Fayette - (N)	Herman (Martha) Flanscha (87) - Sumner - obit
	Eleanor (Clarence) Schnor (73) (nee Tegtmeier) - Sumner - obit
2 Apr	William (Nina Newton & Bertha Riley) Wittenburg (76) - Sumner - obit
no deaths
	29 Oct
9 Apr	Hazrl (Orlo Petersen & Claude Nuss) Nuss (85) - Sumner - obit
Steve (Dorris) Irving (52) - Providence, NJ - obit	Walter Ehlert (71) - Cedar Falls - obit
Esther (George) (84) (nee Timpy) - Sumner - obit	Mary (Martin) Weidler - New Hampton - obit
Burrell (Myra) Doyle (72) - Omaha, NE - obit
Lena (Herman) Nuss (89) (nee Nuss) - Sumner - obit	5 Nov
John (Donna )Gorman (55) - Sumner - obit	Clarence (Dorothy) Forberg (68) - Tripoli - obit
	Edward (Esther) Koehler - Sumner - obit
16 Apr	Fred Wilharm (77) - Sumner - obit & brief article
Donna (Wallace) Dietz (40) (nee Buzzard) - Waterloo - obit
Kathy (Dennis) Willson (32) (nee Harmening) - Plymouth Rock, IA - obit	12 Nov
Myrtle (Devon) Schlegel (43) (nee West) - Janesville, WI - obit	Gerald (Louise Ruebes & Marille Buckendahl) Fox (64) - Sumner - obit
Mabel Light (101) (nee Dickman) - Sumner/Lititz, PA - obit	Robert (Margaret) Oswald (62) - Sumner - obit
Everett (Florence) Krause (71) - Sumner - obit	Dellora (Velmar) Foss (56) (nee Oltrogge) - Sumner - obit
23 Apr	19 Nov
Arnold (Florence) Stromer (71) - Tripoli - obit	Brian Kammeyer (24) - Highland, CA - obit
Louise (Herman) Niedert (87) (nee Holm) - Tripoli - obit	Glenda (David) Meighan (30) (nee Blume) - Sumner - obit
William (Emma) Grebien (92) - Tripoli - obit	Emanuel Knief (81) - New Hampton - obit
A.F. (Florence) Senst (80) - Sumner - obit	Arva (Curt) Flinn (91) - Waterloo - obit
George (Martha) Haffner (89) - Sumner - obit
Florien (Amelia) Destival (77) - Horton - obit	26 Nov
Edwin (Alice) Duffy (70) - Sumner - obit (brother to Fr. Raymond Duffy)	Vina (Merrill) Bennett (92) (nee Panzer) - Tripoli - obit
Fr. Raymond Duffy - Dubuque (obit) (brother to Edwin Duffy)	Vernon (Margaret) Quade (52) - Plainfield - obit
30 Apr	3 Dec
Evelyn (John) Schnieders (59) (nee Schulte) - Tripoli - obit	Maurice (Florence) Aubrey (58) - Sumner - obit
Esther (Herman) Lampe (72) (nee Piersdorf) - Frederika - obit
Everett (Isabelle) Williams (68) - Western Douglas - obit	10 Dec
Werner (Grace) Plaster (74) - Sumner/Osage - obit	Lizzie Rathe (81) - Tripoli - obit
	Walter Zummack (63) - New Hampton - obit
7 May	Lillian (Robert) Monteith (66) - Nancy Lake, WI - obit
Stephen Schirmer (33) - Smithtown, NY - obit
	17 Dec
14 May	William (Hulda) Zander - Tripoli - obit
Henry (Elizabeth) Oltrogge (85) - Sumner - obit
Philip (Elsie) Leyh (64) - Sumner - obit	24 Dec
Ethel (Norman) Durnil (64) (nee Madden) - Sumner - obit	Henry (Mabel) Seelhammer (78) - Tripoli - obit
	Bertha (Christian) Banzhoff (86) - Marshalltown - obit
21 May	David Phillips (35) - Carroll - (N)
Henry (Leona) Heine (77) - Janesville - obit
	31 Dec
28 May	Ida (John) Asmus (91) (nee Moritz) - Tripoli - obit
Hulda (Leslie) Ryan (86) - Tripoli - obit
Etta (Kenneth) Feldpouch (73) (nee Simirson) - Sumner - obit
Adeline Shinstine (67) (nee Hackman) - Sumner - obit
John (Louisa) Tiedt (82) - Readlyn - obit

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