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	13 Jul
Arthur (Gladys) Niewohner (71) - Sumner - - obit	Helen Thull - (76) - Sumner - obit
Gailord (Leota) Farnum (92) - Sumner - obit	LeRoy (esther) Fagenbaum (69) - Sumner - obit
Clarence (Cora) Gersonde (83) - Sumner - obit
Johanna Staack (94) - Klinger/Sumner - obit	20 Jul
	Gladys (Lorenz) Bunger (nee Hankner) - Tripoli - obit
12 Jan	Anthony Poock (14) (son of Lary & Shirley) - Decorah - obit
Effie (Walter) Keding (86) (nee Bany) - Tripoli - obit
Brenda Leuenberger (22) - Fairbank - obit	27 Jul
	Eugene (Loretta) Stahlhut (57) - Sumner - obit
19 Jan
no deaths	3 Aug
	Dale (Leora) Gott (77) - Talent, Oregon - obit
26 Jan
no deaths	10 Aug
	Glenyce (John) Axon (40) (nee Waschkat) - Tripoli - obit
2 Feb	Arnold (Mabel) Lahmann (72) - Denver/Siren, Wisconsin - obit
Wayne (Alice) Bravener (90) - Frederika - obit	Albert (Meta) Hunemuller (86) - Tripoli - obit
Lloyd Bartels (56) - Sumner/Garden Grove, California - obit	Arnold (Helen) Ducker (80) - Tripoli - obit
9 Feb	17 Aug
no deaths	May (Donavan) Day (nee Barnett) - Clear Lake - obit
	Edward (Mabel) Tremaine (65) - Sumner - obit
16 Feb	Elsie (Henry) Pries (nee Wackerhahn) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
no deaths
	24 Aug
23 Feb	Clara Nauholz (85) nee Bartz)- Sumner - obit
Sydney Gott (87) - Sumner - obit
Peter Pruisner (89) - Dike - obit	31 Aug
Edward Minkel (87) - Rice Lake, Wisconsin - obit	LaVern (Betty) Schumacher (62) - Tripoli - obit
	Helen Boderman (69) - (N)
2 Mar	John Blessington (75) - Charles City - obit
Gertrude (Ernest) Quade (79) - Siegel - obit	Ida (Herman) Leslein (97) (nee Gieseman) - Westgate/Sumner - obit
Robert Porter (33) - LaPorte City - obit	Gertrude (Edward) Paine (71) - Tucson, Ariz - obit
	Sylvia (Louis) Mead (82) (nee Pagel) - Sumner - obit
9 Mar
Elsie (Leonard) Pipho (nee Specht) - Sumner - obit	7 Sep
Loyal Pearce - Sumner/Freeport, Illinois - obit	Louis (Hulda) Stephens (82) - Sumner - obit
	Eugene Crouse (62) - Sumner/Manhattan Beach, Wash. - obit
16 Mar	Helen (Walter) Boderman (69) (nee Stahlhut) - Sumner - obit
Don (Verna) Duhrkoph (77) - Sumner - obit	Arthur (Erna) Hennings (73) (nee Struck) - Sumner - obit
Elsie (Leonard) Pipho (78) (nee Specht) - Sumner - obit
Lillian (Anthony Sievers & Ruloff Wedeking) Wedeking (80) (nee Brockmeyer) - Frederika - obit	14 Sep
	Margaret (Sherwood) Pleggenkuhl (58) (nee Siegfried) - Frederika - obit
23 Mar	Lucille (David) Littell (79) - Sumner/Mesa, Arizona - obit
Myron (Dorothy) Patterson (63) - Flint, Michigan - obit	Lucinda (Paul) Nuss (68) (nee Kirchhoff) - Sumner - obit
	Meta Wolf - Artesian - obit
30 Mar
Alinda Kirchhoff (84) - Tripoli - obit	21 Sep
William (Ellen) Hoth Jr. (76) - Sumner - obit	Mary (Tom) Hanlon (89) (nee Parrott) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Lillian Wedeking - Frederika - 2nd obit
	28 Sep
6 Apr	Martha (Arthur) Holm (83) (nee Meier) - Tripoli - obit
Alinda (Carl) Kirchhoff (84) - Tripoli - 2nd obit	Milo (Esther Biebaune & Frances Zobel) Lease (83)
Johnnie (Emilie) Nerge (86) - Sumner - obit	Alvin (Anna Schumacher & Agnes Huebner) Hoth (52) - sumner - obit
13 Apr	5 Oct
no deaths	Frank (Hazel) Bartelt (88) - Rosemount, Minnesota - obit
20 Apr	12 Oct
Henry (Fern) Schuldt (77) - Sumner - obit	no deaths
27 Apr	19 Oct
Jacqueline (Raumond) Davis (42) (nee Nerge) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit	Arthur (Lorinda) Meyer (63) - Tripoli - obit
	L.W. "Van" Vanderlinden (81) - Marengo - obit
4 May
Helen (Paul) Klenzman (74) (nee Garland)	26 Oct
Edna (Howard) Fox (75) (nee Baethke) - Sumner - obit	Flossie (Rev. D.I.) Hammond (95) (nee Lease) - Sumner - obit
Jonathan Martin (22) - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - obit	Lorenz (Eula) Schwerin (73) - Sumner - obit
11 May	2 Nov
Alfred (Elsie) Rohrssen (85) - Sumner - obit	William (Renetta) Bentley Sr. - Tripoli - obit
Walter (Leota) Koch (76) - Sumner - obit	Edna (Winford) Pratt (71) (Dahlstrom) - Frederika - obit
Frederick (Lenora) Sell (74) - Sumner - obit	Ted (Sarah) Kirchmann - Sumner/Wichita, Kansas - obit
Dorothy (A.W.) Geddes (100) (nee Penman) - Viola, Illinois - obit
	9 Nov
18 May	Harry (Mabel) Juel (78) - Sumner - obit
John (Leona) Berlin (nee Schmidt) - Tripoli - obit	Lennie Wildeboar (31) - Waterloo - obit
25 May	16 Nov
Elmer (Lydia) Sassmann (82) - Readlyn - obit	Ray (Leona) Dohrmann (73) - Tripolli - obit
Louise (Lo) Alcock (96) (nee Drier) - Frederika - obit	Mabel (Herman) Frahm (71) (nee Drier) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
Etta (Truman) Stahr (59) (nee Pleggenkuhle)- Frederika - obit	Allen (Jane) Thompsen (41) - Sumner - obit
1 Jun	23 Nov
Henry (Mildred) Elsamiller (67) - Sumner - obit	Anna Marsh - Tripoli - obit
Howard (Ednat) Fox (75) - Sumner - obit	Malcolm (Grace & Lucille) Roger (78) - Sumner - obit
	Harold E. (Mary Munger & Harriet Halverson) Walker (52) - Waterloo - obit
8 Jun	Theodore "Ted" (Lauretta) Hoppenworth (73) - Buck Creek - obit
Lizzie (Herman) Bolte (93) (nee Wassendorf) - Tripoli - obit
Gertrude (Paul) Niemann (nee Jacobi) - Sumner/Simi Valley, California - obit	30 Nov
	Erwin (Ella Jacobs & Leota Lang) Adams (76) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
15 Jun	Leslie (Lucille) Carstensen (65) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Shawn (Janice) Lau (20) (nee Fridley) - Oelwein - obit
Randy Leech (27) - Sumner - obit	7 Dec
	Arnold (Veva) Buhr - Sumner - obit
22 Jun
Lavern (Marianne) Aegerter (60) - Sumner/Torrence, California - obit	14 Dec
Kyle Mantell (inf son of Barry & Rebecca) - Sumner/Adel - obit	Claude (Frances) Aubrey (80) - Sumner - obit
Dr. Dale Holland (59) - Odessa, Texas - obit	Theron (Elsie) Ackerman (77) - Sumner - obit
29 Jun	21 Dec
Emilie (Carl) Peters (84) (nee Dettmering) - Tripoli - obit	Walter (Esther) Kappmeyer (63) - Mesa, Arizona - obit
Lawrence Zabel (56) - Tripoli - obit	Howard Mitchell (72) - Hawkeye - obit
Sarah Wright (100) - Cedar Rapids - obit	Art (Luella) Buhr (66) - Elma - obit
Bernita (Paul) Ganz (75) (nee Parrott) - Sumner/Greenewille, Tennessee - obit	Darrell Crawford (29) - Sumner/Waterloo 0bit
Margaret (W.C.) Hahle (69) (nee Schult) - Sumner - obit	Edward Mike (68) - Oelwein - obit
	Robert (Olive) Rhea (83) - Sumner - obit
6 Jul
Lawrence Zabel (56) - Tripoli - 2nd obit	28 Dec
George (Helen) Legore (79) - Sumner - obit	Mrs. Glen Wiebke (53) (nee Meier) - Sumner - obit
Clara (Henry) Nacke (85) (nee Dienst) - Sumner - obit	Caroline "Lena" (O.J.) Warneke (84) (nee Boevers) - Sumner - obit
Anthony Erhardt (16 months - son of Dennis & Betty) - Sumner - obit	George Burrow (62) - Sumner/Mt. Pleasant - obit
John (Hilda) Kasemeier (76) - Sumner - obit

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