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	13 Jun
Paul (Norma) Hartman (77) - Tripoli - obit	Viola (Henry) Aschbrenner (nee Nuss) - Sumner/Waterloo - obit
Scot (Emma) Fiester (83) - Tripoli - obit	Calvin (Helen) Smith (72) - Fredericksburg - obit
Harold (Helen) Schweer (54) - Tripoli - obit	Ray (Katherine Jenkins & Marguerite Pentou) Tehel Sr. (70) - Sumner/Harpers Ferry - obit
Lawrence "Larry" (Pat) Gundel (47) - Spanaway, WA - obit
	20 Jun
11 Jan	(Jo) Ella (Lester) Cozart (61) (nee Matjeka) - Readlyn/Olin - obit
no deaths	Elmer (Frieda) Gebert (71) - Tripoli/Deer Creek, MN - obit
18 Jan	27 Jun
Nellie (Henry) Barth (93) (nee Haag) - Sumner/Hawkeye - obit	John (Leatte) Schrage Jr. (66) - Sumner/Tripoli - obit
25 Jan	4 Jul
Martha (Carl) Vandersee (91) (nee Torno) - Sumner - obit	Reuben (Esther) Schutte (79) - Readlyn - obit
LeRoy (Carol) Bockhaus (41) - Frederika/Fayetteville, NY - obit	Teresa (Allen) Robinson (88) (nee Horton) - Sumner/Volga - obit
	Fred (Katherine) Bridges - Oelwein - obit
1 Feb	Rev. Kenneth (Audrey) Alpers - Harlan, IA - obit
Pearl (Arthur) Buechele - Tripoli - obit
Luke Handeland (inf son of Larry & Linda) - Muscatine - obit	11 Jul
Richard "Dick" (Mary Ann) Niemann (45) - Sumner - obit	Wendell Gaede (48) - Tripoli - obit
Jefferson Woodson (23) - Hawkeye - obit & article	Mae (Herman) Waskow (91) (nee Hughes) - Sumner - obit
Lynn Woodson (9) - Hawkeye - obit & article
LeRoy Bockhaus (41) - 2nd obit	18 Jul
	no deaths
8 Feb
Edna (Lloyd) Peters (74) (nee Drape) - Frederika - obit	25 Jul
Irene (Gerald) Harken (63) (nee Holm) - Sumner/Shell Rock - obit	Lester (Jo Ella) Cozart (66) - Readlyn - obit
Ward (Shirley) Farnum (58) - Sumner - obit	Edna (Lavern) Luther (77) - Sumner/Ormand Beach - obit
Matilda (Herbert) Huebner (84) (nee Buenzow) - Sumner - obit	Elmer (Velda) Knoedler (76) - Sumner/Clarion - obit
Marie Wilson (83) (nee McConkey) - Frederika/Sumner - obit	Martha Kammeyer (92) - Fredericksburg - obit
Albert (Rozella) Duenow (82) - Sumner - obit
	1 Aug
15 Feb	Clarence (Celestine) Coan (57) - Frederika - obit
Ernest "Lefty" (Ethyl) Buss - Denver - obit	Ralph (Jeanette) Sands (71) - Tripoli - obit
22 Feb	8 Aug
Henry (Emma) Leistikow - Readlyn/Dayton Beach, CA - obit	Mrs. Gordon Albrecht (74) - Sumner/PA) - obit
Edward Plaster (86) - Westgate - obit
Rev. Gerhard (Esther) Kuhlmann - Buck Creek/Ft. Collins, CO - obit	15 Aug
Elise Benzine (nee Bleck) - Sumner/Waverly - obit	Benjamin "Ben" (Arvilla) Ragsdale (73) - New Hartford - obit
	Anna (Alfred) Dierks (98) - Sumner - obit
29 Feb
Margaret (Dale Schmidt & Albert Green) Green (61) (nee Holm) - Tripoli - obit	22 Aug
Zatha (Donald) Pockels (86) (nee Gunsulus) - Tripoli - obit	Leona (Ehrhardt) Haar (65) (nee Schnadt) - Sumner - obit
Terry (Martha "Peggy" ) Hansen (79) - Sumner - obit	Issac (Lucille) Pattison (70) - Sumner - obit
Louis (Emma) Warnke (99) - Sumner - obit	William (Burnedette) Mahlstedt (69) - Roberts, WI - obit
7 Mar	29 Aug
Lucinda (Rufus Lenius & Ted Bock (85) (nee Mahlstedt) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit	Billy Blue (18) - Oelwein - obit & article
Nora (Reinhard) Kasemeier (61) (nee Pleggenkuhle) - Sumner - obit
	5 Sep
14 Mar	Arthur Olds (91) - Sumner - obit
Fred (Gla) Youngblood (79) - Tripoli - obit	Lucinda Josephine (Erwalt) Schutte (82) (nee Schwerin) - Sumner - obit
Lester (Clara) Pollow (73) - Sumner - obit
Elsie (Fred Fridley & Bruce Howard) Howard (83) (nee Schrader) - West Union/Sumner - obit	12 Sep
Leo Elsamiller (49) - Buck Creek - obit	Mark (Lorraine) Schmitt (61) - Westgate/Sumner - obit
Edwin (Alma) Brase (74) - Sumner - obit	Elston (Elizabeth) Neuendorf (58) - Waterloo - obit
21 Mar	26 Sep
Claude (Helen) Gehrke (71) - Sumner/Carroll - obit	Lorenz "Ducky" (Alberta) Holm (72) - Tripoli - obit
Leonard (Lucille) Jarchow (80) - Sumner - obit
Selma Fink (93) - Cedar Falls - obit	3 Oct
Arthur H. Neuendorf - Tripoli - obit	Ferdinand (Lydia) Carstensen (92) - Tripoli - obit
	Melvin (Alice) Boehme - Readlyn - obit
28 Mar	Alvin Tlatjord (84) - Crane Creek/Alta Vista - obit
Pauline (Ralph) Haga (55) - Sumner/Prospect, VA. - obit
Merle "Pat" Reif (76) - Nebraska/Sumner - obit	10 Oct
Elmer Goodenbour - Sumner/Seattle, WA - obit	Elnora (Erwin) Wedemeier (71) (nee Bahlmann) - Tripoli - obit
	Edwin (Lena) Nerge (71) - Tripoli/Waterloo - obit
4 Apr
Lavern (Shirley) Lampe (53) - Sumner - obit	17 Oct
	Leon Winters (90) - Sumner/Sioux City - obit
11 Apr	Cecile (2 husbands) Heinemann (95) (nee Dilley) - Frederika - obit
Elda (Ernest) Barbknecht (64) (nee Wolfgram) - Tripoli - obit	Della (Emory) Creager (69) (nee Schlatter) - Sumner - obit
Leona Josifek (68) (nee O'Connell) - Sumner/Traer - obit	Emil (Iola) Buchholz (70) - Siegel/Tripoli - obit
Lydia (Henry) Poock (101) (nee Warneke) - Readlyn/Waverly
Mabel (Arthur) Sassmann (83) (nee Westendorf) - Denver - obit	24 Oct
Carl (Marian) Roghan (59) - Sumner - obit	Dustin Blasberg (inf son of Gregory & Randi) - Tripoli - obit
	Clarence (Olga) Tonne (78) - Tripoli - obit
18 Apr
Elda (Ernest) Barbknecht (64) - Tripoli - obit	31 Oct
Mamie Cannell (93) - West Union - obit	Marlon (August) Gaede (80) (nee Deal) - Sumner - obit
Alice Olson (93) - Oelwein - obit	Richard Cass (76) - Sumner - obit
Thomas (Cynthia) Messerer (46) - Sumner/Marshfield, WI - obit
Bertha Duenow (79) - Fredericksburg/Chicago - (N)	7 Nov
	Marian Gaede (80) - Sumner - 2nd obit (may have been married twice)
25 Apr	Carrie (George Timm & Elmer Timm) (74) (nee Dailey) - Sumner - obit
Hulda (Peter) Mahlstedt (89) Sumner/Tripoli - obit	Albert ( Lillian) Hoeger (83) - Sumner - obit
Clara (Albert) Volker (92) - Sumner - obit	Florence (Norbert) Ranard (75) (nee Buhr) - Tripoli/Waverly - obit
Sarah (Martin) Creager (90) - Sumner - obit	Norma (Paul) Schroeder (80) (nee Hagemann) - Denver - obit
2 May	14 Nov
Mabel (Herman) Frisch (81) (nee Timm) - Sumner - obit	Marguerite (Clarence) Moehling (83) (nee Shenafelt) - Waverly - obit
9 May	21 Nov
Fred (Gladys) Snyder (68) - Prairie City, IA - obit	Elizabeth (Erwin) Kuepker (nee Steege) - Sumner - obit
Lawrence (Irene) Schuldt (73) - Tripoli - obit
Leona (Lester) Matthias (64) (nee Schroeder) - Readlyn/Waverly - obit	28 Nov
	LaVern (Sylvia) Schnurstein (72) - Tripoli - obit
16 May	Pearl (Lloyd) Ladwig (80) (nee Garden) - Sumner - obit
Walter (Elda Hagen & Alvilda "Billie" Baxter) Oberheu (77) - Western Douglas/Waverly - obit
	5 Dec
23 May	Melva (Thomas) Walsh (55) (nee Lau) - Frederika/Port Richey, FL - obit
Harold (Marcella) Smith (69) - Sumner - obit
Florence (David) Niedert (69) (nee Guenther) - Sumner/Rice Lake, WI - obit	12 Dec
Harold (Harriett) Martin (74) - Waterloo/Branson, MO - obit	Clara ( August Lampe & Arthur Bartels) Bartels (89) (nee Schnurstein) - Waverly - obit
30 May	19 Dec
Brian Schumacher (22) - Tripoli - obit	no deaths
Florence (Eldo) Moeller (61) (nee Koepke) - Readlyn - obit
	26 Dec
6 Jun	Everett (Hilda) Prestien (76) - Frederika/Fredricksburg - obit
Helen (Fred) Elsamiller (75) (nee Nuss) - Sumner - obit
Angelene (Arthur) Treloar (88) (nee Sharp) - Fredericksburg/Sumner - obit
Vernon (Helen) Gonnerman (80) - Sumner - obit

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