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 26-Jun
Emma Marie (Bany) Quade - (Oscar) - (83) - Tripoli None
Agnes (Groth) Bahlmann - (Emil) - (83) - Frederika  
  3-Jul
9-Jan Tom LeVake - (63) - Plainfield/Eyota, MN
Fred B. Schuldt - (96) - (Ida Ohlendorf) - Tripoli Michell Buhr - (19) - dau of Richard & Judy Buhr - Sumner
   
16-Jan 10-Jul
Hazel Schaper - (87) - (George) - Tripoli Vernis Bergman (51) - Independence Care Center, Independence, Iowa
Lydia (Rohrssen) Heidemann (93) - (W.J.) - Tripoli/Waterloo Ernest Schellhorn - (87) - (Eldora Niedert) - Douglas Twp/Waterloo
Joseph M. Haydon - (80) - (Edna Staack) - Tripolli  
  17-Jul
23-Jan Lucille Hilda (Meier) Bearman - (66) - (Leo Bearman) - Fredericksberg/Frederika
Jerry D. Tiedt - (32) - Tripoli/LaCosta, CA  
Harry Bockhaus - (77) - (Laura Gebert) - Frederika 24-Jul
Ella Anna (Sommer) Sell - (87) - (Edward W. Kuker & William W. Sell) - Tripoli None
   
30-Jan 31-Jul
Marian (Lovell) Bennett - (66) - (Earl Vanderlau & Edward Brandt) - Dike/Tripoli August F. Wolfgram - (89) - (Helen Nicklaus) - Sumner
  Lester C. Arns - (76) - Waverly
6-Feb  
none found 7-Aug
  None
13-Feb  
Isabelle M. (Warmuth) Burk - (68) - (Clyde) - Waterloo 14-Aug
  Paul Kappmeyer (69) - (Norma Tegtmeier) - Tripoli
20-Feb  
Clarence Boeckmann (68) - (Ruth Flanscha) - Tripoli 28-Aug
  None
27-Feb  
Robert Selck (59) - Geneva (Holm) Henniger - Tripoli 4-Sep
Lucinda "Cindy" Wittenburg - (Leo) - Readlyn Myrtle F. Meyer (72) - (Clarence Meyer) - Artesian
Leo W. O'Connell (78) - Fredericksburg Michael Jay Hoppenworth (22) - son of Merle & Ronna Hoppenworth - (Traci Olson) - Slater
   
6-Mar 11-Sep
Lena (Oberheu) Lohmann - (76) - (Walter) - Tripoli James Crittenden (59) - (Dorothy) - Tripoli/Corpus Christi, TX
Elsie (Nuss) Mohlis - (72) - (Leonard F.) - Sumner Roy M. Soles (67) - Iola - Tripoli/Iowa
   
13-Mar 18-Sep
Emilie (Schwer) Scbwem - (88) - (Herman) - Tripoli Lavern E. Lageschulte (67) - (Alice Etnier) - Tripoli/Waverly
   
20-Mar 25-Sep
None Amanda Rettig (92) - (Richard W. Rettig) - Tripoli
   
27-Mar 2-Oct
none None
   
3-Apr 9-Oct
None Hazel B. (Kelsey) Chapin - (Gleason B,) - Brookfield, IL
  Margaret (Sassman) Bast (71) - (Richard) - Readlyn
10-Apr Brandon Lloyd Zabel - 5 mo. old son of Pamela & Danny
Clara A. (Mundfrom) Bany - (88) - (William H.) - Tripoli  
  16-Oct
17-Apr Alice (Lockard) Kalso ) (86) - (Ernest) - Siegel
Thomas Sievers - (74) - (Lucille Korte) - Frederika/Tripoli Emma C. (Liebau) Bunger - (95) - (Edward) - Readlyn/Traverse City. MI
Brenda Buenger - (24) - Frederika  
Edwin Weidler - (75) - (Abigail Buhr) - Sumner 23-Oct
  None
24-Apr  
L.B. Parker - (Leona) - Ionia/Albuquerque, NM 30-Oct
  Roland E. Drewis (74) - (Elda Degalau) - Artesian/Waverly
1-May  
Edna Heideman (73) - Tripoli 6-Nov
Martha (Wedemeier) Johnson (74) - (Clarence) - Tripoli Orville Schumacher (62) - (Bernice Biermann) - Tripoli
   
8-May 13-Nov
Edna (Peters) Heideman - (73) - (Lawrence) - Tripoli Verna (Warnecke) Dancer (69) - (E.L. Dancer) - Tripoli
   
15-May 20-Nov
Albert Leo Hughes (87) - (Mary Woods & Veronica Demmer) - Sumner David A. Bany (38) - (Diane Stahlhut) - Sumner
Nathan F. "Fritz" Sorg - (75) - (Nellie) - Tripoli/Holiday, FL  
  27-Nov
22-May Martha O'Connell (72) - (Harold) - Frederika
None Eldora (Hagenow) Richmann (70) - (John) - Readlyn/Denver
  Laura (Smith) Treloar - (Ed) - Waucoma
29-May  
John H. "Jack" Munsterman (84) - (Elda Joens) - Western Douglas 4-Dec
  None
5-Jun  
Leslie H, Vogt - (82) - (Elda Hoppenworth) - Western Douglas/Tripoli 11-Dec
Jennifer Lynn Brase - 1-day old dau of Terry & Julie Brase - Gilbertville Fietta (Bany) Bergmann (86) - (Edgar) - Frederika
Bonnie Lahmann (22) - dau of Paul Lahmann & Shirley Lahmann - Fort Wayne, IN Rev. Paul A. Kehle - (Donna) - Madison, WI
   
12-Jun 18-Dec
None Scott Mahlstedt (24) - son of Wendell Mahlstedt - Nashua
   
19-Jun 25-Dec
Isabelle Mable (Waterman) Williams - (70) - (Everett) - Western Douglas Karoline "Lena" (Schellhorn) Zander (102) - (Henry P.) - Tripoli
Leo Arthur Burrow - (Mabel Ferris) - Sumner/Frederika Alma (Brandt) Ohlendorf - (John) - Tripoli
Herman "Jim" Pipho - (82) - Readlyn  

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