Sumner Area Obituaries And Local Notes From June
A long obituary listing for Emma Dreier of Waterloo, born 1887, died June 15 in Bellevue. Funeral at First Lutheran, burial Wilson Grove. Survived by two sons, four daughters, 23 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, and several siblings. Also notes on weddings, anniversaries, moves, and numerous local residents with updates on families, school events, and community engagements in Sumner and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dreier
Waterloo
Sumner
Bellevue, Town Hospital
First Lutheran Church
Waburial
Wilson Grove Cemetery
Carl Priebe
Louis Breier
Ater
Harry
Lowell
Charles Haug
Victor Ackerman
Maynard Rowe
Bellevue
Raymond Daniels
Pleasant
M Terloo
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Marie
Charles Critz
Peter Theisinger
Cedar Falls
Leslie
Downey
Cal
Dorothy Fridley
Danworthy
Lake Sky Below
Walker
Minn
Miss Fridley
Iowa State University
Ames
Arthur Schultz
South Maple St
Lesley Benter
USN
Tractical Air Control Squadron 13
Raymond Benter
American Legion Auxiliary
Marshalltown Soldiers Home
Herbert Buhr
LeRoy Snyder
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S. D
W. S. Snyder
Byron Snyder
Kan
Roy Binning
Ed Tegtmeiers
Dennis Niewoehner
Boston
Clarence Niewoehner
Harvard Medical School
Peter Fairclough
Punta Gorda
Fla
Clarence Haupt
Richard Haupt
Los Angles
Gerald Haupt
New Hampton
Katherine Gersonde
Gailord Converse
Iowa City
James Lantow
Davenport
John Lantow
Leo Potratz
Chula Vista
Raymond Giesemann
Erhardt Potratz
Judy Dedor
Minneapolis
Edwin Dedor
Mary
Paul Wolfgram
L. R. Ludwig
Grahlmann
Arthur Grahlmann
Charles City
Elaine
Elmer O'Con
Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty Five Years Ago
A retro column recalls life in 1909 with farm sales near Waterloo, a new band stand on Main Street, shop changes in Readlyn and Tripoli, WPA projects in Bremer County, local marriages and anniversaries, and early 20th century prices. Includes civic events, school contracts, and local construction notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Berlin
Waterloo
Work Progress Administration
Bremer County
Geo. J. Keller
WPA
Tor. Bremer County
Orval H. Harmening
F. H. Harmening
Local Residents Share Weekend Events and Birthdays
Readlyn couples work on new east end home while others take fishing trips to An Alaska Wisconsin. Visitors include Kay Beckhemmer Oelwein and Christina Leistikow helper. Lizzie Leistikow marks 83rd birthday and Henry Leistikow celebrates 40 years of marriage. Pipho and Brockmeyer families join Judisch household visits and a 40th wedding anniversary event in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Spier
Jess Thompson
Wilbur Lobeck
Analaska
Wis
Bob Thran
Eric
Williamsburg
Oscar Thran
Reinhold Bock
Sumner Hospital
Kay Beckhemmer
Oelwein
Jessy Thompson
Christina Leistikow
Herman Miller
Elmer Hennings
Agnes Thran
Lizzie Leistikow
Henry Leistikow
Otto Pipho
Leonard Brockmeyer
Fort Morgan
Colo
Ted Stahlhut
Herb Judisch
Judisch
Pipho
Brockmeyer
Leonard Pipho
Sumner
Pinhook and Sumner Figures Highlight Weekend Visits
Pinhook residents Bruce Pals and family visited Chester Pass, while Bernard Beckman’s rosary drew many locals from Sumner and nearby towns including Ada McConkey John Fay and Marlowe Burke. Edmund Webster's hospitalization and Allen Kroblin's Clear Lake cottage trip are noted along with farm help for Wright and ongoing hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fay
Ada McConkey
Frank Rochford
Marlowe Burke
Kathleen Kuethe
Bernard Beckman
Sumner
Ray Kuethe
Waverly
Howard van Brocklin
George Wilson
Harry Wilson
Kathy
Albert Rieck
Lucille Dilley
Arnold Strottman
Louie Tietje
Allen Rieck
Julie
Rena Smith
Inez
Duane Minert
Edmund Webster
Webster
Sumner Hospital
Chester Pals
Daryl
Pals
David
Alden Wright
Nashua
Wright
Clear Lake
Allen Kroblin
Robert Figanbaum
Albert Rieck at Aunt Emma Drier’s Waterloo funeral
Albert Rieck attended the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Emma Drier in Waterloo on Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Rieck
Emma Drier
Waterloo
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Skin Itch Dont Scratch It Stoping Infection Fast
An ad touts 11CH ME NOT as a quick drying treatment for itching and infection. It promises rapid relief for eczema bites foot irritation and surface rashes and claims antiseptic action speeds healing available today at O Briens Sundries Tripol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Sage
Barbara Jean
Jerry James Strottman
Harold Strottman
Little Brown
Glen Utterbach
Sumner Community High School
Strottman
Farmers Grain and Feed
East 4Th St
Sumner High School
Meadowbrook Country Club
Austin
Parkston
Denver
Benson, Ariz
Cedar Rapids
Waukon
Decorah
Hawkeye
Westgate
Altoona
Springville
Maynard
Wauc
The
George Freeman
Carl Lang
Orville Roth
Thomas Meighan
Ward Farnum
Emil Lanton
Lester Platte
Charles Adore
Robert Armentrout
Reinhart Schwerin
Jeanne Smitley
Grey Smitley
Fred Messerer
E.U.B
Dar Falls
T. Messerer
Minna Dallenbach
Cealls
Penhouse
Leroy
Polar Club
Armers
August Bride
Leonard Jarchow
Lila
Evanston
Ill
Tom Buchta
Arthur Buchta
Jasper
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
James Mangan
Mark Baker
Ft. Dodge
New Sharoh
Jayceeettes Officers
Jaycee-ettes
Jerry Waskow
Laverne Lampe
James Bradford
Lyle Kasemeier
Larry Lampe
Robert Dahrkopf
Ways and Means
Nell, Jr
Fredericksburg
Douglas Grahlmann
Harry Reay
Don van Brocklin
Sanford
Ariz
Marvel Wolfgram
John Corkery
Teresa
Joseph Wolfgram
Margaret Corkery
al Wolfgram
Lloyd Ludwig
Loren Wescott
Robert Corkery
Thomas Murphy
Elmer Timm
Emil Lawton
Elmer Baier
Baier
Veterans Hospital
Paul Beckman
Curtis
Ira Kitsen
Ottertail
Josephine Fridely
Martin Koeberle
Covina
Keith Koeberle
California
Koeberle- Heyer
Marcia Tremaine
Richard Tremaines
Wisconsin Dells
Sunset Lodge
Cottey College
Nevara
Readlyn
Herbert Pries
Zion Lutheran Church
Elmer Jacobs
Conrad Goodenbour
Congregational Church
Herbert Dierenfield
Delores Mae Miller
Herold Miller
Tripoli
J. Richard Rush
Herman R. Rush
Chicago
Grace Lutheran Church
Wm. F. Goetz
Louis Schwerin
St. John's Lutheran Church
Victor Happel
Suzanne Niemeyer
Gordon Niemeyer
Oscar L. Kreiss, Jr
Oscar Kreiss
Tripoli Development
Iowa Highway Commission
Readlyn Savings Bank
Oscar A. Bang
Tripoli Town Hall
Harry Haas
the Baptist Church
Emil Leistikow
John Schmidt
Rettig Funeral Home
E. F. Puhlmann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Trivona C. Heese
Elmer Hesse
Marvin J. Drewis
Randolph Drewis
H. A. Roschke
Lola Elaine Simmons
Lester Simmons
Gerald Dale Mohling
Adolph Mohling
First Congregational Church
Wm. Scherman
Kuhri Ins
Iowa
IURA
Compan
DES Moines Rependadis Insurance
Pinhook
Bruce Pals
Brian
Chester Pass
Briggs & Stratton Engines
Towne’s
Tripoli, Iowa
Cee
MacDee
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Peoples Natural Gas
of Northern Natural Gas Company
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