Sibley in Osceola County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Osceola County World War I Memorial

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 20, 2018

1. Osceola County World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Osceola County's
Noble Defenders of Humanity
In The World War
1917 - 1919
South side names:
Ackerman, Edward Peter · Adolf, Helmuth P. · Alexander, Emerson Bell · Albee, Hiram G. · Allard, Ray Sidney · Albers, Martin R. · Albers, Arend John · Aldinger, Bernard · Anderson, John C. · Anderson, Otto W. · Anderson, Clarence · Anderson, John William · Aplin, Bruce · Arning, Henry B. · Arning, Herman B. · Attig, Harold D. · Attig, Merle R. · Austin, Orin · Back, William A. · Barnes, Hiram H. · *Bauman, Albert M. · *Benjamin, Charles E. · Benjamin, Ralph W. · Bergman, Lubbert · Bergman, George · Bergman, Rhine · Bergman, Ed. · Behrens, Gerd G. · Behrens, Herman H. · Benz, William H. G. · Benz, Ernest F. · Benz, Louie A. · Benz, Thomas E. · Beebe, William L. · Beckman, Clarence O. · Bell, Herman · Beeks, Otis · Beeks, Rufus · Beeks, John · Beck, Harley · Bloes, John P. · *Bloedel, Leonard · Borgers, Herman · Borgers, John · Boyd, Hardy O. · Boyd, Robert A. · Boling, James R. · Bouwer, Jelle A. · Bouma, Richard · Boor, Frank

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M. · Boor, Anthony L. · Bohnart, Edwin · Bowden, George · Boernsen, Fred William · Boernsen, John August · Bowers, Emmet · Brooks, Don Fred · Bress, Fritz Frederick · Breuer, Edmund M. · Brand, Lincoln R. · Brozier, George A. · Brockshus, Louis A. · Brouwer, James A. · Bracker, Arthur · Brown, Charles E. · Brown, Eber H. · Brunson, Emery N. · *Brunson, Harold · Bras, Tunis · Brueggeman, Walter · Braun, Emil Edward · Bradley, Henry H. · Bremmer, John Henry · Bremer, Carl H. · Bremer, Eddie Fred · Bremer, Will Edward · Breuker, Peter · Breuker, John · Breuker, Will E. · Brandt, Jacob H. · Brandt, Martin Helmer · Butler, Benjamin F. · Burow, Albert · Burow, Herman · Burow, William · Buchan, William · Bustad, Jake · Buchman, Vernard V. · Buchman, Floyd E. · Buchman, Frank · Buchholz, Alfred · Buchholz, Louis H. · Buchholz, Fred Henry · Burnworth, Orvil · Burley, Chester Horace · Burley, Oscar M. · Byrom, William Jesse · Carpenter, Fred · Cady, Dr. Clinton C. · Carey, Walter L. · Caauwe, Peter A.
Caauwe, Walter L. · Caauwe, Elmer ·

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2. Osceola County World War I Memorial (south side)

Chambers, Ralph · Chambers, Jesse W. · Christiansen, Nicolai · Cook, James · Cox, Geo. N. · Covington, Harley W. · Coburn, William W. · Connor, L. R. · Cooper, Robert E. · Cochran, Robert · Clayton, Paul · Clayton, Mert. · Claus, Henry · Cleaveland, Earl G. · Davids, Fred · Danby, Adam E. · Dass, Herman · Daly, Leonard C. · Deinema, John J. · Deinema, Garrit · Deal, Grover C. · *DeBoer, Clarence · DeGroat, Ira · DeHoog, Garret · DeVine, Philip Michael · DeVine, Daniel A. · DeVries, Henry Popkes · DeVries, Bert G. · DeVries, Bert · Ditto, Oliver J. · Ditto, Cline L. · Dickman, George P. · Dickman, George W. · Dietrich, Chan D. · Dinsmore, Roger H. · Dirks, Jacob R. · Dirks, Claus · Donenworth, Clarence · Doolittle, Jesse W. · Doud, John W. · Dopp, Claud W. · Doerr, William H. · Drake, Arthur · Drake, Jesse L. · Dries, Frank A. · Durfee, Lloyd · Dvorak, Jarsley · Dyke, Ben William · Dykstra, Minzie · Dykstra, Nick · Eakin, Harold · Ebert, William · Ebert, Carl · Eddy, Irvin L. · Eddy, Leslie C. · Ehlers, George D. · Ehlers,

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3. Osceola County World War I Memorial (south side, lower section)

Otto E. · Ellerbroek, Jerry E. · Ellis, Homer Francis · Engel, Maynard · Ervin, H. H. · Ernest, Chauncey B. · Fairbrother, Terence H. · Fairbrother, Bernard · *Fairbrother, Charles · Fairbrother, Richard L. · Faulhauber, Joseph · Feltes, Leo · Fernholz, Joseph F. · Fletcher, Clinton L. · Forbes, Owen · Forbes, Algenon Wilson · Foley, Joseph L. B. · Foley, William E. · Fogarty, Joseph T. · Fousek, Joseph W. · Ford, George H. · Frey, Raymond · Frey, Heiko · Frey, Herman · Frederking, Louis · Frederickson, Fred J. · Fritz, Sam · Franke, Bernard Henry · Funk, Henry · Funk, Abel · Garberson, Ralph · Garberson, L. Dayton · Gallagher, Leo M. · Gallagher, Frank · Gansemer, Peter · Gansemar, Albert · Gaster, Edward · Gaster, Frank · Gaster, Wilmont · Gacke, Tony J. · Gardner, Linwood C. · Gerbracht, Henry Raymond · Gill, George E. · Gifford, Carl
Gould, Harold · Gole, Austin E. · Grootes, Dr. Meiert · Groth, Albert · Gregg, Earl L. · Griep, Fred · Greve, Otto F. · Grubaugh, John · Gramaud, Jess · *Gross, Byron H. · Groenewold, Joseph

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4. Osceola County World War I Memorial (north side)

A. · Groenwold, Henry · Graves, Andrew C. · Graves, Amiel · Graves, Bert P. · Graves, Bert · *Guthrie, Farrand Reed · Guertin, Edgar L. · Hanon, Clifford · Hanon, George D. · Hass, Frank E. · Hass, Ernest J. · Hattendorf, Herman Conrad · Hatting, George · Hatting, August · Hatting, Frank H. · *Haack, Andrew · Haack, John · Halvorsen, Martin K. · Hansen, Henry · Hanson, Albert L. · Hansmeyer, Joseph C. · Harris, Ralph L. · Herndon, Thomas F. · Hendricks, Herman · Helmers, Claus Albert · Heard, Dale · Heins, Claus M. · Hensier, Ed W. · Henthorn, Harold · Hill, Jesse Frank · Hickman, Robert D. · Hough, Dr. Frank S. · Hough, Dr. Wyman G. · Hough, Howell H. · Hough, Elliott W. · Hoffmann, Frank · *Hoffmann, William Ben · Hoffman, William · Hoffman, Grover V. · Hoffman, Daryle E. · Hoffman, Jacob · Hokuf, Rudolph · Hokuf, Adolph · Hokuf, Edward · Hopfe, Jolly G. · Hoppe, Otto · Hodge, Frank B. · Houstman, Harry · Hollister, Harold W. · Horton, Earl · Hoekstra, Ike · Houwen, John · Hunt, Wesler · Hunt, Percy · Huge, Dick Fred Bernhard

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5. Osceola County World War I Memorial (north side, lower section)

· Huck, Walter V. · Huehn, Norman L. · Ihnen, John H. · Ihnen, Henry E. · Ihnen, George · Ihnen, Fred A. · Isebrands, Gerhard J. · Isaacs, Roy · Jacobs, James Edward · Jacobs, Earl McKinley · *Jansma, Henry · Janssen, Meine C. · Jiskoot, Peter W. · Johnson, Peter · Johnson, Linus · Johnson, Clyde I. · Johnson, Richard · Johnson, Oscar E. · Johnson, Enoch A. · Johnson, James A. · Johannes, William J. · Johannes, Nic · Johanson, Henry R. · Johns, Richard T. · Jobes, Arthur B. · Karpen, John E. · Kadous, Tom · Kirby, Burr · Kinney, Guy B. · Kings, George R. · King, Henry S. · Klinkkammer, Jesse John · *Klunenberg, John F. · Klatt, Louis C. F. Jr. · Klatt, Albert D. R.
* Died in the service

South side, lower section:
Abben, Eilerdena · Baldes, Peter, J. · Barnhart, Donald, J. · Barringer, Paul · Benson, Oscar, A. · Bergendahl, Charley · Bethke, Arthur, A. · Blochowitz, Albert, J. · Bloes, Martin, F. · Boerhave, Klaas · Bones, Oscar, H. · Bornholdt, Arthur, B. · Bouwers, Jalla · Bracker, Clarence · Brandt, Henry, H. · Brown, Clayton,

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6. Osceola County World War I Memorial

W. · Buchholtz, Ralph · Buckman, William · Butterfield, James, M. · Buysman, Harry · Casady, Craig, W. · Cleveland, Jesse, A.
Creel, Wyman · Crosswait, Earl, M. · DeBoer, William · Debruin, Joseph · Dehamer, Isaac · DeVries, Theodore · Dingel, Paul · Draayom, Gerrit · Druyvesteyn, William, A. · Eakin, Thomas, H. · Eeten, Henry · Eynatten, Edward, F. · Feenstra, Jerry, H. · Feenstra, Peter · Finnerty, Thomas, S. · Gatton, Robert, Sr., E. · Glissman, Hugo, R. · Greeley, Harry · Griffith, Glenn, F. · Guenther, Howard, E. · Guetschow, Lawrence, A. · Haken, Hugho
Hall, Ivan, J. · Harper, Arlie, B. · Heetland, Garrett, A. · Heidebrink, John, J. · Heins, Henry, Jr. · Helmers, Albert · Hitchcock, Herman, W. · Holtz, Henry, G. · Hosteller, Gust, F. · Huibregtse, Everett, H. · Huisman, Robert · Hunt, William, H. · Inman, Bernice, C. · Jacobsen, William, J. · James, Harvey · Jansma, Andrew · Jensen, Peter, A. · Johannsen, William, A. · Johnson, Gust, E. · Johnson, Oliver · Jungers, Emil, P. · Kadous, John, R.

North side names:
Klosterman,

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Frank · Knutson, Henry J. · Knapp, Fred · Knock, Andy · Koopman, Antone F. · Kout, Tamis · Kruger, Henry · Kruger, Evert · *Kruger, George · Kruger, Conrad · Kruger, Aielt · Kruckenberg, Julius W. · Kruckenberg, August W. · Kruckenberg, Chris. C. H. H. · Krogman, Carl A. · Krogman, Charles · Kreykes, Fred S. · Kruize, William · Kudrle, Fred James · Kudrle, Elmer · Kunz, Fred D. · Lamfers, Dick John · Lamfers, Henry · Lazenby, Lester Burnham · Lemon, Hobart F. · Lehrman, Oscar W. · Leamer, Howard S. · Lister, Harold R. · Linder, Earle F. · Loetscher, Calvin C. · Loetscher, Herman T. · Lopau, Henry Claus · Loers, Albert A. · Loerts, Martin · Lorch, Allen E. · Luitjens, Henry · Lutson, Ressey H. · Lyman, Jesse · Maust, Howard · Maust, Bert · Manwarren, William Owen · Marshall, June S. · Maske, William · Manville, Arnold I. · Mathwig, Frank · Martin, Glen H. · Madson, Henry · Mantz, Henry C. · Meyers, Milton O. · Meyer, William H. · Meyer, Fred W. · Metz, Roger J. · Miller, O. Wayne · Miller, Darwin · Miller, Gerald E. · Miller, George G. · Morphew, Max · Morphew, Willie · Mollendorp, Conrad · Moody, Verner · Moore, Leon E. · Mortvedt, Barney · Moet, Walter · *Mudge, George · Murray, Fred Zoa · Mulder, John P. · Muilenberg, John · Mustapha, Jerry · Mustapha, John · Myrell, Albert · McDougall, Roland R. · McKee, Carl · McNally, Rev. E. T. · *McCreath, D. A. · McNerney, Ralph J. · McNab, James A. · *McNeer, Dorsey · McDonald, Frank Edward · McCauley, William A. · McGowan, Orr Beaumont · McGranahan, George · McGranahan, Lyle · McColm, Milton J. · Nasers, Roy · Naab, Roy Andrew · Nack, Rinold A. · Nelson, Jasper E. · Nelson, John G. · Nelson, Earl O. · Nemiro, Leo R. · Nellis, Ernest Roy · Nicola, Charles W. · Nichols, Michael J. · Niichel, Joseph · Noonan, Emmet · Nutting, Daniel B. · Nugent, Clarence · Overholser, Ralph E. · Overholser, C. Russell · Onken, Jacob J. · Olsen, Rudie F.
Parrott, Dr. Oran K. · Palmer, Clyde Ashil · Palmer, Raymond A. · Palmer, Ira Maxwell · Palmer, Harley O. · Palmer, Bert Lewis · Patterson, Elmer R. · Patterson, Guy Patten · Paulsen, Frederick William · Pedersen, Laurence B. · Pederson, Peder C. · Petersen, Christ H. · Petersen, Max · Peters, Valentine A. · Philiph, Arthur H. W. · Piel, Henry A. · Piel, Benjamin A. · Polley, Frank G. · Polley, Lovette M. · Pommer, Aultman · Pommer, Mitchell J. · Pohlman, Henry Richard · Pohlman, Arthur · Porter, Earl · Powers, Chester Raymond · Poehler, Henry J. · Poss, Frank Hilarious · Pomrenke, William H. · Pruitt, Charley · Proctor, John E. · Pulscher, Herman · Pulscher, Otto · Ralston, Jesse Lee · Raine, Clarence · Raveling, John · *Redmond, Moses A. · Redmond, Peter Leonard · Reeves, Fred D. · Reeves, W. Stanley · Reitsma, Harry T. · Reintsma, Henry · Reintsma, Hai · Reinke, William A. C. · Renner, Harry Mayer · Richardson, George R. · Ringler, Ed · Rocklage, Oscar · Rook, Hendrick · *Roos, Elmer · *Rust, Kasper · Ryan, John M. · Salzman, Clarence W. · Salzman, Arthur · Schuster, Frank J. · Schuster, Fred G. · Schmidt, William J. · Schmidt, Edward A. · Schmidt, Peter I. · Schmidt, Frank · Schutt, Chris H. · Schultz, Fred M. · Schutte, Carl · Schmoll, Henry Thomas · Schmoll, August J. · Scherzer, Elmer E. · Scherzer, Fred H. · Schuering, Peter · Sehr, Albert F. · Sellen, Louis M. · Sellen, John M. · Seegers, Edward · Seegers, Christ Henry · Sellers, Merrill · Seivert, Louis C. · Seivert, Alvin · Seivert, Norbert Anthony · Seivert, Charles C. · Seibert, Ralph Leroy · Shoemaker, Joseph J. · Shuttleworth, Frank K. · Sharbondy, Alvin L. · Shapley, Lloyd E. · Singer, Floyd · Singer, Jesse V. · Singer, Rodney D. · Sikma, Harry · *Smalley, Bruce I. · Smalley, Chas. L. · Snow, Victor R. · Snyder, Louis F. · Sorensen, Laurence · Sorensen, Laurence A. · Spiegel, Henry R. · Spiegel, Harvey H. · Spragher, Clyde · Sportel, Henry · Steinke, Otto D. · Strickler, Carl Everett · Stricker, John C. · Stricker, Fred M. · Stauffer, Miles L. · Stevens, Clarence A.
Stevens, Hugh · Stevens, Leslie D. · Stallman, Leonard C. · Stage, Cecil Kiser · Sterler, Henry · Strubbe, Ernest · Strouth, Anthony · Storm, William A. · Stahley, Rudolph D. · Stewart, Merle L. · Stewart, William M. · Stewart, Chas. E. · Suter, Kenneth D. · Swessinger, Earl A. · Swalve, John H. · Taylor, Dallas B. · Tangeman, Arthur H. · Terhark, Ralph Jr. · Terhark, Menno · *Terhark, Henry · Tellinghuisen, Paul · TeBrake, Henry · Tipple, Ralph · Tipple, Otis · Tott, Arthur G. · Tott, Oscar · Travaille, Charley · Truckenmiller, LeRoy C. · Triplett, Wyley J. · Tracy, Eugene C. · Tregilgus, Dr. Chester · Tuttle, Ernest C. · Umland, W. Wayne · Umland, George G. · Umbarger, Bruce H. · Umbarger, Harry H. · Underhill, Alfred Terry · Upham, Cyrel B. · Upham, Chester · Urinto, Mateo · *Van Peurson, Gerrit · Van Houten, Roy Orr · Van Debunt, Albertus · Verhage, Jacob · *Vos, Arie · Vos, Walter · Wagner, William Nickie · *Wagner, Otto Sylvester · Wallace, Henry D. E. · *Walker, Lionell L. · Watters, Murl K. · Watters, Kenneth · Watters, Donald · Wassmann, Fred A. · Wassmann, Waldarmar · Werkhoven, Andrew S. · Werkhoven, Andrew P. · Wullstien, Henry · Wernstrum, George · Weatherwax, Jesse Clark · Weaver, Clarence L. · Wehmeyer, Henry J. · Wellemeyer, Leonard R. · Weeks, Seward M. · Welsh, Donald D. · Webb, Sidney · Webb, Harry P. · Wheeler, Frederick E. · Wheeler, Norman · Whitney, Harold R. · Whitney, Frank · Winkler, Dr. Frank P. · Wilson, Louis A. · Wilson, Samuel A. · Wilson, Audrey C. · Williams, Harold J. · Wilmarth, Howard W. · *Wilmarth, Newell O. · Winther, Arthur Larson · Wiltgen, Peter P. · Wiechert, Ernest E. · Wiemer, Roy D. · Winslow, Howard P. · Woelfle, Roy · Woolmuth, George J. · Woodward, O. R. Jr. · *Worrick, Luther W. · Wood, Ike · Woods, Chas. I. · Woods, W. I. · *Woods, Guy C. · Woodworth, Arthur G. · Woodworth, Elbert Jack · Yarger, Fred H. · Young, Roy · Yappen, Frederick William · Zaiser, Herbert Goblet John · Zierke, Rudolph · Zevenbergen, Arie · Zevenbergen, Luke
* Died in the service

North side, lower section:
Karteus, Emil, A. · King, Elmer, E. · Kinley, Carrie, M. · Klahn, Albert, T. · Klein, Theodor · Kruger, Claus, A. · Kruger, Herman, J. · Lam, John · Lamfers, Dick, L. · Lanham, Sidney, S. · Larson, Albert, L. · Lastrico, Joseph · Lee, Raymond, F. · Leemkuil, George · Lekas, Paul · Leonard, Charles, E. · Lohmann, John · Lonneman, Carl · Lundeen, Clemence, E. · Marco, Ulmont, E. · Marks, John, P. · Maxwell, Charles, M.
Meyers, Herman, H. · Mitchell, Harry, Lee · Monier, Andrew, J. · Nelson, Paul, R. · Nicolai, Michael, M. · Niswander, Ralph, E. · Norman, George · Nuss, Ellis, S. · O'Toole, Sam, C. · Parks, Leo, J. · Peacock, Valma, R. · Pearson, Perry · Pederson, Peder, C. · Plehall, Paul, Sr., E. · Reinsch, Frank · Reiter, Jacob, N. · Riecks, Frederick, A. · Ross, George, B. · Roth, Louis, B. · Schroder, Fred, G. · Schuck, Herman, H. · Slight, John
Smalley, Bruce, I. · Smith, Frank · Stage, Emory, A. · Steckman, Charles, T. · Swenson, Bennie · Switzer, Arthur, C. · Taylor, Clarence, G. · Thies, Archie, A. · Thies, August, W. · Tillotson, Seth, W. · Tuttle, Henry, C. · Umhoefer, Alvin, F. · VanDrie, Gerrit · Webb, Avon, B. · Welker, George, M. · Willett, William, M. · Windrath, Charles, T. · Worden, Wayne · Zahn, William

Erected 1919.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 43° 24.119′ N, 95° 44.987′ W. Memorial is in Sibley, Iowa, in Osceola County. It is on 3rd Avenue north of 7th Street. Located at the front of the Osceola County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 300 7th St, Sibley IA 51249, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in andspecifically orth Iowa in Western Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Osceola County GAR Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of 1972 Osceola County Time Capsule (within shouting distance of this marker); Osceola County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); History at Hawkeye Point (approx. 4½ miles away); Ashton Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away); W L Harding (approx. 7.2 miles away); "Habitat" (approx. 12.4 miles away in Minnesota); Welcome to Minnesota / The Minnesota-Iowa Boundary (approx. 12.4 miles away in Minnesota). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sibley.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 990 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 21, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 30, 2023. 6. submitted on June 21, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.