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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices in the Crystal Lake Herald (1921-1940)

The following indexes represent a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Herald newspaper. Information was gleaned from obituaries, death notices, police reports, and newspaper articles and is not necessarily limited to residents of Crystal Lake and/or Nunda Township. It was not unusual for a death notice to appear months and even years after the event, particularly in the case of war dead. Researchers should scan several indexes when searching for the name of a specific individual and look for variant spellings within each index. 

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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
PADDISON, Elizabeth (Brown) 65 20 Apr 1936 30 Apr 1936
PADDOCK, H.C. - - 14 Nov 1935
PADDOCK, Thadius H. 92 7 Sep 1940 12 Sep 1940
PAESCH, Louise - 22 Apr 1937 29 Apr 1937
PAHL, Alma 75 17 Mar 1940 28 Mar 1940
PAINE, Annie Estella (Beardsley) 74 29 Jul 1929 1 Aug 1929
PAINE, C. Howard 80 8 Jul 1938 14 Jul 1938
PAINE, Mrs. Harry - - 5 Apr 1928
PAINE, Newton M. 88 - 2 Feb 1933
PAKULLA, Elizabeth (Rydquist) - 18 Oct 1931 22 Oct 1931
PAKULLA, Raymond 31 22 May 1931 28 May 1931
PALM Julia Augusta 55 22 Nov 1926 25 Nov 1926
PALM, Albert 73 15 Feb 1940 22 Feb 1940
PALMER, Elizabeth Price 74 20 Dec 1939 28 Dec 1939
PALMER, Ellen Estella Kiltz 81 21 Nov 1936 26 Nov 1936
PALMER, H.L. 85 4 Jun 1940 6 Jun 1940
PAPIE, Cora Belle - 9 Jul 1940 11 Jul 1940
PARISH, Ada (Razlauff) 35 2 Oct 1937 7 Oct 1937
PARKER, A.C. - 12 Sep 1926 16 Sep 1926
PARKER, Mrs. Earl (Cronkhite) - - 13 Jun 1935
PARKS, Arthur W. - - 9 Apr 1931
PARSLEY, James A. 82 14 Nov 1938 17 Nov 1938
PARTNER, David - 4 Nov 1937 25 Nov 1937
PASCHEN, Henry 64 - 6 Jun 1940
PASK, Francis 80 6 Jun 1940 13 Jun 1940
PASSOW, Louis A. - 21 Jan 1926 4 Feb 1926
PATOUSEK, Frank - - 21 Mar 1929
PATTERSON, Edgar W. - - 28 Jan 1937
PATTERSON, J.H. 78 8 Jul 1939 13 Jul 1939
PATTERSON, Mrs. William - - 8 Apr 1926
PATTERSON, William - - 27 Oct 1927
PAUL, Anton - - 8 Aug 1929
PAULSON, Hilda - - 5 Oct 1933
PAVLICEK, Charles B. Jr. - 29 Jul 1940 1 Aug 1940
PAYNE, Harry C. - - 7 Feb 1935
PEACOCK, Allan 67 - 12 Dec 1940
PEACOCK, C.A. 41 5 Feb 1938 10 Feb 1938
PEARSON, Johanna 87 1 Jan 1940 4 Jan 1940
PEARSON, John 41 17 May 1928 24 May 1928
PEARSON, John 8 10 Jul 1936 16 Jul 1936
PEARSON, Otto V. 58 12 Aug 1940 15 Aug 1940
PECK, Charles C. 62 17 Sep 1933 21 Sep 1933
PECK, Frank - - 6 Jan 1938
PECK, Frank M. 81 29 Dec 1937 30 Dec 1937
PECK, Martha Margaret (Paddock) - 12 Mar 1928 22 Mar 1928
PECK, Mrs. Edward A. - 26 Sep 1929 3 Oct 1929
PECK, Mrs. Frank - - 3 Aug 1933
PECKA, Josephine 87 14 Feb 1939 16 Feb 1939
PEDERSEN, Edward 61 28 Mar 1937 1 Apr 1937
PEDERSON, Mrs. John 83 15 Mar 1931 19 Mar 1931
PEELER, Mabel (Collen) 58 15 Mar 1939 16 Mar/23 Mar 1939
PEET, William - - 23 Jan 1930
PEKNY, Anna (Pokorny) - - 14 Dec/21 Dec 1939
PEKNY, John F. 58 - 11 Jul/18 Jul 1929
PELICAN, Joseph - 8 Oct 1939 19 Oct 1939
PENNINGTON, Bernice - - 28 Dec 1933
PERKINS, Fannie - 21 Aug 1935 12 Sep 1935
PERKINS, Frank B. [Civil War Vet] 95 - 21 Jan 1937
PERRY, J.A. - - 9 Sep 1926
PETER, Edward C. 61 12 Apr 1936 16 Apr 1936
PETER, Mrs. E.C. - - 8 Aug 1935
PETER, Willis T. 62 1 Nov 1939 02 Nov/09 Nov 1939
PETERKA, Antoinette - - 9 Dec 1937
PETERS, Arthur - - 4 Jun 1931
PETERS, Arthur - 16 Aug 1933 24 Aug/31 Aug 1933
PETERS, August W. 65 12 Aug 1938 18 Aug 1938
PETERS, Charlie - - 28 Nov 1929
PETERS, Dealvus - - 26 May 1932
PETERS, John - - 10 Mar 1927
PETERS, Martha Bertha (Roewer) 64 21 Dec 1940 26 Dec 1940
PETERSEN, Christ 75 18 Mar 1940 21 Mar 1940
PETERSON, Axel F. 73 17 Jan 1931 22 Jan 1931
PETERSON, Birger Amselm 66 - 23 Dec 1926
PETERSON, Carl - 10 Apr 1935 18 Apr 1935
PETERSON, Frederick 64 19 Nov 1931 26 Nov/03 Dec 1931
PETERSON, infant child of Fred 0 12 Sep 1933 14 Sep 1933
PETERSON, Jennie - 26 Apr 1933 27 Apr 1933
PETERSON, John August 68 4 Nov 1940 7 Nov 1940
PETERSON, Lou (Sherman) - - 3 Nov 1938
PETERSON, Marie - 26 Dec 1933 28 Dec 1933
PETERSON, Nels - 21 Sep 1939 28 Sep 1939
PETERSON, Otto - - 27 Apr 1933
PETERSON, Peter J. 63 - 13 Aug/20 Aug 1931
PETERSON, Tobias F. 44 14 Sep 1937 16 Sep 1937
PETRICK, Frank 34 17 Jul 1927 21 Jul 1927
PETTIBONE, John - - 20 Jun 1935
PETTIBONE, Kathryn (Fleming) 72 30 Sep 1940 3 Oct 1940
PETZELT, Ruth - 8 Mar 1933 16 Mar 1933
PFEIFFER, Christ Sr. 67 27 Nov 1930 4 Dec 1930
PFEIFFER, Marie 45 8 Dec 1938 15 Dec 1938
PFLUEGER, Valeria 83 10 Mar 1936 26 Mar 1936
PHALIN, George - - 12 Sep 1929
PHEBE, Alvina - - 8 Sep 1932
PHILE, Gertrude - 23 Dec 1934 27 Dec 1934
PHILE, Mrs. F. - - 3 Jan 1935
PHILLIPS, Ida May (West) 83 5 Mar 1939 9 Mar 1939
PHILLIPS, Marie 61 28 Jun 1936 9 Jul 1936
PHILP, Ida 61 20 Jan 1932 28 Jan 1932
PHYLE, Harriet Marie (Gage) - 27 Oct 1937 4 Nov 1937
PIATT, Julia Helen (Porter) Garner 90 3 Jan 1930 9 Jan 1930
PICHEN, Thomas 55 27 Oct 1933 2 Nov 1933
PICHIN, John J. 74 15 Oct 1932 20 Oct 1932
PICKELL, Elizabeth (Cowan) 40 24 Mar 1939 30 Mar 1939
PIERCE, Amelia 78 3 Aug 1933 10 Aug 1933
PIERCE, Teddy 2 - 3 Aug 1939
PIERSON, Mrs. Bengta 87 6 May 1929 9 May 1929
PINKERTON, Cora - - 4 May 1933
PINNOW, Bernice Margaret 7 24 Mar 1930 27 Mar 1930
PINNOW, John 32 10 Sep 1940 12 Sep 1940
PINNOW, John Frederick Louis 58 20 Feb 1931 26 Feb 1931
PINNOW, Louis 72 8 Oct 1934 11 Oct 1934
PINNOW, William 76 4 Oct 1934 11 Oct 1934
PISARSKI, Joseph 23 24 Dec 1932 29 Dec 1932
PISKA, Anton 78 19 Sep 1936 24 Sep 1936
PLACEK, Anne (Vokoun-Bohdan) 46 - 12 Oct 1933
PLATONIA, Sam - 13 Jul 1932 21 Jul 1932
PLESCHNER, Charles W. - 8 Nov 1940 14 Nov 1940
PLETICHA, George - - 10 Sep 1936
PLEVA, Rudolph 28 14 Feb 1933 16 Feb 1933
PLOTE, Adolph 69 17 Mar 1932 24 Mar 1932
POE, Byron 26 13 Nov 1937 18 Nov 1937
POE, Raymond Byron 0 28 Nov 1937 2 Dec 1937
POHLMAN, Clarence - - 24 Apr 1930
POHLMAN, Lillian 35 6 Apr 1931 9 Apr 1931
POHLMAN, Paul - - 27 Aug 1936
POKORNY, John - - 22 Feb 1940
POKORNY, Joseph Sr. - 6 Jul 1937 08 Jul/15 Jul 1937
POKORNY, Mrs. Joseph - 7 Jan 1931 08 Jan/15 Jan 1931
POLACEK, Anna 69 22 Feb 1937 4 Mar 1937
POLACEK, Robert - 22 Oct 1935 24 Oct 1935
POLACKE, Frank 65 - 8 Oct 1936
POMEROY, Edward Dwight - 15 Apr 1935 18 Apr 1935
POMRENING, Carl - 8 Jul 1935 11 Jul 1935
POOLE, Joseph 45 24 Mar 1935 2 Jan 1936
POOLE, Melvin Lewis 5 17 Feb 1940 22 Feb 1940
POPP, Louis 39 11 Dec 1937 16 Dec 1937
POREP, Minnie (Duensing) 82 6 Apr 1938 7 Apr 1938
PORTER, George Hull 59 3 Dec 1926 9 Dec 1926
PORTER, Mrs. J. (Miller) - - 15 Jan 1931
PORTER, Sarah Elizabeth 84 18 Apr 1927 21 Apr 1927
POST, Louise Selby - 9 Dec 1928 20 Dec 1928
POST, Maude Olmsted 52 19 Sep 1937 23 Sep 1937
POTENSA, Frank 42 3 Jun 1935 6 Jun 1935
POTTER, Ed [Civil War Veteran] 83 - 3 Feb 1927
POYER, Elmer 71 23 Aug 1934 30 Aug 1934
PRATT, Clarence LeRoy 74 20 Oct 1927 27 Oct 1927
PRESTON, Amos - 23 Jul 1940 25 Jul 1940
PREUSKER, Mrs. Gustav - - 29 Mar 1928
PRICE, Marie (Smith) - 2 Jul 1929 11 Jul 1929
PRICE, William 58 10 Aug 1936 13 Aug 1936
PRICKETT, Warren Elliott 87 29 Jun 1929 4 Jul 1929
PRIEGNITZ, Arthur Theodore Godfrey 30 12 Mar 1931 19 Mar 1931
PRINZINGER, Margaret - 30 Oct 1937 4 Nov 1937
PRISKER, Mrs. A.L. - - 29 Mar 1928
PRITCHARD, Richard W. - - 9 Nov 1933
PROCHASKA, Albert 69 - 22 Oct 1936
PROKES, Frank - - 13 Oct 1927
PROPPEK, Victoria - - 6 Oct 1938
PROSSERMA, Sam - - 16 Sep 1926
PROTHERO, Daniel 67 25 Feb 1934 1 Mar 1934
PROUT, Frank - 18 Jul 1932 28 Jul 1932
PROUTY, George - 22 Dec 1927 29 Dec 1927
PRUCHA, Frank 83 19 Dec 1940 26 Dec 1940
PRUSHA, Eva (Vasumpaur) 64 28 Sep 1928 4 Oct 1928
PUFAHL, Mrs. August 73 7 Jan 1929 10 Jan 1929
PUNCHEON, Elizabeth (Winslow) - 24 Aug 1929 29 Aug 1929
PURVEY, Margaret (Sutton) 75 15 Dec 1937 16 Dec 1937
PUTNAM, Helen - - 10 Jan 1935
PUTNAM, Mrs. C.H. - - 2 Aug 1934
PUTNAM, R.W. - 5 Dec 1934 6 Dec 1934
PUTTA, John Sr. 82 4 Jul 1931 9 Jul 1931
PUTTBRESE, William 65 - 17 Jul 1930
PYLE, James Taft - 20 Mar 1931 26 Mar 1931
PYLE, Mary (Casey) 71 28 Jan 1938 3 Feb 1938
PYRTHERICH (?), John 84 9 Apr 1931 16 Apr 1931
PYTLIK, Alvis 60 12 Jul 1934 19 Jul 1934
Research Note: Microfilmed copies of the newspaper are available at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W Paddock Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.  You may also order the obituary from MCIGS for a small fee.
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 184, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0184