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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices in the Crystal Lake Herald (1941-1960)

The following index represents a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Crystal Lake 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.

NOTE: All issues of the Herald are missing for the year 1959. 

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Surname Given Name Date of Death Date of Issue
KACER, Louis 57 - 3 Jan 1952
KADES, Norma (Weber) 50 24 Jul 1958 31 Jul 1958
KADESEVITZ, Jennie - 18 Nov 1945 29 Nov 1945
KADLEC, Barbara Elaine (Bownson) 22 16 May 1947 22 May 1947
KADLEC, Frances Marie 3 10 Jul 1958 17 Jul 1958
KADLEC, Jaroslav 64 7 Oct 1954 14 Oct 1954
KADLEC, Josef - - 13 Aug 1942
KADLEC, Joseph 78 8 Jun 1960 16 Jun 1960
KADLEC, Melodie Sue 7 mo. 16 May 1947 22 May 1947
KAHL, Edith Mayme 73 15 Oct 1954 21 Oct 1954
KAHLE, Fred H. 70 20 Feb 1949 24 Feb 1949
KAHLE, Wilhelmina (Ackman) 67 6 May 1948 13 May 1948
KAISER, Anna 84 21 Mar 1955 24 Mar 1955
KALABZA, Anna - 19 Jun 1941 4 Dec 1941
KALABZA, Frank - 19 Jun 1941 4 Dec 1941
KALISH, Frank J. 43 15 Jul 1942 23 Jul 1942
KALLHAUGE, Selma 71 16 Sep 1944 21 Sep 1944
KALLHAUGE, Urban - 26 Dec 1960 29 Dec 1960
KAMMIN, Louis J. 80 10 Mar 1946 14 Mar 1946
KAMP, Bertha Lorenz 72 21 Aug 1958 28 Aug 1958
KAMPROWSKI, Stella 69 24 Dec 1946 2 Jan 1947
KAMRADT, Lillian (Dvorak) 44 3 Sep 1946 12 Sep 1946
KANDON, Levi 97 7 Feb 1947 20 Feb 1947
KANKA, Joseph C. 39 28 Nov 1947 11 Dec 1947
KANTRO, Lawrence 46 25 Dec 1948 6 Jan 1949
KANTRO, Rose 94 5 Jun 1955 29 Dec 1955
KAPHENGST, Richard Sr. - 5 Jul 1954 15 Jul 1954
KAPPING, Albert W. 64 24 Jun 1960 30 Jun 1960
KAPPING, Fred 57 - 8 Apr 1948
KAPPING, Louis J. - 12 Sep 1943 16 Sep 1943
KAPUSTAS, William 63 21 Mar 1955 24 Mar 1955
KARLS, Joseph 52 11 Jul 1955 14 Jul 1955
KARTHEISER, Frank J. 70 11 Jul 1953 31 Dec 1953
KASER, Adolph - 6 Dec 1952 11 Dec 1952
KASSER, [first name illegible] H. 64 - 23 Sep 1954
KATIEN, Rose 68 29 May 1957 6 Jun 1957
KATZENBERG, Douglas G. 58 1 May 1960 5 May 1960
KATZENBERG, Philip 73 24 May 1949 2 Jun 1949
KAY, Claude S. 56 7 Jun 1955 9 Jun 1955
KEARINS, Mary E. - 16 Feb 1955 24 Feb 1955
KECK, Charles 51 10 Jan 1960 14 Jan 1960
KECLIK, Marie (Krizan) - 4 May 1952 8 May 1952
KEGEBEIN, Bertha 78 20 Mar 1952 27 Mar 1952/01 Jan 1953
KEGEBEIN, Fred Henry 85 16 Feb 1944 17 Feb 1944
KEGEBEIN, Hilda Louise 24 26 Sep 1941 2 Oct 1941
KEGEBEIN, Minnie (Ehlert) 82 5 Jul 1950 13 Jul 1950
KEGEBEIN, Minnie (Reddersdorf) 84 3 Apr 1954 8 Apr 1954
KEGEBEIN, William F. 81 26 Dec 1947 1 Jan 1948
KEHR, Charles William 57 4 Jan 1945 11 Jan 1945
KEIFER, Valentine J. - 7 Oct 1951 11 Oct 1951
KEISTER, Merrill 79 17 Aug 1955 25 Aug 1955
KELDER, Arthur (Prisoner of War) - - 22 Jul 1943
KELDER, George H. - - 28 Oct 1943
KELDER, Peter H. 77 6 Mar 1957 14 Mar 1957
KELDER, Peter H. 76 - 2 Jan 1958
KELDER, Sam - 11 Dec 1943 16 Dec 1943
KELLEEN, Martin - 26 Dec 1943 30 Dec 1943
KELLEY, Cora (Wright) 87 19 Feb 1948 26 Feb 1948
KELLEY, Ellen McCarthy - 7 Feb 1946 14 Feb 1946
KELLOGG, Rose (Miller) - 4 Oct 1955 6 Oct 1955
KELLY, Nellie 84 12 Apr 1954 15 Apr 1954
KELSEY, Ellen 76 28 Jan 1947 30 Jan 1947
KELSEY, Harold D. - 26 Feb 1948 4 Mar 1948
KELSEY, Olive 71 13 Jul 1957 25 Jul 1957
KELSEY, Wilfred L. 52 20 Jun 1953 25 Jun 1953
KEMP, Dennis Ray 20 8 Jan 1956 12 Jan 1956
KEMP, Diana Marie (Marra) 17 8 Jan 1956 12 Jan 1956
KEMPER, Mrs. August - - 23 Nov 1944
KEMPFERT, Fred C. 90 27 Jan 1954 4 Feb 1954
KENNEDY, John Douglas 1 da. 8 Jan 1960 14 Jan 1960
KENT, Roy A. 47 30 Sep 1951 4 Oct 1951
KENT, Willard H. 74 22 Feb 1944 24 Feb 1944
KERCH, Marie (Sersen) 68 19 Sep 1960 22 Sep 1960
KERNS, Nathan Byron - 27 Jan 1945 1 Feb 1945
KESADLVING, Ina (Knapp) Meiswinkel - 8 Apr 1948 8 Apr 1948
KESTER, Clara L. (Reineck) - 8 Nov 1942 19 Nov 1942
KETCHUM, Bertha 4 6 Apr 1944 13 Apr 1944
KETCHUM, Lola (Smith) 45 15 May 1960 19 May 1960
KETCHUM, Nancy Ann 80 27 May 1954 3 Jun 1954
KETTLEWELL, Ada 72 25 Oct 1942 5 Nov 1942
KIEMER, Augusta 78 7 May 1949 12 May 1949
KILBORN, Elizabeth (Ryan) 81 28 Dec 1950 4 Jan 1951
KILBURN, Homer H. 89 25 Jul 1956 26 Jul 1956
KILDERRY, Francis A. 72 27 Nov 1958 4 Dec 1958
KILEY, Frank S. 60 26 Apr 1960 28 Apr 1960
KILEY, Gertrude (Mergenthaler) 54 29 Jan 1943 4 Feb 1943
KILEY, Linda Susan 1 3 Jun 1948 10 Jun 1948
KILEY, Patricia Ann 7 wk. 7 Jun 1948 10 Jun 1948
KILROY, Charles D. 24 11 Sep 1954 16 Sep 1954
KILTZ, Adah (Hoof) Drake 76 5 Dec 1952 11 Dec 1952
KILTZ, Arthur W. 81 27 Oct 1958 30 Oct 1958
KIMSON, [illegible] 57 - 9 Jul 1953
KIMURA, Nobuyo 61 4 Apr 1954 8 Apr 1954
KINDT, Harry 69 21 Nov 1957 28 Nov 1957
KING, Claire (Quereau) 58 4 Feb 1941 6 Feb 1941
KING, Frances A. 86 20 Aug 1948 26 Aug 1948
KING, Frank James 71 23 Jun 1953 25 Jun 1953
KING, Karl Dean 1 da. 27 May 1958 5 Jun 1958
KING, Leonard Brock 69 22 May 1947 29 May 1947
KING, Mary Elizabeth 58 15 Jan 1945 18 Jan 1945
KING, Nellie M. 85 7 Jun 1944 22 Jun 1944
KING, Neva 68 9 May 1960 12 May 1960
KING, Thomas C. Sr. - 16 Apr 1942 23 Apr 1942
KINNEY, Annette Ruth (Utt) 40 27 Aug 1945 30 Aug/04 Oct 1945
KINNEY, Donald M. 41 28 Oct 1945 1 Nov 1945
KIRBACH, Peter 71 17 Oct 1951 25 Oct 1951
KIRCHBERG, Edward J. 74 15 Jul 1947 17 Jul 1947
KIRCHBERG, Mrs. Edward (nee Kearins) 66 12 Mar 1943 18 Mar 1943
KIRCHOFF, Fred W. 62 20 Apr 1957 25 Apr 1957
KIRWIN, Charles A. 84 4 Feb 1956 9 Feb 1956
KIRWIN, Edwin A. 36 26 Apr 1941 1 May 1941
KLAHN, William 72 29 Mar 1941 3 Apr 1941
KLAPKA, Alois 76 29 Jan 1941 6 Feb 1941
KLASEN, Albert 17 10 May 1946 16 May 1946
KLASEN, John 76 24 Jun 1941 26 Jun 1941
KLASEN, Wilhelmine (Ehlert) 70 19 Feb 1945 22 Feb 1945
KLEIN, Frederick W. 51 7 Jul 1942 9 Jul 1942
KLEIN, Minnie - 10 Jun 1942 11 Jun 1942
KLEIST, Amelia Follett 77 20 Feb 1952 1 Jan 1953
KLEIST, Frank William - 12 Jan 1948 15 Jan 1948
KLEMME, Herbert 51 25 Dec 1955 29 Dec 1955
KLICK, Bertha A. 78 9 Jul 1958 17 Jul 1958
KLICK, LeRoy - 11 Mar 1955 17 Mar 1955
KLICK, Samuel L. 72 5 Dec 1944 14 Dec 1944
KLICKA, Melvin R. 22 11 Aug 1944 24 Aug 1944
KLIMA, Lillian 49 7 Dec 1949 15 Dec 1949
KLINBEIL, Lizzie 72 11 May 1954 30 Dec 1954
KLINE, Frank H. - 20 Jan 1949 27 Jan 1949
KLINE, Hadley 62 3 Nov 1946 14 Nov 1946
KLING, Eugene H. 24 13 Feb 1951 03 Jun/10 Jun 1954
KLINGENBERG, August 82 27 Nov 1953 3 Dec 1953
KLINGENBERG, Jeannette (Brooke) 49 21 Oct 1958 30 Oct 1958
KLINGNER, Mytle (Heaver) 64 14 Feb 1960 18 Feb 1960
KLINK, Marie (Schroeder) 48 12 Feb 1952 14 Feb 1952
KLOTZ, Mrs. A. - 28 Sep 1942 1 Oct 1942
KLOUDA, Frank 77 5 Dec 1950 14 Dec 1950
KLUMBIES, Anna 61 15 Oct 1955 29 Dec 1955
KNAACK, Augusta (Radke) 81 28 Jul 1952 31 Jul 1952/01 Jan 1953
KNAACK, Clara (Reiber) 31 6 May 1943 13 May 1943
KNAACK, Dennis Frank 1 27 Mar 1947 3 Apr 1947
KNAACK, John C. - 28 Apr 1943 29 Apr 1943
KNAACK, Mary (Bohl) 83 13 Aug 1958 14 Aug 1958
KNAPP, Agatha Cleremont 75 12 Sep 1951 20 Sep 1951
KNAPP, Estella (Deland) 89 24 Apr 1960 28 Apr 1960
KNEIBUSH, William H. 77 15 Aug 1956 23 Aug 1956
KNIGGE, Louis H. 80 10 Dec 1941 11 Dec 1941/15 Jan 1942
KNILANS, Martha 76 12 Apr 1943 15 Apr 1943
KNOWLES, Irma (Bruckner) 43 6 Apr 1942 9 Apr 1942
KNOWLES, Sydney J. 60 1 May 1941 08 May/29 May 1941
KNOX, Edward J. 56 2 Jan 1957 10 Jan 1957/02 Jan 1958
KNOX, Mary Ann (Doherty) 85 11 Feb 1954 18 Feb 1954
KNOX, Mary F. 74 8 Mar 1943 11 Mar 1943
KNOX, Michael 83 21 Sep 1947 25 Sep 1947
KNOX, Michael John 2 14 Sep 1944 21 Sep 1944
KNOX, Robert Vincent - 25 Nov 1950 7 Dec 1950
KNUTH, Lori Ann 3 wk. 20 Mar 1956 22 Mar 1956
KNUTSON, Vera (Haligus) 55 25 Aug 1952 28 Aug 1952
KNUTTER, Alfred J. 60 28 Dec 1951 3 Jan 1952
KNUTTER, Jack 17 13 Mar 1953 19 Mar 1953
KNUTTER, Minnie 78 21 Jun 1957 27 Jun 1957
KNUTTER, Wilhelmina 78 - 2 Jan 1958
KOAKA, Julius 68 7 Sep 1950 14 Sep 1950
KOCH, Alvina 81 23 Jan 1944 27 Jan 1944
KOCH, Frank 64 - 12 Aug 1954
KOCH, John C. 72 20 Oct 1945 25 Oct 1945
KOCH, Mathilda (Ritt) 81 1 Feb 1954 4 Feb 1954
KOCH, Melchior G. 73 - 8 Jun 1944
KOCH, William F. 60 20 Aug 1954 26 Aug 1954
KOCH, William F. 67 20 Nov 1958 27 Nov 1958
KOCMOUD, Dominik - 4 Jan 1942 8 Jan 1942
KODYDEK, Joseph Jr. 51 2 Dec 1950 7 Dec 1950
KODYDEK, Joseph Sr. 87 25 Jul 1953 6 Aug 1953
KODYDEK, Marie Kalish - 12 Nov 1952 20 Nov 1952
KOEHLER, Gustav F. 83 8 Jan 1957 17 Jan 1957
KOEHLER, Gustav H. 83 - 2 Jan 1958
KOERBER, Mary 71 3 Mar 1953 31 Dec 1953
KOESSLER, Mary (Hemmelgam) 86 25 Sep 1946 3 Oct 1946
KOESSLER, Walter J. 65 15 Nov 1956 22 Nov 1956
KOHOUT, Robert 31 8 May 1955 12 May 1955
KOKAVECZ, Paul 45 26 Dec 1940 9 Jan 1941
KOLACKOVSKY, Matej 67 2 Dec 1954 16 Dec 1954
KOLAR, Steve - - 3 Apr 1941
KOLBABA, Marie 58 6 May 1948 13 May 1948
KOLBERG, Amanda 64 25 Oct 1948 28 Oct 1948
KOLLENKARK, Alfred 54 7 Oct 1960 13 Oct 1960
KOLLENKARK, Augusta 62 12 Aug 1943 19 Aug 1943
KOLLENKARK, Robert 76 27 Jun 1958 3 Jul 1958
KOLLENKARK, William Frederick 62 10 Mar 1941 13 Mar 1941
KOLLER, Mary (Buric) 49 8 Apr 1958 10 Apr 1958
KOLMAR, Violet (Nohr) 43 11 Jun 1950 22 Jun 1950
KOLTWEIT, John 17 6 May 1951 10 May 1951
KOPSELL, Evelyn May 15 24 Apr 1960 28 Apr 1960
KOPSELL, John - 9 Jul 1949 14 Jul 1949
KORNER, John 79 21 Aug 1955 25 Aug 1955
KOS, Joseph - 16 Jul 1949 28 Jul 1949
KOSAR, Charles 59 - 27 Dec 1951
KOSCHE, Barbara (Schille) 88 3 Jul 1956 5 Jul 1956
KOTAL, Elizabeth 78 5 Apr 1952 10 Apr 1952
KOTASKA, Frances (Vanes) 73 5 Nov 1949 17 Nov 1949
KOTLABA, James 80 - 1 May 1952
KOTLABA, Jennie (Pokorny) 79 5 Apr 1956 12 Apr 1956
KOTOWSKI, Peter P. 68 12 Apr 1953 16 Apr 1953
KOUBA, Elizabeth 68 14 Jan 1949 20 Jan 1949
KOUBA, Mrs. J. - 19 Oct 1943 28 Oct 1943
KOURA, James J. 51 3 Jan 1958 9 Jan 1958
KOWALSKI, Robert 46 - 4 Nov 1954
KOZELUH, George J. - 26 May 1945 12 Jul 1945
KOZELUH, Joseph - - 10 Jul 1947
KOZELUH, Louis 78 5 Mar 1949 10 Mar 1949
KOZISEK, Joseph 63 7 Jun 1953 25 Jun 1953
KRAEPLIN, Louis F. 80 25 Oct 1955 27 Oct 1955
KRAL, Frances L. (Nemecek) 47 18 Jul 1941 24 Jul 1941
KRAL, Jennie 73 - 27 Dec 1956
KRAL, John 51 3 Dec 1943 9 Dec 1943
KRALL, Edward J. - 28 Nov 1952 4 Dec 1952
KRAMP, Paul - 28 May 1943 6 Jan 1944
KRANTZ, Mary B. 83 29 May 1960 2 Jun 1960
KRATOCHVIL, Anton 70 13 Aug 1957 15 Aug 1957
KRATOCHVIL, Bessie (Schvelk) 64 17 Dec 1956 20 Dec 1956
KRAUS, Amelia (Bloner) 63 1 Sep 1960 8 Sep 1960
KRAUSE, George W. 61 - 29 Dec 1960
KRAUSE, Gust E. 80 25 Oct 1943 28 Oct 1943
KRAUSE, Janet (Pearse) 22 15 Mar 1947 20 Mar 1947
KRAUSE, Jeffrey 2 6 Jun 1958 12 Jun 1958
KRAUSE, Julius 80 12 Sep 1949 15 Sep 1949
KRAUSE, Ottilie (Reinke) 81 20 Dec 1943 23 Dec 1943
KRAUSE, W.H. 66 9 May 1947 15 May 1947
KRCHAK, John 78 18 Jan 1958 24 Jan 1958
KRCHAK, John Wayne 1 1 Mar 1948 4 Mar 1948
KREBS, Ida (Rebenstorf) 66 30 May 1941 5 Jun 1941
KREICKER, Louis William 46 25 Oct 1946 31 Oct 1946
KREJCI, Albert 75 12 Mar 1952 20 Mar 1952
KREJCI, Anna (Suchy) 79 26 Jun 1943 1 Jul 1943
KREMER, John A. 76 18 Apr 1953 23 Apr 1953
KREML, Norman 1 - 27 Dec 1951
KRENZ, Albert J. 68 6 Sep 1952 11 Sep 1952
KRENZ, Oscar - 4 Jan 1950 12 Jan 1950
KREPEL, Henrietta 88 16 Dec 1941 18 Dec 1941
KREPEL, Mrs. Henry O. 50 27 Jan 1951 1 Feb 1951
KREPEL, Roberta Rose 9 mo. 1 May 1946 9 May 1946
KRESL, James 66 27 Jan 1949 3 Feb 1949
KREUTZER, Joseph J. 62 8 Jun 1952 12 Jun 1952
KREUTZER, Margaret 86 3 Jun 1946 6 Jun 1946
KRIEGEL, Agnes (Rombough) 40 15 Apr 1945 19 Apr 1945
KRIEGEL, Anna (Kahl) 56 1 Sep 1943 9 Sep 1943
KRIEGEL, Edward T. 77 3 Jan 1957 10 Jan 1957
KRIEGEL, Henry J. 69 22 Aug 1955 25 Aug 1955
KRISTAN, Edwin 39 5 Jul 1941 10 Jun 1941
KRISTAN, Estelle 29 5 Jul 1941 10 Jul 1941
KRIZ, Blanche 51 25 Jan 1954 30 Dec 1954
KRIZAN, Anna (Kosatka) 69 26 Oct 1943 4 Nov 1943
KRIZAN, Peter 74 18 Jan 1949 27 Jan 1949
KROEGER, Henrietta W. - 19 Dec 1953 14 Jan 1954
KROEGER, Louise A. (Hansen) 71 26 May 1945 31 May/07 Jun 1945
KROMENAKER, Julia (Smack) 78 9 Oct 1951 18 Oct 1951
KROULIK, Frank - - 25 Dec 1941
KRUGER, Fred 85 29 Dec 1955
KRUGER, Fred W. 64 7 Apr 1942 9 Apr 1942
KRUGER, Leslie A. 53 22 Jan 1956 26 Jan 1956
KRUMME, August 84 2 Nov 1956 8 Nov 1956
KRUMSCHEID, Cecelia 87 8 Dec 1953 10 Dec 1953
KRUPICKA, Andy J. 56 7 Sep 1951 13 Sep 1951
KRUSE, Emma (Fanter) 57 9 Dec 1944 14 Dec 1944
KUBLANK, Carl A. 62 3 Nov 1956 8 Nov 1956
KUBLANK, Hannah M. (Jurs) 74 10 Feb 1960 18 Feb 1960
KUCERA, Charles J. 68 25 Nov 1950 30 Nov 1950
KUCHLER, [first name illegible, female] 75 1 Sep 1945 20 Sep 1945
KUEHNERT, Arno - - 23 Aug 1951
KUEHNERT, Clara (Erbe) 72 29 Sep 1954 30 Sep 1954
KUEHNERT, Freidrich Gerhard 83 3 Dec 1956 6 Dec 1956
KUHNKE, Bertha 78 11 Mar 1941 20 Mar 1941
KUHNKE, Sarah - - 24 Apr 1941
KULDMA, Johannes Hugo 33 11 Jan 1960 14 Jan/21 Jan 1960
KULIN, Carl J. 66 7 Jan 1955 13 Jan 1955
KUMP, Albert B. 49 18 Apr 1958 1 May 1958
KUNKE, Alma Mina (Hart) 57 13 Oct 1960 20 Oct 1960
KUNKE, Arthur 56 31 Dec 1956 3 Jan 1957
KUNKLER, Robert E. 48 10 Jan 1960 14 Jan 1960
KUNSKY, Barbara - 13 Aug 1955 18 Aug 1955
KUPITZ, Albert 81 11 Apr 1958 17 Apr 1958
KUTCHERA, John 84 - 30 Dec 1943
KVIDERA, Bess (Radous) 64 22 Jan 1956 26 Jan 1956
KVIDERA, Joseph I. - 5 Mar 1958 6 Mar 1958
KVIZ, James 53 11 Sep 1941 18 Sep 1941
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