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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
OANES, Louis 77 20 Aug 1950 24 Aug 1950
OBER, Harry M. 57 2 Nov 1945 8 Nov 1945
OBERMAIER, John A. 68 19 May 1958 22 May 1958
O'BRIEN, Charles L. 60 14 Aug 1955 18 Aug 1955
O'BRIEN, John T. - - 29 Jun 1944
O'BRIEN, Quin 69 - 13 Feb 1941
OBST, Bruno - 2 Feb 1958 6 Feb 1958
OCENASEK, Frank 74 25 May 1949 2 Jun 1949
OCOCK, Edward Thomas 79 2 Dec 1958 4 Dec 1958
OCOCK, Mabel M. (Shales) [Mrs. Edward] 62 19 Dec 1947 25 Dec 1947/09 Jan 1948
OCOCK, Thomas A. 92 8 Feb 1942 12 Feb 1942
O'CONNOR, Mary Ann 0 - 29 Jul 1943
O'CONNOR, Richard P. 68 28 Apr 1958 8 May 1958
O'CONNOR, William E. - 6 Mar 1956 8 Mar 1956
O'CONNOR, William Edward 60 - 24 May 1951
OEHMKE, Minnie Agnes (Hartwig) 84 11 Jun 1958 12 Jun/19 Jun 1958
OERKFITZ, Alma (Timm) 61 19 May 1955 26 May 1955
OERKFITZ, Frank C. 67 14 May 1954 20 May 1954
OERKFITZ, Frank John 67 18 Nov 1955 1 Dec 1955
OERKFITZ, Gordon 41 25 Sep 1960 29 Sep 1960
OERKFITZ, Herman Albert 61 30 Jun 1942 2 Jul 1942
OERKFITZ, John W. 43 5 Oct 1949 13 Oct 1949
OERKFITZ, Robert LaVerne 3 8 Dec 1944 14 Dec 1944
OESCHGER, Dema (Hopkins) - 9 Sep 1942 8 Oct 1942
OFFENLOCK, John 78 - 27 Dec 1951
OGDEN, Willis L. 33 26 Mar 1956 29 Mar 1956
OGLESBY, John Riley 81 29 Jan 1942 5 Feb 1942
O'GRADY, Austin M. - - 2 Jan 1958
OHRWALL, Irving J. 59 13 Aug 1958 14 Aug 1958
OKLACK, Samuel - - 27 Aug 1942
OLDACK, George A. 55 28 Jan 1951 1 Feb 1951
OLDACK, Marie M. (Oldack) 54 23 Dec 1950 28 Dec 1950
O'LEARY, Mrs. Maurice - 10 Aug 1942 13 Aug 1942
OLSEN, Henry E. - 12 Nov 1946 21 Nov 1946
OLSEN, Mamie R. (Stolnack) 74 16 Nov 1955 24 Nov 1955
OLSEN, Wilbert O. 44 29 Aug 1949 1 Sep 1949
OLSON, Aasta (Pettersen) 80 22 May 1956 24 May 1956
OLSON, Albert 70 15 Feb 1958 20 Feb 1958
OLSON, Andrew - - 6 Feb 1941
OLSON, Connie Lee - 1 Jun 1951 7 Jun 1951
OLSON, John S. 73 - 27 Dec 1956
OLSON, Karl E. 53 20 Nov 1957 28 Nov 1957
OLSON, Otto 74 8 Aug 1960 11 Aug 1960
OLSON, Peter Paul 38 24 Sep 1953 1 Oct 1953
OLUMSTAD, Marie 87 23 Sep 1950 5 Oct 1950
O'MALLEY, Clarence "Tom" 54 24 Feb 1958 27 Feb 1958
O'MALLEY, George W. 64 11 Jan 1960 14 Jan 1960
O'NEIL, Michael 66 29 Sep 1951 4 Oct 1951
O'NEILL, James C. 63 23 Sep 1953 1 Oct 1953
O'NEILL, Ruth Elsie 34 24 Jun 1952 26 Jun 1952
O'NEILL, William 69 - 19 Jun 1941
OOST, Henrietta - 7 May 1942 21 May 1942
OPATRNY, Emma (Hlavin) 78 17 Jul 1950 20 Jul 1950
OPPERMAN, Marie - 19 Apr 1954 22 Apr 1954
ORMSBY, Charles H. 68 29 Jul 1956 2 Aug 1956
ORMSBY, Earl 83 25 Dec 1955 5 Jan 1956
O'ROURKE, Daniel 66 19 Oct 1941 23 Oct 1941
OSBORNE, Almeda (Newbright) 70 19 Jan 1951 25 Jan 1951
OSGOOD, Sidney V. 72 25 Feb 1956 8 Mar 1956
OSTGAARD, Oddvar Egil 43 9 Jun 1960 16 Jun/29 Dec 1960
OSTRANDER, Edna S. 87 5 Apr 1941 10 Apr 1941
OSTRANDER, Edward A. 86 - 3 Apr 1941
OTTO, Dorothy (Byers) 44 19 May 1952 22 May 1952
OTTOSON, [first name illegible] Carl 49 - 29 Jun 1950
OTTOSON, Olof 74 6 Jan 1945 11 Jan 1945
OUN, Harold 50 - 2 Jul 1953
OVERBY, Peder - - 7 Jun 1956
OVERTON, R.I. - 3 Apr 1951 5 Apr 1951
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
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