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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
QUERHAMMER, Engelina (Guhl) 83 22 Aug 1945 23 Aug 1945
QUERHAMMER, Louis W. 97 21 Aug 1956 23 Aug 1956
QUINDELL, Frank W. 65 24 Aug 1955 1 Sep 1955
QUIRK, Anna 68 24 Dec 1944 28 Dec 1944
RACKHAM, Walter George 73 19 Aug 1960 25 Aug 1960
RADER, Clarence 39 12 May 1944 18 May 1944
RADER, Mrs. William Sr. 76 24 May 1942 4 Jun 1942
RADICH, Sofie 84 14 Jun 1957 20 Jun 1957
RADKE, Sophie 77 29 Sep 1954 7 Oct 1954
RADKE, William E. 33 25 Jan 1947 30 Jan 1947
RADLOFF, Gertrude (Delafield) 46 2 Jun 1949 9 Jun 1949
RADLOFF, Mary 91 10 Nov 1952 13 Nov 1952
RADLOFF, Mary 91 7 Nov 1952 1 Jan 1953
RADLOFF, Tillie (Bartch) 80 6 Aug 1950 10 Aug/17 Aug 1950
RADOUS, Anna (Tabor) - 28 Sep 1954 7 Oct 1954
RADOUS, Frank - 27 Sep 1954 30 Sep 1954
RADOVICH, Walter W. 59 22 Apr 1948 29 Apr 1948
RADUNZ, William C. 66 19 Apr 1960 21 Apr 1960
RAFFEN, Robert C. - 31 Mar 1950 6 Apr 1950
RAGONA, James 9 1 Dec 1958 4 Dec 1958
RAHN, Alvina - 29 Aug 1942 3 Sep 1942
RAHN, Charles 90 9 Dec 1949 15 Dec 1949
RAHN, Sophie (Oehmke) 94 22 Oct 1953 29 Oct 1953
RAIDER, [daughter of Leonider] - 23 Aug 1957 29 Aug 1957
RAIDER, Leonider 37 23 Aug 1957 29 Aug 1957
RAIM, James 91 17 Jul 1945 26 Jul 1945
RAK, Anton Sr. - 23 Dec 1950 28 Dec 1950
RAK, Henrietta (Polacek) 49 11 Apr 1944 13 Apr 1944
RAKNES, Peder 78 7 Jan 1955 20 Jan 1955
RAKOW, Charles F. 67 14 Nov 1954 18 Nov 1954
RAMMIEN, Myrtle E. (Schroeder) 39 26 Feb 1953 5 Mar 1953
RANDALL, Walter S. 54 9 Sep 1953 31 Dec 1953
RANDAU, Theodore 76 19 Aug 1957 22 Aug 1957
RANGE, LaVerne 26 21 Aug 1948 26 Aug 1948
RANK, Frederick F. 57 14 Dec 1951 20 Dec 1951
RAPP, Herman L. 76 29 Apr 1950 4 May 1950
RAPP, Joseph P. 75 3 May 1960 5 May 1960
RAPP, Mae/Mary E. Barrowman 61 2 Sep 1946 05 Sep/07 Nov 1946
RASCHKE, Carl Wayne 15 27 Jan 1944 3 Feb 1944
RASKA, Cecelia (Welisek) 74 4 Jan 1944 06 Jan/13 Jan 1944
RASMUSSEN, Arthur Irwin 55 19 Oct 1957 24 Oct 1957
RASMUSSEN, Frank 56 20 Aug 1960 1 Sep 1960
RASMUSSEN, Norman R. 46 4 Jan 1952 10 Jan 1952
RASMUSSEN, William Earl 1 hr. 16 Dec 1955 22 Dec 1955
RATH, Vayne R. 52 11 Nov 1946 14 Nov 1946
RATHMANN, Ernest Fredrich 78 25 Jun 1944 29 Jun 1944
RAUCHENECKER, Alice - 11 Jul 1941 17 Jul 1941
RAUHUT, Carl A. 78 18 Nov 1956 22 Nov 1956
RAUHUT, Paul W. 66 12 Jul 1955 14 Jul 1955
RAVEN, Emma Sarah (Losch) 66 10 Feb 1950 16 Feb 1960
RAVEN, Helen 52 29 Dec 1957 2 Jan 1958
RAY, Mary (Vlasak) 76 16 Oct 1952 23 Oct 1952
RAYBERG, Leo 67 - 2 Jan 1958
RAYWOOD, Chris W. 85 18 Sep 1955 22 Sep 1955
RAYWOOD, William 80 7 Jul 1956 12 Jul 1956
READ, George W. 90 15 Mar 1956 22 Mar 1956
READ, Jennie (Schideman) Hollow 73 1 Oct 1960 13 Oct 1960
READ, Solie - - 14 May 1942
REAM, Edgar 31 25 May 1946 30 May 1946
REANDO, Frank C. 72 27 Oct 1950 2 Nov 1950
REARDON, Laurence V. 50 4 Dec 1958 11 Dec 1958
REDDERSDORF, Fred C. 84 16 Jul 1947 24 Jul 1947
REDDERSDORF, Mary (Washo) 81 17 Dec 1945 20 Dec 1945
REDDERSDORF, William J. 69 1 Apr 1955 7 Apr 1955
REED, Alice (Wyant) 89 3 Nov 1945 8 Nov 1945
REED, Ben H. 53 16 Nov 1941 20 Nov 1941
REED, Mrs. John - 25 Oct 1945 1 Nov 1945
REED, Mrs. Richard 73 3 Jul 1943 8 Jul 1943
REED, Sidney 62 11 Mar 1946 14 Mar 1946
REHBERG, Emma (Pinnow) 46 13 Feb 1945 15 Feb/22 Feb 1945
REHBERG, George H. 59 1 Nov 1952 06 Nov 1952/01 Jan 1953
REHBERG, Herman 62 24 Feb 1956 1 Mar 1956
REHBERG, Louis 85 18 Sep 1944 21 Sep 1944
REHBERG, Mary (Ehlert) 78 28 Aug 1945 30 Aug 1945
REHBERG, William H. 62 25 Oct 1949 27 Oct 1949
REHORST, Blanche (Balcom) Sandgren 69 2 Dec 1960 8 Dec 1960
REIBER, Carl 67 18 Jul 1951 26 Jul 1951
REIBER, Marie 75 17 Mar 1958 20 Mar 1958
REIMER, Charles M. - 3 Mar 1950 9 Mar 1950
REIMER, Fred 57 5 Feb 1952 7 Feb 1952
REIMER, Henry 76 8 Jun 1956 14 Jun 1956
REINHOLTZ, [illegible] 70 12 Jul 1953 16 Jul 1953
REINHOLTZ, Alvin 48 - 19 Feb 1953
REINHOLTZ, John 87 27 Aug 1941 4 Sep 1941
REINHOLZ, Friedricka 81 23 Apr 1946 2 May 1946
REINICKE, Kurt 51 10 May 1955 19 May 1955
REMICH, A. - - 29 Jul 1943
RENICH, Charles F. 75 13 Mar 1947 20 Mar 1947
RENICH, Mrs. Charles 77 - 9 Jul 1953
RENSMAN (?), Albert 52 7 Aug 1956 9 Aug 1956
RENWICK, George M. 72 22 Jul 1957 25 Jul 1957
REUTER, Martha (Schlack) 67 22 Feb 2011 26 Feb/30 Apr 1953
REYNOLDS, Clyde 54 21 Nov 1946 28 Nov 1946
REYNOLDS, Frank Gene 24 1 Feb 1945 21 Mar 1946
REZEK, Anna (Hajek) 84 18 Apr 1951 26 Apr 1951
REZEK, Otto 69 31 Dec 1942 7 Jan 1943
RICE, William B. 88 9 Jun 1958 19 Jun 1958
RICH, James C. 47 20 Nov 1955 24 Nov 1955
RICH, Louise (MacMurphy) 70 16 May 1952 22 May 1952
RICHARDSON, Clifford H. 63 20 Aug 1960 25 Aug 1960
RICHARDSON, Theodore 58 7 Aug 1960 11 Aug 1960
RICKEL, Cloia (Garceau) 76 2 Jun 1954 10 Jun 1954
RIDDLE, Rue W. 58 6 May 1958 8 May 1958
RIDGE, Florence E. 84 6 Jun 1955 9 Jun 1955
RIDGWAY, Belle Williams 75 18 Oct 1952 30 Oct 1952
RIEGER, Mary Margaret (Wolmsley) 70 2 Dec 1944 7 Dec 1944
RIEHL, Victor Martin 29 17 Sep 1941 18 Sep 1941
RIESS, Peter 68 - 7 Feb 1957
RIETESEL, Amalia (Gimble) 75 6 Nov 1941 13 Nov 1941
RIETESEL, Theodore C. 88 21 Mar 1951 22 Mar 1951
RIGBY, Benjamin 67 25 Oct 1941 30 Oct 1941
RIGSBY, Allen (?) 34 11 Jan 1953 15 Jan 1953
RIHA, Anna (Sekera) 65 25 Jun 1945 5 Jul 1945
RIHA, James Sr. 68 2 Nov 1944 9 Nov 1944
RILEY, Lawrence Leo 62 8 Aug 1955 11 Aug 1955
RISHOFF, Sidney O. 38 5 Aug 1960 11 Aug 1960
RITT, Bertha (Hubert) 78 20 Oct 1953 22 Oct 1953
RITT, Caroline (Berg) 72 10 Jan 1943 14 Jan 1943
RITT, Charles J. 66 30 Jul 1943 5 Aug 1943
RITT, Donald Udell 25 29 Jun 1943 1 Jul 1943
RITT, Emma (Kolberg) 75 10 Jul 1944 13 Jul 1944
RITT, Hilda (Dehmlow) 49 20 Nov 1949 24 Nov 1949
RITT, Minnie (VanNatta) 79 23 Feb 1950 2 Mar 1950
RITT, Moritz Frederick 83 23 Apr 1956 26 Apr 1956
RITT, William L. 69 16 Jan 1955 20 Jan 1955
RITT, William T. 76 14 Dec 1951 20 Dec 1951
RITTER, Fred W. 76 - 27 Dec 1956
RITZERT, Francis B. 21 10 Sep 1956 13 Sep 1956
RITZERT, Francis B. 59 25 Apr 1958 1 May 1958
RITZERT, LeRoy 16 17 Jun 1950 22 Jun/29 Jun 1950
ROBBLEE, George 68 5 May 1958 8 May 1958
ROBERT, Amelia - 28 Feb 1958 6 Mar 1958
ROBERT, Maurice E. 86 11 Sep 1953 17 Sep 1953
ROBERTS, Anna L. (Wilcox) 67 19 Oct 1951 25 Oct 1951
ROBERTS, Anne P. (Jones) 62 22 Oct 1948 28 Oct 1948
ROBERTS, George Clements 88 24 Mar 1957 28 Mar 1957
ROBERTS, William 93 20 Dec 1943 23 Dec 1943
ROBESON, William W. 59 14 Oct 1955 20 Oct 1955
ROBINSON, Robert S. 71 26 Oct 1957 31 Oct 1957/02 Jan 1958
ROCHE, Carolyn (Hauck) 41 19 Jun 1955 30 Jun 1955
ROCKENBACH, Almon O. 86 9 Jan 1958 16 Jan 1958
ROCKENBACH, Elizabeth (Catlow) 70 25 Jun 1950 29 Jun 1950
ROCKENBACH, Orman 71 27 May 1941 29 May 1941
ROCKENBACH, Robert 42 13 Feb 1944 17 Feb 1944
ROESER, Otto 71 20 Jul 1958 24 Jul 1958
ROESSLEIN, Marie B. 76 - 2 Jan 1947
ROEWER, Albert 75 17 Oct 1948 21 Oct 1948
ROEWER, Clara (Smith) 59 27 Feb 1946 7 Mar 1946
ROEWER, Martin 71 31 May 1951 7 Jun 1951
ROEWER, William Albert 63 29 Aug 1944 31 Aug 1944
ROGERS, James F. 75 23 May 1951 31 May 1951
ROGMAN, Arthur 45 19 Dec 1949 22 Dec 1949
ROHMAN, George 76 11 Apr 1943 15 Apr 1943
ROHMAN, George H. 66 23 Nov 1957 28 Nov 1957
ROHRSSEN, John E. 44 1 Sep 1955 8 Sep 1955
ROHRSSEN, Louis H. 87 16 Jan 1958 23 Jan 1958
ROLLINS, Dora - 23 Jan 1947 20 Feb 1947
RONEY, Harry K. 75 1 Nov 1952 6 Nov 1952
ROONEY, Donald James 23 18 Dec 1947 25 Dec 1947/08 Jan 1948
ROONEY, Thomas Edward 55 24 Feb 1951 1 Mar 1951
ROOP, George B. 58 9 Apr 1954 15 Apr 1954
ROOP, Leona 87 - 19 Mar 1953
RORER, John 72 1 Feb 1949 3 Feb 1949
ROSE, Chris - 27 Mar 1944 6 Apr 1944
ROSE, Emeline (Vickery) 65 13 May 1952 15 May 1952
ROSE, Emma (Dassow) 75 20 Apr 1951 26 Apr 1951
ROSE, Ernest E. - 16 Aug 1952 21 Aug 1952
ROSE, Fred L. 79 20 Apr 1943 22 Apr 1943
ROSE, John J. 81 - 27 Dec 1951
ROSE, William H. - 7 Mar 1949 10 Mar 1949
ROSELLE, Fred 70 7 Nov 1943 24/25 Nov 1943
ROSELLE, Roger Eugene 19 5 Sep 1960 08 Sep/15 Sep 1960
ROSELLE, Rosalie A. 71 8 Oct 1945 18 Oct 1945
ROSENCRANS, David L. 69 24 Feb 1951 1 Mar 1951
ROSENCRANS, Verl A. 73 4 Sep 1957 05 Sep 1957/02 Jan 1958
ROSENKRANS, Elizabeth (Kendrew) 90 8 Sep 1946 12 Sep 1946
ROSENTHAL, Arthur 45 7 Nov 1952 1 Jan 1953
ROSENTHAL, Arthur F. 45 6 Nov 1952 13 Nov 1952
ROSENTHAL, Otto E. 82 14 Oct 1960 20 Oct 1960
ROSENTHAL, William F. 66 8 Dec 1946 12 Dec 1946
ROSLUND, Ida 86 8 Jun 1952 12 Jun 1952
ROSS, Mary Strong - 14 May 1960 19 May 1960
ROSS, Mrs George F. (Nash) - 30 Mar 1941 3 Apr 1941
ROSS, Richard A. Sr. 69 9 May 1960 12 May 1960
ROSS, William B. - 19 Nov 1951 22 Nov 1951
ROSSMAN, Albert 81 5 Jul 1948 8 Jul 1948
ROSSMAN, Daniel Lee 22 mo. 3 May 1958 8 May 1958
ROSSMAN, Edward 66 30 Dec 1956 3 Jan 1957
ROSSMAN, Fred 52 3 Jan 1951 4 Jan 1951
ROTH, Rudolph 78 29 Sep 1960 6 Oct 1960
ROTTSCHALK, Emma (Schultz) 66 25 Jun 1950 29 Jun 1950
ROUCEK, Marie - - 25 Mar 1943
ROVELSTAD, Laura (Berglund) 85 14 Aug 1957 22 Aug 1957
ROWAN, John H. 69 26 Jun 1953 2 Jul 1953
ROWE, Mabel 61 22 Mar 1954 30 Dec 1954
ROWE, Vivian M. 27 16 Jul 1953 23 Jul 1953
ROWEITZ, Ida Mae Godfrey - 28 Mar 1951 19 Apr 1951
ROWELL, Frank F. Sr. 75 20 Jul 1952 24 Jul 1952
ROWELL, Frank Fargo 74 20 Jul 1952 1 Jan 1953
ROWELL, William S. 41 27 Aug 1954 7 Apr 1955
ROWLEY, Isabelle (Matthews) 72 2 Jul 1958 10 Jul 1958
ROXBURGH, James 68 29 Oct 1957 31 Oct 1957
ROXBURGH, James 66 29 Oct 1957 02 Jan/30 Oct 1958
ROYER, James Adam 61 12 Mar 1957 21 Mar 1957
ROZNOWSKI, Stanley 59 16 Apr 1956 19 Apr 1956
RUDAT, August 86 24 Jul 1945 26 Jul 1945
RUDAT, Augusta 44 23 Mar 1947 27 Mar 1947
RUDSINSKI, August 69 25 Oct 1947 30 Oct 1947
RUDSINSKI, Walter 58 25 Jul 1941 31 Jul 1941
RUE, Rudolph 72 - 11 Sep 1941
RUGGE, Ida Belle Vanbogart 69 10 Jun 1944 15 Jun 1944
RUMSEY, Francis J. - 2 Aug 1948 5 Aug 1948
RUND, Elin Olson 65 8 Dec 1958 11 Dec 1958
RUNICE, Jacqueline Patricia 11 - 28 May 1952
RUSSELL, Agda A. - 2 Jul 1950 6 Jul 1950
RUSSELL, Michael 78 16 Oct 1942 22 Oct/29 Oct 1942
RUSSELL, Nina (Warner) 58 11 Jul 1944 20 Jul 1944
RUSSELL, Sidney J. 82 27 Nov 1943 2 Dec 1943
RUTLEDGE, Karin Renee 1 wk. 3 Oct 1958 16 Oct 1958
RUZHA, Antonie (Brozek) 70 5 Apr 1951 12 Apr 1951
RYAN, Eugene F. Jr. - 28 Apr 1952 1 May 1952
RYAN, Thomas Charles 76 12 Apr 1956 19 Apr 1956
RYDQUIST, Elizabeth (Goodwin/Goodman) 78 31 May 1946 06 Jun/20 Jun 1946
RYE, Carl J. - 7 Aug 1958 14 Aug 1958
RYE, Olga Louise 72 14 Jan 1956 19 Jan 1956
RYSAVY, Joseph 52 19 Aug 1942 27 Aug 1942
RYTER, John 67 11 Jul 1952 1 Jan 1953
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