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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
WADDLE, Karon (Sherwood) 22 1 Jan 1957 3 Jan 1957
WADE, James C. 3 22 Feb 1941 27 Feb 1941
WAGAR, Frank 88 9 Mar 1945 15 Mar 1945
WAGAR, LoVicy Marie (Swanberg) Carruther 93 26 Dec 1945 03 Jan/10 Jan 1946
WAGNER, Christina 92 27 Aug 1960 1 Sep 1960
WAGNER, Frank 59 30 Dec 1944 11 Jan 1945
WAGNER, Mary (Mortensen) 62 23 Feb 1948 26 Feb/04 Mar 1948
WAIDLEY, Jack H. 70 20 Oct 1957 31 Oct 1957
WAIDLEY, Lena 80 - 10 Apr 1941
WAJDIK, Frank Sr. 70 4 Nov 1953 12 Nov 1953
WALBAUM, Louise (Sempf) Schauble 74 5 Sep 1945 13 Sep 1945
WALDHAGEN, Elizabeth W. (Hansen) 86 9 Aug 1950 17 Aug 1950
WALKER, Daniel T. 66 25 Aug 1955 1 Sep 1955
WALKER, John J. Jr. - 14 Dec 1941 18 Dec 1941
WALKUP, Alfred William 73 31 Aug 1960 8 Sep 1960
WALKUP, Lowell Alfred 94 - 17 Aug 1944
WALKUP, Ralph 63 18 Mar 1954 25 Mar 1954
WALL, Frank Joseph Jr. 4 1/2 18 Jul 1943 22 Jul 1943
WALLACE, Elizabeth 74 24 Oct 1942 29 Oct 1942
WALLACE, Joseph W. - 25 Feb 1953 5 Mar 1953
WALLACE, Olive 89 15 Jan 1958 23 Jan 1958
WALLNER, George P. - - 6 Oct 1949
WALNER, George Jr. 59 22 Oct 1946 31 Oct 1946
WALSH, Joanna (Frisby) 66 5 Jan 1941 9 Jan 1941
WALSH, Robert 17 30 Jun 1946 4 Jul 1946
WALSTON, Charles E. 83 19 Nov 1941 20 Nov 1941
WALTER, Effie V. (Taylor) 82 29 Apr 1947 1 May 1947
WALTER, Meta Amanda (Krepel) 46 8 Jul 1944 13 Jul 1944
WALTER, Paul R. 38 1 Feb 1957 7 Feb 1957
WALTERMAN, Fred - 6 Dec 1953 10 Dec 1953
WALTERS, Anna (Fagan) 84 6 May 1960 12 May 1960
WALTERS, Harold S. 48 16 Jun 1950 22 Jun 1950
WALTERS, Irene O. 63 26 Jun 1956 28 Jun/05 Jul 1956
WANDRACK, Joe - 29 Aug 1945 6 Sep 1945
WANG, Gorman 70 - 27 Dec 1956
WANG, Gregory Thomas 7 mo. 7 Jul 1948 15 Jul 1948
WANG, Harry 76 27 Feb 1954 4 Mar 1954
WARCHALOWSKI, Alexander 59 5 Oct 1954 7 Oct 1954
WARD, Josephine A. 93 2 Sep 1957 5 Sep 1957
WARD, William P. 37 10 Mar 1951 15 Mar 1951
WARNER, Augusta (Zilly) 69 18 Jan 1944 20 Jan 1944
WARNER, Charles E. 83 12 Nov 1951 15 Nov 1951
WARNER, Kathrine C. (Young) 78 1 Nov 1960 3 Nov 1960
WARNICKE, Anna - - 4 Oct 1956
WARREN, Mae (Neeley) - 16 Oct 1948 21 Oct 1948
WARRINGTON, Mary (Roesslein) - 8 May 1943 13 May 1943
WASCHER, Albert - 21 Nov 1941 27 Nov 1941
WASHBURN, Claudia L. 87 1 Nov 1958 6 Nov 1958
WASHO, Frank Carl 65 22 Nov 1941 27 Nov 1941
WASHO, Martha (Smith) 73 10 Mar 1952 13 Mar 1952
WASHO, Paul 41 3 Jan 1947 9 Jan 1947
WASILEWSKI, Joseph 61 28 Feb 1949 3 Mar 1949
WASPI, John S. 89 28 Aug 1960 1 Sep 1960
WATERS, Edward 66 1 Oct 1955 29 Dec 1955
WATERS, Susan Beth 0 25 Sep 1954 30 Sep 1954
WATKINS, May E. - 9 Oct 1943 14 Oct 1943
WATLAND, Robert D. 47 - 7 Jun 1951
WATSON, Mary Eleanor (Moore) 88 7 May 1952 15 May 1952
WAUGEN, George A. 49 3 Jan 1941 9 Jan 1941
WAUGEN, George Agnar Jr. 36 22 Feb 1958 27 Feb 1958
WEAVER, Miner B. 89 25 Sep 1956 27 Sep 1956
WEBB, Alice Clara (Carl) 83 5 Sep 1956 13 Sep 1956
WEBB, Charles E. 54 27 Aug 1952 11 Sep 1952
WEBBER, Allie (Hill) 81 17 May 1947 22 May 1947
WEBER, Peter C. Sr. 67 12 Aug 1952 21 Aug 1952
WEGNER, Chester A. 45 25 Feb 1956 1 Mar 1956
WEGNER, Lora Mae (Cutshall) 64 2 Jun 1956 7 Jun 1956
WEIDE, Randy 5 23 Jun 1958 10 Jul 1958
WEIR, James Harvey 68 17 Jan 1960 21 Jan 1960
WEIS, John 78 7 May 1960 12 May 1960
WEITHERS, Thomas J. - 16 Apr 1957 25 Apr 1957
WELCH, Anne D. - 23 Feb 1956 1 Mar 1956
WELCH, R.K. 80 2 Aug 1942 6 Aug 1942
WELCOME, Bess (Kovar) 58 14 Jan 1956 19 Jan 1956
WELCOME, Mrs. Wm. (nee Malone) - 23 Mar 1944 30 Mar 1944
WELCOME, Otto 60 3 Jul 1957 11 Jul 1957
WELIN, Emil Bernard 73 6 Aug 1956 9 Aug 1956
WELISEK, Charles C. 42 18 Jan 1948 22 Jan 1948
WELLE, Anna (Witte) 53 26 Oct 1949 27 Oct 1949
WELLECK, Ann (Freilach) 73 15 Feb 1960 18 Feb 1960
WELLECK, Edward 81 3 Sep 1958 11 Sep 1958
WELLHOEFER, John 52 26 Apr 1956 3 May 1956
WELLS, Charles 64 18 May 1960 26 May 1960
WELLS, Elmer N. 77 13 Jan 1954 30 Dec 1954
WELLS, Mary 77 30 Apr 1942 7 May 1942
WELTZIEN, Fred A. 83 20 Aug 1952 28 Aug 1952
WENDT, Augusta (Nickels) 74 - 29 Jul 1943
WENDT, Charles J. 81 15 Apr 1947 17 Apr 1947
WENDT, Kenneth 40 27 Dec 1950 4 Jan 1951
WENDT, Lyle 34 7 Sep 1955 8 Sep 1955
WENDT, Paul Frederick 32 2 Jun 1947 5 Jun 1947
WENDT, Robert 66 12 Jul 1943 15 Jul 1943
WENTHE, Herman H. - 21 Mar 1941 27 Mar 1941
WENZEL, Anna 52 3 Oct 1942 8 Oct 1942
WERNER, Anna (Janda) - 15 Jan 1953 22 Jan 1953
WESEMAN, Samuel H. 74 29 Jun 1956 5 Jul 1956
WESLER, Anna (Westfall) 81 10 Jun 1947 19 Jun 1947
WESOLOWSKI, Joseph - - 8 Apr 1954
WESTERGARD, Arthur 59 11 Jan 1960 14 Jan/21 Jan 1960
WESTPHAIN, Valentine E. (Cummings) 51 4 Sep 1957 12 Sep 1957
WESTPHALN, Kenneth 22 20 Jan 1949 27 Jan 1949
WETER, Lottie M. (Clawson) 86 25 Dec 1957 2 Jan 1958
WHEATON, Charles Starr 70 5 Apr 1945 12 Apr 1945
WHISTON, Earl 64 19 Mar 1951 22 Mar 1951
WHISTON, George 84 29 Aug 1941 4 Sep 1941
WHISTON, Harry 65 7 Oct 1954 14 Oct 1954
WHITCOMB, George M. 81 15 Dec 1954 23 Dec 1954
WHITE, Annie (Hackett) - 18 Jul 1958 24 Jul 1958
WHITE, Bridget Delia 85 7 May 1960 12 May 1960
WHITE, Fred 93 1 Nov 1956 8 Nov 1956
WHITE, John J. 53 13 Jan 1941 16 Jan 1941
WHITE, Martha - 7 Nov 1951 08 Nov/15 Nov 1951
WHITE, William Duane 5 da. 25 Mar 1956 29 Mar 1956
WHITEHEAD, [illegible] 36 30 Mar 1953 18 Jun 1953
WHITEHEAD, Earl - 11 Jan 1950 12 Jan 1950
WHITEHEAD, Mary - 12 Mar 1943 18 Mar 1943
WHITELEY, Elmer Charles - 24 Nov 1942 3 Dec 1942
WHITELEY, Hattie L. - 9 Feb 1947 20 Feb 1947
WHITING, Ellen (Sutton) 85 - 24/25 Nov 1943
WHITING, LaNette 55 5 Nov 1945 8 Nov 1945
WHITMAN, Floyd 50 7 May 1951 10 May 1951
WHITNEY, Hilda W. (Aronson) 65 20 Jan 1958 23 Jan 1958
WIBLE, Herbert 57 11 Oct 1958 30 Oct 1958
WICHOFFER, Ernest - 25 Feb 1944 9 Mar 1944
WIECH, John 66 29 Oct 1954 11 Nov 1954
WIEDENHOEFT, Mae (Roop) - 19 Jul 1944 27 Jul 1944
WIENHOLTZ, Walter J. 67 29 Oct 1960 3 Nov 1960
WIENKE, Alvin C. 67 19 Jan 1960 21 Jan 1960
WIENKE, Amelia (Berkley) 60 - 22 Mar 1945
WIENKE, Martha (Ritt) 58 13 Apr 1843 15 Apr 1943
WIENKE, Martin H. 57 23 Jan 1957 31 Jan 1957
WIENKE, Robert Joseph Albert 12 27 May 1944 1 Jun 1944
WIENKE, William G. 70 6 Jun 1958 12 Jun 1958
WIENRICH, Frieda - 16 May 1948 10 Jun 1948
WIERSEMA, Florence 52 23 Aug 1949 25 Aug 1949
WIERTEL, John W. 49 30 May 1955 2 Jun 1955
WILBER, Grace (McNichol) 76 27 Jan 1954 4 Feb 1954
WILBER, Walter B. 75 16 Oct 1947 23 Oct 1947
WILBRANDT, Albert 85 26 Sep 1952 2 Oct 1952
WILBRANDT, Arthur B. Jr. 39 25 Mar 1958 27 Mar 1958
WILBRANDT, Arthur F. 55 25 Nov 1949 1 Dec 1949
WILBRANDT, Ben 63 15 Jan 1960 21 Jan 1960
WILBRANDT, Mary (Calbow) 86 21 Jan 1958 30 Jan 1958
WILBRANDT, Otilla (Pokorny) 56 14 May 1953 21 May 1953
WILCOX, Corine Marie 17 15 Oct 1957 17 Oct 1957
WILCOX, Margaret (Morton) 87 13 Dec 1941 18 Dec 1941
WILCOX, Morton A. 68 15 Sep 1948 23 Sep 1948
WILDAUER, Richard Lee 70 16 Sep 1955 22 Sep 1955
WILDHAVEN, August 78 24 Jan 1947 30 Jan/06 Feb 1947
WILHOFF, Fred 52 1 Aug 1954 5 Aug 1954
WILKE, Tanya Lind 2 wk. 7 Sep 1950 14 Sep 1950
WILKINS, Mrs. Henry - - 2 Jul 1942
WILLARD, Joseph 84 - 28 Dec 1950
WILLE, Jessie Louise 73 7 Nov 1948 11 Nov 1948
WILLIAMS, Eva Mae (Wink) 75 7 Jul 1960 14 Jul 1960
WILLIAMS, Mary L. - - 30 Oct 1941
WILLIAMS, Mildred E. (Campbell) 71 27 Mar 1945 29 Mar 1945
WILLIAMS, Robert Lee 85 19 Aug 1953 31 Dec 1953
WILLIAMSON, Anne - 17 Oct 1955 27 Oct 1955
WILLIAMSON, Edward L. 77 12 Jun 1954 17 Jun 1954
WILLIAMSON, Louise H. 77 9 Sep 1957 12 Sep 1957/02 Jan 1958
WILLIAMSON, Oliver 85 17 May 1945 24 May 1945
WILLIAMSON, Vivian DeVries 19 15 Jun 1956 21 Jun 1956
WILLIAMSON, W.F. - 16 Sep 1941 18 Sep 1941
WILMINGTON, Arthur Roy 37 - 21 Nov 1946
WILMINGTON, Charles Edward 79 13 Mar 1952 20 Mar 1952
WILMINGTON, Elizabeth (Whiting) 76 10 Aug 1960 18 Aug 1960
WILMINGTON, Elmer George 78 18 Dec 1943 23 Dec 1943
WILMOT, Anna - 24 Oct 1942 29 Oct 1942
WILNOR, Isabel (Cresswell) - 15 Nov 1941 20 Nov 1941
WILRETT, Joseph - - 27 Mar 1941
WILSON, Ann Ellen - 2 May 1955 29 Dec 1955
WILSON, Clara L. 90 18 Sep 1946 26 Sep 1946
WILSON, Earl 67 23 Dec 1958 25 Dec 1958
WILSON, Edna (Boyer) - 1 Apr 1952 3 Apr 1952
WILSON, Elna 80 27 Oct 1941 30 Oct 1941
WILSON, Mollie (Warner) - 26 Nov 1941 4 Dec 1941
WILSON, William - 11 Dec 1943 16 Dec 1943
WILTBERGER, Dora A. 72 8 Dec 1954 16 Dec 1954
WILTZMAN, Laura Jean 4 da. 8 Apr 1960 14 Apr 1960
WIMPLE, Harry C. - - 8 Jan 1948
WING, Herbert 84 3 Dec 1952 11 Dec 1952
WING, Virginia 29 - 03 Apr/29 May 1952
WING, Virginia - - 1 Jan 1953
WINGATE, Florence Edna (Olcott) 58 12 Aug 1942 20 Aug 1942
WINGATE, Kenneth - - 22 May 1952
WINGATE, May E. Dobbins 90 4 Jul 1958 10 Jul 1958
WINGATE, Milton B. 75 27 Nov 1954 2 Dec 1954
WINHART, Robert M. 17 9 Sep 1957 12 Sep 1957
WINK, David 93 16 Aug 1949 18 Aug 1949
WINKELMAN, Henrietta B. 76 31 Jan 1943 4 Feb 1943
WINKLEMAN, Emilie W. (Stieg) - 22 Oct 1943 28 Oct 1943
WINN, Harry - - 26 Mar 1942
WINTERINGHAM, Walter R. 74 21 May 1960 26 May 1960
WINTERS, Rose (Whitish) 74 3 Aug 1952 7 Aug 1952
WISWEDEL, Alfred T. 58 5 Jan 1960 7 Jan 1960
WITT, Blanche (Fitzgerald) 78 9 Oct 1948 14 Oct 1948
WITT, Charles F. 79 25 Sep 1954 30 Sep 1954
WITT, George H. 74 14 Mar 1960 17 Mar 1960
WITT, William H. 73 24 Jan 1960 28 Jan 1960
WITTE, Minnie (Pohlman) 86 20 Nov 1954 25 Nov 1954
WOBSCHALL, Dale Edward 21 13 Jun 1953 18 Jun/31 Dec 1953
WOJNOWSKI, Victoria Waynne 76 28 Apr 1954 30 Dec 1954
WOLCK, Anna (Sohst) 58 25 Apr 1946 2 May 1946
WOLCK, Georgiana (Kee) - 9 Apr 1947 17 Apr 1947
WOLCK, Wilhelmina 73 21 Oct 1957 24 Oct 1957
WOLF, Anna (Benda) 71 7 Nov 1952 13 Nov 1952
WOLF, George 87 15 Apr 1957 18 Apr 1957
WOLFE, Ann Elizabeth (Kraft) 55 31 Oct 1955 3 Nov 1955
WOLFF, Sharon Lee 0 3 Sep 1943 9 Sep 1943
WOLFGARTH, Carl Edward 77 21 May 1950 25 May 1950
WOLK, Frank L. 84 6 Jun 1960 16 Jun 1960
WOLLENBERG, Lewis E. 59 2 Dec 1954 9 Dec 1954
WOLLENBERG, Otto - 22 Dec 1953 31 Dec 1953
WOLLENBERGER, Anna - - 20 Mar 1941
WOODBURY, Albert Henry - 10 Dec 1955 15 Dec 1955
WOODBURY, Ella 71 21 Sep 1954 23 Sep 1954
WOODBURY, Nellie 82 26 Apr 1943 29 Apr 1943
WOODS, Robert R. 34 4 Dec 1954 9 Dec 1954
WOOLLEY, Annabelle 48 29 Apr 1946 2 May 1946
WORKS, Edwin F. - 17 Oct 1946 24 Oct 1946
WORKS, Frank J. 64 15 Oct 1945 25 Oct 1945
WORTLEY, Mrs. Whitney - 27 Apr 1944 4 May 1944
WREDE, Louis H. - 21 Feb 1941 27 Feb 1941
WRIGHT, Caroline (Greenfield) 75 1 Nov 1954 4 Nov 1954
WRIGHT, Ed 67 29 Oct 1950 2 Nov 1950
WRIGHT, Mary Adeline (Huggins) 83 6 Mar 1952 13 Mar 1952
WRIGHT, Mary Agnes 87 18 Mar 1957 21 Mar 1957/02 Jan 1958
WRIGHT, Opal (Dufield) 71 9 Dec 1954 16 Dec 1954
WRIGHT, Rex 63 5 Sep 1955 8 Sep 1955
WRIGHT, Thomas 7 - 27 Feb 1941
WRIGHT, William 90 19 Feb 1958 20 Feb 1958
WULFF, Mary (Class) 78 24 Jan 1945 1 Feb 1945
WURTZINGER, Catherine 93 26 Dec 1943 30 Dec 1943
WYANT, Ernest (?) E. 56 17 Dec 1952 25 Dec 1952
WYKE, Mrs. Frank 60 - 23 Dec 1943
WYLIE, Bertha L. (Zurlinden) 67 7 Jun 1958 12 Jun 1958
WYLIE, James G. 70 23 Aug 1957 29 Aug 1957
WYMAN, Donald G. 37 25 Sep 1952 02 Oct 1952/01 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