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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices in the Crystal Lake Herald (1961-1979)

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. 

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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
OAK, Rose (Koukol) 63 6 Feb 1970 12 Feb 1970
OBER, Glenn Joseph 89 29 Aug 1973 30 Aug/04 Sep 1973
OBER, Hazel M. (Lockwood) 74 30 Nov 1968 5 Dec 1968
OBERG, Agnes (Anderson) 90 27 Jan 1968 1 Feb 1968
OBERG, Charles A. 96 8 Jan 1966 13 Jan 1966
O'BRIEN, Donald Q. 60 15 May 1979 16 May 1979
O'BRIEN, Eugene L. Sr. 83 21 Oct 1968 24 Oct 1968
O'BRIEN, Francis L. 47 7 Jun 1976 9 Jun 1976
O'BRIEN, Frank P. 77 14 Mar 1968 21 Mar 1968
O'BRIEN, Kathryn M. (Egan) 65 11 Jul 1976 12 Jul 1976
O'BRIEN, Mary K. (Lyons) 83 30 Dec 1971 4 Jan 1972
O'COCK, Roland 30 16 Nov 1969 20 Nov 1969
O'CONNOR, Carl B. 73 28 Feb 1972 2 Mar 1972
O'CONNOR, David J. 16 23 May 1977 25 May 1977
O'CONNOR, Edmund James 73 11 May 1971 13 May 1971
O'CONNOR, Edward J. 41 28 Sep 1975 29 Sep 1975
O'CONNOR, Evangeline (Kane) - 6 Jun 1976 07 Jun/09 Jun 1976
O'CONNOR, Leslie M. 77 20 Jan 1966 27 Jan 1966
O'CONNOR, William F. 96 8 May 1970 14 May 1970
ODEGAARD, Thomas Stephen Sr. 24 24 Apr 1972 27 Apr/02 May 1972
ODELL, Ruth A. - 20 Jun 1974 24 Jun 1974
O'DONNELL, Matthew Raymond 1 da. 29 Jan 1975 3 Feb 1975
OEHMKE, Arthur W. 70 25 Oct 1966 27 Oct 1966
OERKFITZ, Clarence 59 12 Nov 1967 16 Nov 1967
OERKFITZ, Elfrieda A. (Broederdorf) 83 28 Nov 1970 3 Dec 1970
OERKFITZ, Elmer Arthur 64 7 Dec 1974 09 Dec/11 Dec 1974
OERKFITZ, Emma (Uteg) 88 30 Dec 1971 4 Jan 1972
OERKFITZ, Kevin R. 2 da. 5 Oct 1968 10 Oct 1968
OERKFITZ, Marvin 48 7 Jan 1966 13 Jan 1966
OERKFITZ, William H. 71 4 Aug 1976 6 Aug 1976
OESTREICHER, Max 67 31 Oct 1978 1 Nov 1978
OFENLOCH, Hannah M. (Gillberg) 74 6 Dec 1976 8 Dec 1976
OGAN, Lawrence P. - 17 Oct 1969 23 Oct 1969
O'GORMAN, Ann (Boyle) 67 19 Apr 1972 25 Apr 1972
O'GORMAN, John A. 62 9 Jan 1970 15 Jan 1970
O'GRADY, Bernard J. 57 29 Sep 1968 3 Oct 1968
O'HARA, Mabel E. (Irwin) 85 26 Sep 1966 29 Sep 1966
OHLRICH, Josephine F. (Wortz) 72 27 Aug 1971 2 Sep 1971
OHLSON, Catherine W. (Heit) 62 17 Jun 1978 20 Jun 1978
OHLSON, Dan R. 21 30 Dec 1976 5 Jan 1977
OHMSTADT [spelling questionable], Dagmar A. - 6 Sep 1967 14 Sep 1967
OHNSTAD, Mary (White) 76 13 Nov 1971 18 Nov 1971
OHNSTAD, Odin H. 79 20 Mar 1975 21 Mar 1975
O'HOWELL, Robert Lee 27 7 Oct 1962 11 Oct 1962
OJASOO, Alexander 75 13 Sep 1974 16 Sep 1974
O'KEEFE, James J. 82 16 Dec 1971 23 Dec 1971
OKER, Edna (Korner) 66 3 Sep 1966 8 Sep 1966
OKER, Janice (Reinbolt) 22 13 Jan 1961 19 Jan 1961
OKER, Richard Alan Jr. 3 mo. 24 Apr 1963 2 May 1963
O'LAUGHLIN, Dorothy E. (Goetz) 51 14 Nov 1971 18 Nov 1971
OLBRICH, Marilyn (Sawallisch) 34 4 Oct 1970 13 Oct 1970
OLCOTT, Thomas E. 28 1 Feb 1972 8 Feb 1972
OLESON, Steven K. 20 27 Jun 1976 28 Jun 1976
OLHABER, Helen E. (Carlson) 69 22 Apr 1973 26 Apr 1973
OLINICK, Bernard J. 55 9 Oct 1970 15 Oct 1970
OLIVER, Jerome 60 9 Aug 1973 14 Aug 1973
OLIVER, Mabel Hunt 83 15 Sep 1979 18 Sep 1979
OLLE?, Marie 84 14 Mar 1977 16 Mar 1977
OLSEN, Alfred 75 19 Sep 1979 20 Sep 1979
OLSEN, Clara (Janicki) 65 29 Nov 1975 01 Dec/03 Dec 1975
OLSEN, Margaret 70 22 Apr 1971 29 Apr 1971
OLSEN, Robert A. 23 4 May 1965 13 May 1965
OLSEN, Thor L. 78 7 May 1968 16 May 1968
OLSES, Susan I. (Speaker) 77 25 Sep 1979 26 Sep 1979
OLSON, Alta M. (Beu) 63 28 Apr 1974 29 Apr 1974
OLSON, Andrew W. 78 25 Apr 1976 26 Apr 1976
OLSON, Arthur B. 72 24 Mar 1972 30 Mar 1972
OLSON, Donald E. 40 26 Feb 1972 7 Mar 1972
OLSON, Edmund J. Jr. 7 24 Nov 1975 26 Nov 1975
OLSON, Edna Lucille (Reimers) 69 6 Feb 1971 11 Feb 1971
OLSON, Ellen L. 75 19 Jul 1972 25 Jul 1972
OLSON, Elmer 59 24 Nov 1961 30 Nov 1961
OLSON, Hilding Matthews Sr. 87 17 Oct 1975 20 Oct/22 Oct 1975
OLSON, Ida Marie (Johanson) 88 14 Feb 1964 20 Feb 1964
OLSON, John 83 1 Oct 1965 7 Oct 1965
OLSON, Kenneth N. 43 1 Dec 1969 4 Dec 1969
OLSON, Lilly A. 65 26 Nov 1979 27 Nov 1979
OLSON, Linda 14 27 Apr 1968 2 May 1968
OLSON, Martha Christina n.d 26 Mar 1976 21 Nov 1977
OLSON, Martha Christina (Rosengren) - 28 Mar 1976 02 Apr/07 Apr 1976
OLSON, Mildred A. (Zindars) 71 4 Jul 1977 6 Jul 1977
OLSON, Norman 56 20 Dec 1963 26 Dec 1963
OLSON, Oscar G. 90 19 Oct 1973 23 Oct 1973
OLSON, Ruth E. 72 27 Apr 1977 29 Apr 1977
OLSON, William - 22 Oct 1975 3 Nov 1975
OLUMSTAD, Vesta (Landingham) 67 25 Aug 1975 27 Aug 1975
O'MALLEY, Earl Thomas 63 17 Dec 1968 26 Dec 1968
O'MALLEY, Hazel E. 66 9 Dec 1968 12 Dec 1968
ONEEDE, Thomas D. 81 20 Aug 1967 24 Aug 1967
ONEEDES, Selma 88 20 Sep 1969 25 Sep 1969
O'NEIL, Daniel J. 52 19 Apr 1975 23 Apr 1975
O'NEIL, Margaret A. 58 5 May 1978 8 May 1978
O'NEILL, Anna 93 10 Apr 1974 12 Apr 1974
O'NEILL, Emmet 63 13 Dec 1968 19 Dec 1968
O'NEILL, Helen F. 30 19 Apr 1961 27 Apr 1961
O'NEILL, Martha M. (Dopke) 76 30 Dec 1974 3 Jan 1975
O'NEILL, Verna Margaret (Morgan) 65 11 Dec 1970 17 Dec 1970
ONTL, Sylvia 84 30 May 1978 1 Jun 1978
OPATRNY, John 62 23 Feb 1972 29 Feb 1972
OPATRNY, Joseph 60 17 Jun 1961 22 Jun 1961
O'REILLY, Robert A. - 25 Mar 1975 31 Mar 1975
ORIST, Jonathan Courtney 8mo. 23 Dec 1978 26 Dec 1978
ORIST, Raymond 46 22 Mar 1967 23 Mar 1967
ORMSBY, Catherine J. (Harper) 52 26 Jul 1977 29 Jul 1977
ORMSBY, Harold E. 60 26 Dec 1968 2 Jan 1969
ORR, James David 37 3 May 1971 11 May 1971
ORTMANN, Shannon Linda 1 5 Aug 1973 9 Aug 1973
ORTON, Maria L. (Marcado) 54 17 Sep 1978 18 Sep 1978
OSBORN, Arthur C. - 16 Dec 1963 19 Dec 1963
OSBORN, Harold 57 20 Jan 1962 25 Jan 1962
OSBORN, Mildred Virginia (Lamke) 85 28 Apr 1979 30 Apr 1979
OSKISON, Oliver D. 10 Mar 1970 19 Mar 1970
OSMUN, Bessie 79 19 Jul 1964 23 Jul 1964
OSMUN, John R. 83 10 Dec 1966 15 Dec 1966
OSTERGREN, Ole 85 22 Jan 1973 25 Jan 1973
OSWALD, Caroline Helen (Ryba) 82 21 Jan 1972 27 Jan 1972
OSWALD, Frank X. 56 28 Dec 1979 31 Dec 1979
OTTLEY, William T. Sr. - 9 Jun 1969 19 Jun 1969
OTTO, baby girl 0 8 Jun 1963 13 Jun 1963
OTTO, Paul G. 64 6 Dec 1970 17 Dec 1970
OTTOSON, Lois (Beckenbaugh) 62 1 Feb 1967 2 Feb 1967
OUL, Edward Jr. 58 28 Sep 1971 5 Oct 1971
OVERBY, Matilda (Johnson) 89 27 Mar 1975 31 Mar 1975
OVERBYE, David W. 12 16 Sep 1972 21 Sep 1972
OVERLY, Ira 87 2 May 1968 9 May 1968
OVERLY, Vidora (Martin) 83 19 Dec 1970 24 Dec 1970
OVERTON, Gladys (Wilson) 76 29 Mar 1972 4 Apr 1972
OVERTON, Paul Jr. 9 18 May 1967 25 May 1967
OWEN, Ronnie Dean Jr. 16 15 Jul 1972 20 Jul 1972
OWEN, Walter A. 47 16 Mar 1962 22 Mar 1962
OZOG, Edward G. 56 28 Oct 1971 4 Nov 1971
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