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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society

 

Index to Death Notices in the Marengo Republican 1881-1954

The following indexes represent a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Marengo Republican newspaper. 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 that the years 1889, 1910-1913  are missing in their entirety and issues may be randomly missing within any given year, notably 1891. 

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Surname Age Date of Death Date of Issue
O’BRIEN, Ellen - 21 Feb 1925 26 Feb 1925
O’BRIEN, James 77 25 Apr 1906 27 Apr 1906
O’BRIEN, James Vincent 4 mo. 6 Oct 1900 12 Oct 1900
O’BRIEN, John 80 25 Jan 1937 28 Jan 1937
O’BRIEN, Katherine 82 20 Jan 1902 24 Jan 1902
O’BRIEN, Louis 44 3 Jun 1909 4 Jun 1909
O’BRIEN, Margaret S. 75 25 Jan 1898 28 Jan 1898
O’BRIEN, Mary Jane 68 6 May 1931 14 May 1931
O’BRIEN, Mrs. James 65 23 Dec 1898 06 Jan 1899
O’CONNOR, John H. 50 15 Feb 1904 19 Feb 1904
O’CONNOR, Katherine 60 1 Jun 1929 6 Jun 1929
O’LEARY, Cornelius 72 17 Dec 1935 19 Dec 1935
O’LEARY, Daniel 32 28 Mar 1898 08 Apr 1898
O’LEARY, Edward B. 4 wk 05 Feb 1895 08 Feb 1895
O’LEARY, John 84 24 Jan 1885 30 Jan 1885
O’LEARY, Michael 92 12 Jan 1929 17 Jan 1929
O’LEARY, Michael 19 13 Jun 1938 16 Jun 1938
O’LEARY, Mrs. M.J. - 09 Jan 1895 08 Feb 1895
OÆBRIEN Catherine 78 17 May 1949 19 May 1949
OÆBRIEN Henry 82 25 Sep 1954 30 Sep 1954
OÆBRIEN Murray 60 06 Aug 1952 07 Aug 1952
OÆLEARY Maurice 80 17 Aug 1949 25 Aug 1949
OÆROURKE Daniel 35 21 Nov 1950 30 Nov 1950
OAKES, Harvey 63 10 Jan 1904 15 Jan 1904
OAKES, Mrs. Harvey 50 12 Jun 1898 17 Jun 1898
OAKES, Mrs. Hsannah 77 10 Dec 1881 16 Dec 1881
OAKLEY, Carl 65 27 Feb 1927 3 Mar 1927
OAKLEY, George H. 72 15 Oct 1921 20 Oct 1921
OAKLEY, John 60 25 Apr 1901 26 Apr 1901
OAKLEY, Nancy Jane 94 1 Jan 1926 7 Jan 1926
OAKLEY, Olive M. 67 1 Dec 1901 6 Dec 1901
OAKLEY, Sally 86 15 Mar 1896 20 Mar 1896
OCOCK Bert 76 01 Jun 1952 05 Jun 1952
OCOCK Emma C. 76 17 Jan 1953 22 Jan 1953
OCOCK Harry B. 74 18 Aug 1948 26 Aug 1948
OCOCK, George M. 7 12 Aug 1919 14 Aug 1919
OCOCK, John H. 80 28 Apr 1932 5 May 1932
OCOCK, Mrs. Harriet 68 17 Dec 1881 23 Dec 1881
OCOCK, Mrs. Susan 44 18 Jan 1893 20 Jan/27 Jan 1893
OCOCK, Mrs. Thomas 78 18 Dec 1931 24 Dec 1931
OCOCK, Nellie W. 4 mo. 10 Aug 1887 19 Aug 1887
OCOCK, Sadie May 11 24 Dec 1891 01 Jan 1892
OLCOTT Carl Edward 62 06 Jul 1948 15 Jul 1948
OLCOTT Hugh B. 60 26 Jan 1948 29 Jan 1948
OLCOTT, Byron 64 16 Mar 1922 23 Mar 1922
OLESON George 49 19 Sep 1952 25 Sep 1952
OLESON Ole 87 18 Feb 1946 21 Feb 1946
OLMSTEAD, Lafayette 53 15 Jan 1896 24 Jan 1896
OLSON Mable 75 19 Sep 1947 25 Sep 1947
ORTON Margaret Sue [twin] 5 da. 14 Mar 1954 18 Mar 1954
OSBORN, Frank 70 7 Feb 1935 14 Feb 1935
OSBORN, Ransler 75 11 Apr 1914 17 Apr 1914
OSBORNE Richard A. 76 08 May 1949 12 May 1949
OSBORNE, Alta 16 24 Dec 1929 28 Feb 1929
OSBORNE, Grace 46 11 May 1925 14 May 1925
OSTERHOUT, John 56 11 Feb 1887 11 Feb 1887
OTIS Harris 65 06 Sep 1954 09 Sep 1954
OTIS, Alice 86 31 Jan 1939 2 Feb 1939
OTIS, Fred 1 29 Apr 1895 03 May 1895
OTIS, Harris G. 82 6 Feb 1933 9 Feb 1933
OTIS, Sarah H. 60 19 Feb 1917 15 Mar 1917
OTIS, Stephen Sr. 82 1 Feb 1938 10 Feb 1938
OTTENS, John 45 5 Feb 1914 13 Feb 1914
OTTENS, Rence 7 9 Aug 1915 27 Aug 1915
OWENS, Frederick W. 27 16 Sep 1890 19 Sep 1890
Research Note:
The Marengo Republican was started in 1867 and was originally published in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois. In 1868, its offices were moved to Marengo, McHenry County and the name was eventually changed to the Marengo Republican News. The newspaper flourished as a weekly for over a century—catering primarily to residents in the villages and townships of Dunham, Harmony, Marengo, Coral, Riley, Union and Huntley—before being purchased in 1987 by the Northwest Herald newspaper group.
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Microfilmed and hard-bound copies of the newspaper are owned by the Marengo Public Library, 200 South State Street, Marengo, IL 60152. Call ahead to confirm availability of the films and the working condition of the microfilm reader.  MCIGS is unable to fill requests for obituaries from Marengo newspapers at the present time.  
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
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