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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
SACKETT, Caroline 99 21 Oct 1908 30 Oct 1908
SACKETT, DeLester 61 17 Mar 1908 27 Mar 1908
SACKETT, Fanny E. 35 26 Apr 1882 19 Mar 1882
SAFFORD, Frank 64 27 Aug 1882 01 Sep 1882
SAFFORD, Mrs. Franklin 85 9 Oct 1901 11 Oct 1901
SAGER, Isadore - 21 Jul 1928 17 Jan 1929
SALOW, Mrs. John 83 14 Mar 1917 22 Mar 1917
SAMSTER, Gerry 34 03 Jan 1894 12 Jan 1894
SAMTER, Celia 72 29 Oct 1902 7 Nov 1902
SAMTER, G.W. 32 30 Aug 1937 9 Sep 1937
SAMTER, Gabriel 62 -- 12 Jul 1917
SAMTER, Harriet Clute - 31 May 1929 6 Jun 1929
SAMTER, Joseph 50 26 Sep 1907 4 Oct 1907
SAMTER, Mannie 61 31 Jul 1927 11 Aug 1927
SANDERS, Adeline 60 16 Jul 1899 21 Jul 1899
SANDERS, Henry - 3 Jan 1925 15 Jan 1925
SANDERS, Mrs. Ellen 53 12 May 1890 16 May 1890
SANDMAN Florence 39 03 Apr 1950 06 Apr 1950
SANDMAN Frederick 42 31 Jan 1950 02 Feb 1950
SANDMAN, Edwin C. 16 19 Jan 1929 24 Jan 1929
SANDMAN, Henry 36 15 Jul 1907 19 Jul 1907
SANDMAN, Lena 53 4 Feb 1936 13 Feb 1936
SANDMAN, Oscar 49 30 Jan 1934 1 Feb 1934
SANDMAN, Shirley 7 7 Jun 1937 10 Jun 1937
SANDMANN, Charles 61 14 Mar 1900 16 Mar 1900
SANDMANN, Elizabeth 2 3 Feb 1902 7 Feb 1902
SANDMANN, Johanna 73 7 May 1915 14 May 1915
SANDS, Dianitia M. (White) 84 14 Oct 1894 02 Nov 1894
SANDS, Dynesia M. - 14 Oct 1894 19 Oct 1894
SANFORD, -?- [son of Dell] 9 da. 17 Nov 1887 25 Nov 1887
SANFORD, A.E. 76 18 May 1938 19 May 1938
SANFORD, Harry 61 27 Sep 1931 1 Oct 1931
SANFORD, Mary - 23 Sep 1901 27 Sep 1901
SANFORD, Myrtie D. 66 11 Sep 1937 16 Sep 1937
SANFORD, Stanley 94 25 Jan 1902 31 Jan 1902
SASSMAN Nora 78 31 Mar 1951 04 Apr 1951
SASSMAN, Elias Daniel 58 20 May 1924 29 May 1924
SAWALLISCH Connie 3 wks. 22 Oct 1952 23 Oct 1952
SAWALLISCH Merri 3 da. 09 Oct 1951 18 Oct 1951
SAWALLISCH Minnie 73 16 Nov 1949 24 Nov 1949
SAWALLISCH Otto 76 22 Feb 1948 04 Mar 1948
SAWALLISCH Pamela 3 16 Sep 1952 18 Sep 1952
SAWALLISCH, Lorraine 8 mo. 8 Dec 1933 14 Dec 1933
SAWALLISCH, Mary 35 10 Apr 1936 16 Apr 1936
SAWALLISCH, Mrs. Otto 18 27 Feb 1920 4 Mar 1920
SCANLAN, Thomas 50 11 Jan 1894 19 Jan 1894
SCHAEFFER Maureen Ann 2 22 Dec 1944 `04 Jan 1945
SCHAEFFER, Emma 78 11 May 1931 14 May 1931
SCHASSOW, Caroline 80 2 Mar 1923 8 Mar 1923
SCHAUER Emma 74 26 May 1946 30 May 1946
SCHAUER Mary 81 28 Aug 1952 04 Sep 1952
SCHAUER, Heinrich 67 3 May 1934 10 May 1934
SCHAUER, Louis 6 11 Nov 1901 15 Nov 1901
SCHEUER, Louise - 10 Aug 1928 17 Jan 1929
SCHIFFNER Carl 62 23 Oct 1953 29 Oct 1953
SCHINSKE Bruce Allen 1 da. 31 Jan 1953 05 Feb 1953
SCHINSKE, Charles 78 13 Jul 1933 20 Jul 1933
SCHINSKY, Mrs. Charles - 31 Jan 1917 8 Feb 1917
SCHLENSKER, Charles Frederick "Gus" 43 9 Jan 1900 12 Jan 1900
SCHLENSKER, Louise 66 09 Mar 1896 13 Mar 1896
SCHLENSKER, Mary 79 15 Mar 1937 18 Mar 1937
SCHLIESMANN, Lobert 19 17 Nov 1937 25 Nov 1937
SCHMIDT Freida 48 08 Jan 1947 16 Jan 1947
SCHMIDT Mrs. William 42 26 Jul 1949 28 Jul 1949
SCHMIDT, Chas. J. 67 13 Oct 1933 19 Oct 1933
SCHMIDT, Dorothy 5 10 Jan 1938 13 Jan 1938
SCHMIDT, James 4 26 Aug 1907 30 Aug 1907
SCHMIDT, Matilda 80 27 Apr 1922 4 May 1922
SCHMIDT, Theodore 89 9 Feb 1929 21 Feb 1929
SCHNEIDER, Percy M. 51 13 Mar 1919 20 Mar 1919
SCHNEIDERWIND, Bertha 64 19 Jan 1925 29 Jan 1925
SCHNEIDEWIND Emma 59 08 Feb 1945 15 Feb 1945
SCHNEIDEWIND, Fred 60 14 Jun 1917 21 Jun 1917
SCHNEIDR, Joseph 77 27 Apr 1917 3 May 1917
SCHNELL, — [son of Louis] 2 mo 16 Feb 1895 22 Feb 1895
SCHOSSOW Edith 82 26 Mar 1953 02 Apr 1953
SCHOSSOW Walter 48 14 Aug 1947 09 Aug 1947
SCHROEDER Frederick 29 01 Mar 1945 12 Apr 1945
SCHROEDER Herbert 46 11 Apr 1947 17 Apr 1947
SCHROEDER, Eddie 46 30 Apr 1939 4 May 1939
SCHROEDER, Fred Sr. 75 5 Aug 1937 12 Aug 1937
SCHROEDER, Henrietta - 7 Oct 1907 11 Oct 1907
SCHROEDER, John 82 10 Jul 1938 14 Jul 1938
SCHROEDER, Mrs. Frank 64 27 Dec 1922 4 Jan 1923
SCHROEDER, Mrs. John 73 12 Jan 1935 17 Jan 1935
SCHROEDER, Sadie 41 21 Dec 1938 29 Dec 1938
SCHUETTE O.H. 83 08 Feb 1953 12 Feb 1953
SCHULDT Henry 76 01 Jul 1951 12 Jul 1951
SCHULTZ, Albert 56 10 Mar 1934 15 Mar 1934
SCHULTZ, August 75 23 Mar 1924 27 Mar 1924
SCHULTZ, Carl C. 69 29 Apr 1922 4 May 1922
SCHULTZ, Charles 31 13 Oct 1890 17 Oct 1890
SCHULTZ, Elizabeth 72 8 Sep 1937 16 Sep 1937
SCHULTZ, Johanna 82 11 May 1932 19 May 1932
SCHULTZ, Lillie David 55 27 Jan 1929 14 Feb 1929
SCHULTZ, Mary F. 75 26 Dec 1918 2 Jan 1919
SCHULTZ, Matilda 7 01 Jul 1893 07 Jul 1893
SCHULTZ, Mildred 26 30 Dec 1933 4 Jan 1934
SCHUTT, Richard E. 30 09 Feb 1895 15 Feb 1895
SCHUYLER, Rev. J. J. 59 05 Nov 1893 08 Dec 1893
SCHWAGER, Jane Purves 82 12 May 1927 19 May 1927
SCHWAGER, Julia 57 24 Feb 1898 04 Mar 1898
SCOTT, T.S. 65 5 Mar 1914 13 Mar 1914
SEADENSTRONG, -?- 18 mo. 09 Jan 1890 17 Jan 1890
SEAMAN, Hattie 42 24 Mar 1890 28 Mar 1890
SEANOR, David J. 68 4 Jan 1927 10 Feb 1927
SEANOR, James 88 01 Dec 1893 08 Dec 1893
SEANOR, Mrs. Hestor 72 31 Aug 1881 09 Sep 1881
SEANOR, Mrs. Joseph 66 29 Mar 1905 31 Mar 1905
SEARS Charles M. 83 06 May 1951 10 May 1951
SEARS, Aaron V. 73 21 May 1882 26 May 1882
SEARS, Andrew 24 17 Jun 1929 20 Jun 1929
SEARS, Charles A. 62 12 Oct 1908 16 Oct 1908
SEARS, Clinton 14 mo. 08 Aug 1887 12 Aug 1887
SEARS, Edward H. 58 8 Aug 1929 15 Aug 1929
SEARS, Etta - 29 Jun 1937 1 Jul 1937
SEARS, Horace O. 78 19 Jun 1897 25 Jun 1897
SEARS, Louisa 88 13 Mar 1915 19 Mar 1915
SEARS, Maria J. 78 4 Nov 1901 8 Nov 1901
SEARS, Mrs. C.A. 82 5 Jan 1938 6 Jan 1938
SEARS, Mrs. Sarah 59 15 Feb 1883 16 Feb 1883
SEARS, Sarah 64 8 Mar 1930 13 Mar 1930
SEARS, Sophia 86 24 Apr 1930 1 May 1930
SEARS, T.M. 70 30 May 1919 5 Jun 1919
SEARS, William H. 33 25 Mar 1902 28 Mar 1902
SEARS, Z.W. 73 11 Mar 1885 20 Mar 1885
SECOR Donald 30 06 Jun 1951 07 Jun 1951
SECOR Rosa 54 25 Oct 1951 01 Nov 1951
SECOR, — [son of Ernest] 5 mos. 18 Jul 1904 22 Jul 1904
SECOR, Louisa 79 10 Jul 1904 15 Jul 1904
SEEMAN Mary L. 74 31 Jul 1953 06 Aug 1953
SEIMER, Peter 56 4 Jan 1902 10 Jan 1902
SEIMS, Mrs. Joseph 64 25 Sep 1931 1 Oct 1931
SELCHOW, Fred 75 18 Aug 1931 27 Aug 1931
SELCHOW, Mrs. Fred 73 6 Feb 1934 8 Feb 1934
SEWARD, Annebel 7 11 Jul 1904 15 Jul 1904
SEWARD, Clara Otis 80 6 Aug 1934 9 Aug 1934
SEWARD, Ellsworth 67 26 Feb 1929 7 Mar 1929
SEWARD, Ephraim A. 74 21 Jul 1896 24 Jul 1896
SEWARD, Frank 75 13 Jan 1927 20 Jan 1927
SEWARD, Grace - 18 Sep 1931 24 Sep 1931
SEWARD, Hazel 40 23 Nov 1927 1 Dec 1927
SEWARD, Henry Rogers 38 11 Sep 1895 13 Sep 1895
SEWELL, Margaret 62 21 Mar 1892 25 Mar 1892
SEXTON J.N. 78 24 Jun 1954 01 Jul 1954
SEYK Frank 68 23 Mar 1951 29 Mar 1951
SEYK Inex 65 06 Aug 1951 09 Aug 1951
SEYMOUR Wm. Edgar 72 27 Jul 1947 31 Jul 1947
SHADLE Phillip III 10 02 Jul 1951 12 Jul 1951
SHALEEN Alfred 73 04 Sep 1947 11 Sep 1947
SHAW Emma 72 04 Dec 1945 06 Dec 1945
SHEAHAN Adelia 92 19 Aug 1949 25 Aug 1949
SHEAHAN Elizabeth 85 22 Jan 1954 28 Jan 1954
SHEAHAN Hannah 81 08 Feb 1951 15 Feb 1951
SHEAHAN, -- 11 wk. 04 Jan 1899 06 Jan 1899
SHEAHAN, Daniel 53 26 Dec 1925 31 Dec 1925
SHEAHAN, Daniel A. 41 10 Feb 1927 17 Feb 1927
SHEAHAN, Edward 32 9 Oct 1919 16 Oct 1919
SHEAHAN, Hannah 49 11 Mar 1920 18 Mar 1920
SHEAHAN, John H. Sr. 77 30 Jan 1938 10 Feb 1938
SHEAHAN, John T. 55 17 Sep 1938 22 Sep 1938
SHEAHAN, Mary Catherine 46 29 Jul 1894 10 Aug 1894
SHEAHAN, Mrs. John 27 12 Oct 1890 17 Oct 1890
SHEAHAN, Mrs. John Sr. 62 4 May 1934 10 May 1934
SHEAHAN, Sarah Hogan 92 14 Jun 1923 21 Jun 1923
SHEAHAN, Stephen P. 71 27 Feb 1938 3 Mar 1938
SHEARER Artie 62 25 Aug 1946 29 Aug 1946
SHEARER Fannie 95 24 Apr 1954 29 Apr 1954
SHEARER Frank 70 23 Jul 1952 31 Jul 1952
SHEARER Theodore 70 11 Sep 1946 19 Sep 1946
SHEARER, Fannie 90 06 May 1898 13 May 1898
SHEARER, Permelia 67 20 Nov 1904 25 Nov 1904
SHEATZ Arthur P. 38 22 Oct 1948 27 Oct 1948
SHEATZ Mahlon 75 23 Aug 1950 24 Aug 1950
SHEATZ, Bennie 24 4 Feb 1926 11 Feb 1926
SHELDON, Amanda B. 57 03 Jul 1898 08 Jul 1898
SHELDON, Anna M. 13 18 May 1890 23 May 1890
SHELDON, Bennie 5 21 May 1890 22 May 1890
SHELDON, Henry A. 84 14 Mar 1922 23 Mar 1922
SHELDON, Hervey 10 02 May 1890 09 May 1890
SHELDON, Mary A. 77 27 Sep 1925 1 Oct 1925
SHELDON, Mary Deitz 61 07 Jul 1896 10 Jul 1896
SHELDON, Millard Barber 36 9 Sep 1905 15 Sep 1905
SHELDON, Mrs. Betsy 90 12 Feb 1893 17 Feb 1893
SHELDON, William 70 5 Jul 1937 15 Jul 1937
SHELLINGTON, Ella 93 10 Nov 1931 12 Nov 1931
SHELLINGTON, Grace 58 23 Apr 1933 25 Apr 1933
SHENBERGER A.L. 86 04 Aug 1948 12 Aug 1948
SHEPPLEMAN, Christian 76 15 Jun 1925 18 Jun 1925
SHERMAN, Luella 27 21 Sep 1890 26 Sep 1890
SHERMAN, Mrs. Susan 43 03 Nov 1885 06 Nov 1885
SHERWIN, Al 86 28 Jan 1896 31 Jan 1896
SHERWIN, Leslie Cecil 2 mo 19 Feb 1895 22 Feb 1895
SHERWIN, Minerva 86 10 Mar 1896 13 Mar 1896
SHERWIN, Wilnot 71 17 Jul 1906 27 Jul 1906
SHIMMIN, Philip 94 26 Mar 1908 3 Apr 1908
SHIPMAN Chester 91 02 Feb 1953 05 Feb 1953
SHIPMAN Mabel 60 23 Dec 1953 31 Dec 1953
SHURTLEFF Maurice 58 01 Aug 1951 09 Aug 1951
SHURTLEFF, A.J. 68 08 Jun 1895 14 Jun 1895
SHURTLEFF, Edward 73 14 Dec 1936 17 Dec 1936
SIEDENSTRANG Fred 51 26 Mar 1950 30 Mar 1950
SIEDENSTRANG Otto 61 14 Dec 1951 20 Dec 1951
SIEDENSTRANG, Minnie 60 2 Nov 1931 12 Nov 1931
SIEMS Joe 87 27 Jan 1950 02 Feb 1950
SIMONS Carmi H. 71 03 Nov 1945 08 Nov 1945
SIMONS, Abigail 84 08 Sep 1894 14 Sep 1894
SIMONS, Alfred Wm. 55 29 Jun 1927 7 Jul 1927
SIMONS, Julius 52 16 Jul 1887 22 Jul 1887
SIMONS, Sada 81 27 Aug 1929 5 Sep 1929
SIMPKINS, Celia F. 87 9 Jan 1905 13 Jan 1905
SIMPKINS, Jennie 65 24 May 1931 28 May 1931
SIMPKINS, Mrs. George - 19 Aug 1907 23 Aug 1907
SIMPSON, Emma 70 27 Apr 1921 5 May 1921
SIMPSON, Ina 47 17 Oct 1936 22 Oct 1936
SIMPSON, Peter 82 23 May 1921 2 Jun 1921
SISSON, A.P. 82 22 Apr 1937 29 Apr 1937
SISSON, Allen 81 21 Apr 1898 29 Apr 1898
SISSON, Frank Holden 76 17 Jul 1926 22 Jul 1926
SISSON, Margaret 87 12 Oct 1937 14 Oct 1937
SISSON, Mrs. Julia A. 52 01 May 1882 05 May 1882
SISSON, Mrs. Polly - 26 Dec 1881 30 Dec 1881
SISSON, William Allie 11 13 Mar 1882 17 Mar 1882
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.

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.  
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