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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
WACHOB Iva E. 48 18 Mar 1953 26 Mar 1953
WACOB Paul 50 10 Jun 1952 12 Jun 1952
WAGENER, Hanna 51 30 Jun 1906 10 Jul 1906
WAGER, Mrs. Reuben 51 07 Jan 1883 12 Jan 1883
WAGER, Reuben 72 16 Jun 1892 24 Jun 1892
WALLACE, -?- 3 01 Feb 1890 07 Feb 1890
WALLACE, John H. 82 05 Feb 1899 10 Feb 1899
WALLACE, Wm. H. Jr. 37 19 Sep 1922 28 Sep 1922
WALLER, Ferdinand 76 15 Jan 1931 22 Jan 1931
WALLING, Alexander 70 13 Apr 1924 17 Apr 1924
WALLING, Bert 58 31 Dec 1935 2 Jan 1936
WALLNER, — [dau. of Charles] 1 mo. 27 Sep 1897 01 Oct 1897
WALSH, Henry 16 28 Jan 1892 12 Feb 1892
WALSH, Mrs. Linnis 25 16 Mar 1896 20 Mar 1896
WALTER, Vera Hewitt 30 9 Jul 1934 12 Jul 1934
WALTERS, John 62 15 Nov 1898 18 Nov 1898
WARD John 63 26 Apr 1946 02 May 1946
WARD Sarah 78 25 Mar 1952 27 Mar 1952
WARD, Edward 68 21 Jan 1939 26 Jan 1939
WARD, Francis 3 11 Dec 1907 13 Dec 1907
WARD, Frank 25 1 May 1929 9 May 1929
WARD, Fred L. 42 23 May 1935 30 May 1935
WARD, John 82 4 Dec 1930 11 Dec 1930
WARD, Mary Ann 84 11 Apr 1899 14 Apr 1899
WARD, Matilda 60 4 Jun 1915 11 Jun 1915
WARD, Samuel 58 3 Nov 1931 19 Nov 1931
WARE, George 8 29 Apr 1893 05 May 1893
WARNER Emma Miller 91 08 Jan 1946 17 Jan 1946
WARNER, Ira P. 78 28 Nov 1888 14 Dec 1888
WARNER, Loring 79 20 Jan 1934 25 Jan 1934
WARNER, Sarah 70 06 Mar 1894 16 Mar 1894
WARNER, Walter 77 26 Dec 1889 03 Jan 1890
WARREN, Charles 55 1 Mar 1937 4 Mar 1937
WARREN. Albert 73 23 Mar 1930 27 Mar 1930
WARRNE, Franklin 8 18 Nov 1904 25 Nov 1904
WASHBORNE Lewis A. 88 02 Mar 1948 11 Mar 1948
WASHBURN, Jennie 72 6 Nov 1932 10 Nov 1932
WASHBURNE, Silas 65 22 Jan 1888 27 Jan 1888
WATERMAN, Mrs. Leon 30 12 Aug 1923 23 Aug 1923
WATERS, Ann 64 19 May 1894 01 Jun 1894
WATKINS Fred 80 09 Jan 1949 13 Jan 1949
WATKINS, Howard O. 39 24 Jun 1937 1 Jul 1937
WATKINS, Lora 21 21 Jan 1887 04 Feb 1887
WATROUS, Chas. T. 26 10 Dec 1893 15 Dec 1893
WATSON Pamela Sue ù 11 Jul 1949 21 Jul 1949
WATTENPAUGH, Isaac 88 13 Oct 1888 02 Nov 1888
WATTS, Henry 55 20 Jan 1908 24 Jan 1908
WAYNE, Ellen 77 19 Dec 1900 21 Dec 1900/04 Jan 1901
WEARE, — [child of Charles] 1 wk 03 Nov 1894 09 Nov 1894
WEARE, George 72 14 Jul 1895 19 Jul 1895
WEAVER Elizabeth 74 30 Apr 1948 06 May 1948
WEAVER Gertrude 56 19 Feb 1947 20 Feb 1947
WEAVER, Frederick O. 65 1 Jun 1926 3 Jun 1926
WEAVER, Melissa 67 27 Sep 1905 29 Sep 1905
WEAVER, Minnie 14 01 Sep 1883 07 Sep 1883
WEBB, Emma - 3 Apr 1935 4 Apr 1935
WEBB, Gertrude 58 30 Oct 1936 5 Nov 1936
WEBB, Morell 82 29 Jun 1936 2 Jul 1936
WEBBER, Christopher N. 78 14 Jul 1923 19 Jul 1923
WEBBER, Julia 86 24 Oct 1888 26 Oct 1888
WEBER, Frederic 90 7 Oct 1900 12 Oct 1900
WEED, Mrs. Frank 74 25 May 1923 7 Jun 1923
WEEKES, Elizabeth 71 23 Jul 1902 25 Jul 1902
WEGENER, Lewis/Louis 73 3 Feb 1922 23 Mar/30 Mar 1922
WEIDNER George 85 27 Jan 1951 01 Feb 1951
WEINECKE, Henry 30 05 Nov 1893 10 Nov 1893
WEISHAAR Edward G. 52 28 Mar 1945 05 Apr 1945
WEISKE, -?- [infant son of Fred] - 07 May 1893 05 May 1893
WELCH Daniel 67 17 Dec 1953 24 Dec 1953
WELCH, Daniel 34 16 Sep 1885 18 Sep 1885
WELCH, James 43 25 Jan 1931 29 Jan 1931
WELCH, Mary E. 2 27 Nov 1892 02 Dec 1892
WELCH, Mrs. D.P. 48 23 Jul 1896 31 Jul 1896
WELCH, Mrs. James 78 30 May 1883 01 Jun 1883
WELCH, Teressa 16 10 Mar 1908 13 Mar 1908
WELLS, Caroline C. 67 3 Jan 1901 11 Jan 1901
WELLS, Elbert 68 24 Jan 1930 30 Jan 1930
WELLS, Gustavus V. 86 25 Sep 1894 28 Sep 1894
WELLS, Ida 53 6 Sep 1932 15 Sep 1932
WELLS, Laura 76 13 Aug 1887 19 Aug 1887
WELLS, Mary S. 85 12 Jun 1897 18 Jun 1897
WELLS, Nancy E. 76 8 Dec 1904 16 Dec 1904
WELLS, Orlinda 70 1 Dec 1904 9 Dec 1904
WELLS, Richard 81 19 Jun 1909 25 Jun 1909
WELLS, Sarah - 27 Nov 1907 29 Nov 1907
WELLS, Walter C. 77 25 Oct 1908 30 Oct 1908
WELLS, Wm. 70 19 Jan 1894 26 Jan 1894
WELTZIEN, William John 71 14 Jul 1893 21 Jul 1893
WENDT Fern 56 13 Jun 1946 20 Jun 1946
WERNHAM, Mrs. Spencer C. 68 28 Mar 1920 1 Apr 1920
WERNHAM, S.C. 81 24 Nov 1926 25 Nov 1926
WERNHAM, Winifred 24 24 Jan 1904 29 Jan 1904
WESTERGREN Augusta 73 07 Oct 1951 11 Oct 1951
WESTERN, Carrie 46 25 Oct 1890 31 Oct 1890
WESTPHAL, August 52 21 Nov 1936 26 Nov 1936
WHALEN, Mary 80 23 Mar 1919 27 Mar 1919
WHEELER, Chauncey 60 11 Mar 1922 16 Mar 1922
WHEELER, Mrs. Herschel 23 6 May 1925 14 May 1925
WHEELER, Sadie 65 12 Jun 1930 19 Jun 1930
WHEELON, Charles - 22 Oct 1887 04 Nov 1887
WHISTON Emma 68 06 Jul 1953 09 Jul 1953
WHITE, Belle 22 08 Oct 1882 27 Oct 1882
WHITE, Eliza 64 11 Feb 1890 14 Feb 1890
WHITE, Harry 6 14 May 1882 19 May 1882
WHITE, James 59 25 Apr 1883 27 Apr 1883
WHITE, James 82 20 Nov 1902 28 Nov 1902
WHITE, James H. 49 29 Oct 1893 03 Nov 1893
WHITE, James Madison 79 04 Mar 1893 24 Mar 1893
WHITE, John 35 23 Jan 1893 27 Jan 1893
WHITE, Marcus 80 11 Dec 1883 14 Dec 1883
WHITE, Pearl 2 15 Apr 1885 17 Apr 1885
WHITE, R. Alfred 76 17 Sep 1895 20 Sep 1895
WHITEMAN, Jamie 4 13 Apr 1899 14 Apr 1899
WHITEMAN, John 45 3 Oct 1901 11 Oct 1901
WHITESIDE, Romeyn - 29 May 1887 03 Jun 1887
WHITTEMORE, Charles B. 70 24 Aug 1937 26 Aug 1937
WHITTEMORE, Olive Lione 58 27 Sep 1926 30 Sep 1926
WHITTEMORE, Susan P. 91 15 Jul 1924 24 Jul 1924
WIESKE, Fred 64 30 Oct 1922 2 Nov 1922
WIEST Minnie 82 27 Dec 1948 06 Jan 1949
WIEST, Charles 72 14 Mar 1927 17 Mar 1927
WIFFIN, Archie 30 23 Sep 1918 26 Sep 1918
WIFFIN, Mrs. Kate - 31 Jul 1887 05 Aug 1887
WILBUR Goldia 71 06 Apr 1947 10 Apr 1947
WILBUR Samuel 74 05 May 1947 08 May 1947
WILBUR, Alice 78 16 Dec 1936 17 Dec 1936
WILBUR, Mrs. Morgan - 16 Apr 1883 20 Apr 1883
WILBUR, Samuel G. 89 13 Jan 1920 15 Jan 1920
WILCOX Alfred 76 25 Feb 1952 28 Feb 1952
WILCOX Eugene C. 88 12 Jul 1947 17 Jul 1947
WILCOX, Charles E. 23 22 Nov 1892 25 Nov 1892
WILCOX, Eleanor 91 21 Aug 1936 27 Aug 1936
WILCOX, Eliza 37 9 Sep 1908 11 Sep 1908
WILCOX, Emmett S. 44 15 Mar 1902 21 Mar 1902
WILCOX, Fred A. 28 10 Jan 1896 24 Jan 1896
WILCOX, Hubbard J. 73 30 Jan 1902 7 Feb 1902
WILCOX, Marguerite Lenora 9 3 Dec 1904 9 Dec 1904
WILCOX, May 21 15 Oct 1892 21 Oct 1892
WILCOX, Mrs. Chapin 84 17 Nov 1908 20 Nov 1908
WILCOX, Mrs. John Q. 82 5 Nov 1917 8 Nov 1917
WILCOX, Mrs. Rue 33 4 May 1925 14 May 1925
WILCOX, Walter 43 9 Dec 1930 11 Dec 1930
WILD, Robert 81 21 Oct 1892 04 Nov 1892
WILHELM, Dora 5 09 Sep 1899 15 Sep 1899
WILKE, Fred 28 30 Oct 1922 2 Nov 1922
WILKE, Mrs. Fred 32 13 May 1939 18 May 1939
WILKE, Sophia 80 22 Apr 1937 22 Apr 1937
WILKENS, William 57 1 Jul 1931 9 Jul 1931
WILKINS Emma 77 14 May 1953 21 May 1953
WILKINS George C. 69 03 May 1953 07 May 1953
WILKINS, Edward 24 20 Aug 1922 24 Aug 1922
WILKINS, Henry 75 17 Nov 1921 24 Nov 1921
WILKINS, Henry C. 59 15 Aug 1938 25 Aug 1938
WILKINS, Katherine 83 10 May 1905 19 May 1905
WILLARD Robert B. 93 05 May 1950 11 May 1950
WILLARD, Leroy B. 36 10 Nov 1908 13 Nov 1908
WILLIAM Sarah C. 82 28 Mar 1909 2 Apr 1909
WILLIAMS Mrs. Nettie 75 22 May 1952 29 May 1952
WILLIAMS Owen A. 57 14 Jan 1949 20 Jan 1949
WILLIAMS, -?- [son of David] 9 mo. NONE 30 Mar 1888
WILLIAMS, Albert 21 27 Dec 1928 3 Jan 1929
WILLIAMS, Anna 59 26 Apr 1938 12 May 1938
WILLIAMS, James 79 03 May 1898 13 May 1898
WILLIAMS, Luana D. 86 22 Jul 1897 30 Jul 1897
WILLIAMS, Mrs. John 67 NONE 31 Aug 1888
WILLIAMS, Mrs. Mary - 16 Jul 1887 22 Jul 1887
WILLIAMS, Ruby 17 2 May 1917 10 May 1917
WILLIAMS, S.K. 72 05 Jul 1890 11 Jul 1890
WILLIAMS, Sallie 50 2 May 1909 7 May 1909
WILLIAMS, Sarah Eva 18 03 Nov 1895 08 Nov 1895
WILLIAMS, Sylvester 83 24 Oct 1934 15 Nov 1934
WILLIAMS, Thomas 72 12 Apr 1893 14 Apr 1893
WILLIAMS, Tyler V. 85 31 Jan 1925 5 Feb 1925
WILLIAMS, V.C. 76 11 May 1887 13 May 1887
WILLIAMS, William 60 03 Jan 1892 08 Jan 1892
WILLIAMSON, Dr. George 51 26 Mar 1894 06 Apr 1894
WILSON Max M. 56 01 Jan 1945 04 Jan 1945
WILSON, Edith 24 19 Sep 1885 25 Sep 1885
WILSON, Harry J. 58 11 May 1917 17 May 1917
WILSON, Helen 23 05 Oct 1882 06 Oct 1882
WILSON, Henry W. 60 22 Mar 1931 26 Mar 1931
WILSON, Herbert 58 20 Jun 1934 28 Jun 1934
WILSON, John C. 33 5 Oct 1935 10 Oct 1935
WILSON, John Fremont 78 14 Apr 1935 25 Apr 1935
WILSON, Juniata 70 6 Jan 1929 10 Jan 1929
WILSON, Margaret E. 80 1 Apr 1933 4 Apr 1933
WILSON, Mary 63 5 Oct 1926 07 Oct/21 Oct 1926
WILSON, Mary E. 72 27 Oct 1922 2 Nov 1922
WILSON, Sydney 11 15 Jun 1934 21 Jun 1934
WINCHESTER, Sophronia 22 20 Aug 1894 22 Aug 1894
WINKELMAN Carl 82 19 Mar 1947 27 Mar 1947
WINKELMAN Fred 91 29 Apr 1952 01 May 1952
WINKELMAN Mrs. Karl 50 04 Sep 1946 12 Sep 1946
WINKELMAN, Albert 49 4 Jun 1919 12 Jun 1919
WINKELMAN, August 74 7 Nov 1936 12 Nov 1936
WINKELMAN, Harold H. 23 2 Aug 1938 4 Aug 1938
WINKELMANN Dorothy 57 07 Sep 1954 09 Sep 1954
WINKELMANN, Marie 79 16 Jun 1938 23 Jun 1938
WINN, Addie 19 14 Jul 1888 20 Jul 1888
WINSLOW, Martha 93 15 Feb 1904 19 Feb 1904
WIRSING Verna 74 06 Jul 1952 10 Jul 1952
WIRSING, Lily Caroline 35 1 Nov 1927 3 Nov 1927
WIRSING, Rufus N. 51 12 Apr 1926 22 Apr 1926
WISE, Elizabeth 52 05 Feb 1899 10 Feb 1899
WISE, Samuel W. 88 10 Jan 1936 16 Jan 1936
WITTLIEF Wilhelmina 81 14 Jun 1952 19 Jun 1952
WITTLIEF, Olga 6 4 May 1909 7 May 1909
WITTLIEF, Paul 26 18 Jan 1920 22 Jan 1920
WITTMUS James 2 26 Dec 1951 03 Jan 1952
WITTMUS William C. 88 04 Feb 1948 12 Feb 1948
WIXSON Ray 71 01 Apr 1951 04 Apr 1951
WOLCOTT, Adelbert L. 64 5 Nov 1922 9 Nov 1922
WOLCOTT, George L. 41 18 Feb 1937 18 Feb 1937
WOLCOTT, Ida 81 17 Aug 1936 20 Aug 1936
WOLCOTT, Jonathan 70 13 May 1895 17 May 1895
WOLCOTT, Mabel Pansey 12 21 Jan 1904 29 Jan 1904
WOLEBEN Harold 62 22 Dec 1954 30 Dec 1954
WOLEBEN Harry D. 84 30 Sep 1947 09 Oct 1947
WOLEBEN Richard 60 24 Apr 1954 29 Apr 1954
WOLEBEN, James 39 21 Aug 1935 22 Aug 1935
WOLEBEN, Jessie 51 5 Feb 1932 11 Feb 1932
WOLEBEN, Kenneth 43 4 Jan 1934 11 Jan 1934
WOLEBEN, Nebelow Jr. 36 22 Oct 1935 24 Oct 1935
WOLEBEN, Richard H. 53 21 Jun 1919 26 Jun 1919
WOLF Anthony 60 25 Aug 1954 02 Sep 1954
WOLF, Albert 56 23 May 1921 26 May 1921
WOLF, Herman 76 15 Feb 1938 17 Feb 1938
WOLF, Mrs. Fred 70 2 Jul 1902 4 Jul 1902
WOLF, Reva 34 29 Aug 1932 1 Sep 1932
WOLFF, Anna 19 09 Jan 1890 17 Jan 1890
WOLSIN, Lizzie 81 22 Feb 1939 23 Mar 1939
WOLTER Charles 84 13 Apr 1953 16 Apr 1953
WOLTERS Augusta 74 07 May 1951 10 May 1951
WOOD, Edson G. 86 21 Sep 1897 01 Oct 1897
WOODARD Wm. C. 83 03 May 1950 11 May 1950
WOODARD, Harriet 72 15 Jan 1899 20 Jan 1899
WOODARD, Jonathan 88 03 Dec 1881 09 Dec 1881
WOODARD, Julia 64 28 Mar 1899 31 Mar 1899
WOODARD, Loren 77 29 Nov 1904 2 Dec 1904
WOODMAN, E. 75 10 Nov 1887 11 Nov 1887
WOODRING, Jeannette 85 10 Aug 1925 13 Aug 1925
WOODRING, William H. - 11 Jan 1925 15 Jan 1925
WOODRUFF Brian John 3 wk. 16 Apr 1949 21 Apr 1949
WOODRUFF, Albert 3 03 Oct 1892 14 Oct 1892
WOODRUFF, Ethel 19 mo. 22 Jan 1888 27 Jan 1888
WOODRUFF, Etta - 4 Jul 1928 17 Jan 1929
WOODRUFF, Henry Albert 40 05 Feb 1899 10 Feb 1899
WOODRUFF, Jesse Stephen 84 29 Mar 1902 4 Apr 1902
WOODRUFF, Mrs. Chas. - 15 Jan 1896 24 Jan 1896
WOODRUFF, Philo O. 61 14 Feb 1922 16 Feb 1922
WOODSORTH, Mary 97 6 Apr 1900 13 Apr 1900
WOODWORTH, Charles 76 5 Apr 1932 14 Apr 1932
WOODWORTH, Effie Violetta 42 5 Sep 1915 10 Sep 1915
WOODWORTH, Ellen D. 83 21 Apr 1914 10 Apr 1914
WOODWORTH, Frank 8 02 Dec 1894 07 Dec 1894
WOODWORTH, Gracie 2 13 Aug 1900 17 Aug 1900
WOODWORTH, Josie 70 5 Jan 1936 9 Jan 1936
WOODWORTH, Mrs. Grace M. - 09 Feb 1894 16 Feb 1894
WOODWORTH, Ralph Lowell 13 mo. 11 Aug 1900 17 Aug 1900
WOODWORTH, William 41 17 Aug 1900 21 Sep 1900
WOODWORTH, Winifred 50 21 Feb 1927 17 Mar 1927
WOODWROTH, Mary 62 17 Aug 1915 20 Aug 1915
WORF, Abraham 88 20 Mar 1922 23 Mar 1922
WORF, George 59 1 Mar 1927 17 Mar 1927
WRESCHE, Betty 55 30 Aug 1899 01 Sep/15 Sep 1899
WRIGHT Alfred 84 10 Sep 1953 17 Sep 1953
WRIGHT Ellsworth 88 23 May1951 31 May 1951
WRIGHT Frances 66 25 Dec 1945 10 Jan 1946
WRIGHT, Columbus W. 87 6 Dec 1919 11 Dec 1919
WRIGHT, Delos 73 5 Nov 1938 10 Nov 1938
WRIGHT, Lulu E. 30 05 Dec 1896 11 Dec 1896
WRIGHT, Mrs. Lyon 96 20 Jun 1930 26 Jun 1930
WULFF, Henry 69 17 Jun 1895 21 Jun 1895
WUSSLER Charles 86 17 Jul 1948 22 Jul 1948
WUSSLER, Lillian R. 76 5 May 1938 12 May 1938
WYMAN, Laura 79 4 Sep 1909 10 Sep 1909
WYMAN, Mrs. P. 52 13 Jan 1882 10 Feb 1882
WYNN, Adeline 75 6 Feb 1914 13 Feb 1914
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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