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Section Thr*# ---Pag# Two NEWS EVENT THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER -- i . v i r - . a u ^ ' s s t i r r Thursday. January 13/1966 •ikiH-xit" Highlights Of Area News Reviewed With Start Of New Year JANUARY David Wayne Hotter was the first baby born in 1965 at Mc- Henry .hospital at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. l. His parents are" Jeremiah and Sharon Motter o[ Ingleside. Clint Claypool was re-elected p r e s i d e n t o f t h e M c H e r i ' r y Chamber of Commerce,at the annual meeting. The City Council awarded a contract to Lakeland Construction Co-., Inc., for the sanitary s e w e r c o n s t r u c t i o n i n O a k a v e n u e , G r o v e a v e n u e a n d Front street. The newly remodelled library was dedicated at a program h e l d i n t h e h i g h s c h o o l , followed by open house at the library. The Zoning Board of Appeals, the McHenry Plan Commission and the City Council studied a proposed amendment to the city ordinance concerning the planned unit development to be known as Boone Valley which will be located on the Crystal Lake blacktop road. The High School Advisory committee for McHenry Com- 156 recommended that the munity High School District aboard of education take--afrnmediate st^s to provide additional high school space. After a successful business career covering Jalmost a half century, John Stilling sold his business. While Mother Nature provided the onlooker with a beautiful winter wonderland of crystal, motorists and pedestrians were battling winter woes as the result of one of the worst ice storms in many years. Northern Pump Farms of McHenry and Richmond won the top prize in the largest Hereford cattle show, the 1965 National Western Stock Show held in Denver, Colo. Their carload of twelve bulls was awarded first place load of yearling bulls in a class of forty-six car loads representing the larger Hereford herds in the United States. FEBRUARY The first of McHenry's semiannual Dollar Days were held Feb. 4-5-6. The city of McHenry created a new fourth ward in an attemp to make the wards as even as possible in regard to population, at the same time taking into consideration the areas in which there is expected to be the greatest growth. Fire of undetermined origin caused 520,000 damage to the McHenry Music Center at 3334 W. Elm Street on Feb. 8. Five foreign exchange students in McHenry county were guests of the McHenry high school chapter of the American Field Service at the local high school. The McHenry high school board reported its acceptance of the High School .Advisory council's recommendation for a new high school. The proposed school will be located on the site of the Martin J. Cooney property adjoining the city of McHenry on the Crystal Lake blacktop. The McHenry Kiwanis dub board of directors approved sponsorship of a community Blood Bank to be organized in McHenry. Chester Goodman renewed his subscription to the Plaindealer for the seventy-first time. He has performed the same service starting with his initial visit to the office when he was a small boy of 9 in 1894, Several local residents ai>- peared before the meeting of the board of School District 156 to protest the proposed location of the new high school. A referendum tentatively set for March 20 was postponed because of the objections. Larry Lund was elected president of the McHenry Rotary dub. A young Posen, 111., girl, seven and one-half-year old Susan Simon, was the victim of a tragic accident Feb. 21 when she drowned in Wonder Lake. She had been visiting her grandfather, Steve Simon, at White Oaks Bay. MARCH Political activity increased locally. Many petitions were filed for school board posts in three area districts, but only one filed for Mayor of the city. The incumbent mayor, Donald Doherty, will have no opposition. The lu^k of the Irish seemed to have run out with the dawn of St. Patrick's Day. A thick layer of heavy snow covered the ground in such quantities as to slow the wheels of progress in some cases, and stop it in others. For only the second time in a very severe winter McHenry schools were closed and almost all forms of service to the public were delayed. i The high satiool JjQard gave approval to increase in salary schedule for 1965-66 for the teachers. A veterans' organization new to McHenry is in the process of being activated here. It is the national fraternal AMVKTS. The new post has been named the Eugene M. Weideman post in memory of the young petty officer from McHenry who was killed at sea, at the age of 22, while serving in the Navy. APRIL After a long discussion on m^^jt location for the proposed f^w high school In District 15$ members of that school board voted 4-3 on the Boone Valley development site. At a special meeting of the board of School District 15 it was .voted to increase salaries of teachers $200 at every step on the schedule. A total of 2,346 votes were cast in the 18 precincts for McH e n r y t o w n s h i p o f f i c e r s . Charles Weingart defeated William Silk for supervisor. Eva Bacon Sparks was the winner over Mrs. Sam Schmunk for assessor. H. Walter Anderson was re-elected town clerk and Arnold J. Rauen, Harold (Harry) Freund and Chas. H. Adams were elected board of auditors. New levies were adopted at the annual town meeting of McHenry township. Approved levy for the town fund was in the amount of $36,000. Anticipated receipts are $60,175.07 and expenditures are $57,360 leaving a balance expected at the end of the year of $2,815.07. Assessed valuations in McHenry county rose $12,386,406 in one year, from $417,815,775 in 196:; to $430,202,181 in 1964. In the township of McHenry the increase in the two years was SI,745.665, from $74,447,835 to ' $76,193,500. The tax rate in the city was increased from $:UJ55 to $3,874. A total of 2,323 residents of High School District 156 went to the polls in seven locations and elected Dr. James E. Sayler and Dr. Leslie Krieger to the high school board. William H. Tonyan was re-elected and Mrs. Dorothy M. Vick was elected to the grade school board. On Palm Sunday, April 11, a devastating tornado hit the Crystal Lake, BayView Beach and Island Lake areas destroying hundreds of homes and business places and killing six people. Gov. Otto Kerner visited the area struck by the tornado and also spent some time in McHenry ho^pit.,1 with the patients injured during the storm. MacNeal Memorial hospital, F.erwyn, named Miss Frances Hughes,' R.N., head nurse of the emergency room, as their "Employee of the Year" for 1964. McHenry voters elected the entire Progressive Party which included Donald Doherty, mayor; Earl Walsh, city clerk, Thomas F. Bolger, treasurer; Joseph A. Etten, Ward 1 alderman; Theodore Pitzen, ' Ward 2; Raymond Smith. Ward 3; and Arthur Jackson and Gerald Wegener, aldermen in the newly created Fourth Ward. In an exciting race for president of the Village of McCullom Lake Arthur J. Stuhlfeier defeated George Luto. At a special meeting of the board of Consolidated School District 15 members unanimously voted to appoint Dr. William E« Kohl to fill the vacancy for \he unexpired term of Mrs. Naomi Meyer, who resigned. Reno Bertel'otti, principal of McHenry Junior high school for the past seven years, has been engaged by the board of High School District 156 to act as assistant principal there, starting next fall. He will replace Jack Thomas. A d m i r a l C o r p o r a t i o n a n nounced plans for enlargement if the city of McHenry could promise adequate park ing area. MAY With a total of- 3,146 votes cast in the school liond construction referendum, the issue lost by a margin of exactly ^00 votes. There were 1,657 opposed and 1,457 in favor. Valuable money order blanks and an unknown quantity of cash received for money orders, estimated to run probably between $200 and $250, were stolen from the Nye Drug store on Riverside Drive. The Samuel Winters family was selected "Family of the Yeaf" at the Community Methodist church. The Rev. Donald Johnson and his family arrived in McHenry to begin work as pastor of what is to become Shepherd of The Hills Lutheran church. Fimil steps were taken by the city of McHenry to install chlorination facilities for treatment at the sewage disposal plant. A contract was awarded to Lakeland Construction Co., the low bidder. Bruce Klontz was elected captain of Company 1 of the McHenry Township Fire Protection district.. Burglars were busy in the McHenry area when three business places were entered and money taken. At Nick Miller's McHenry Parage the largest sum of money was obtained. Seibel Motor Sales and the Lakeland Paint Spot also were entered. Charles "Chuck" Peterson was named "Rotarian of the yeftr" at the asnual dinner and tenth anniversary party for the McHenry Rotary $lub. A Chicago man, Erwin Cizek.- Jr., drowned May 15 in ^jstake^ Lake when his outboard motor boat capsized near Half Moon Island. At a special meeting of the City Council an ordinance was adopted annexing approximately 600 acres of land known as Boone Valley to the city of McHenry. Eighteen girls entered the 1965 Fiesta Day queen contest. Ten-year-old Ellen Hovseth was killed May 26 when struck by a car driven by John Kneip, 14, while waiting for a school bus in Pisfakee Highlands. The McHenry Savings and Loan association signed an option to buy 3Va acres of land now owned by the American Legion post. JUNK An accident on the holiday, May 30, took the life of threeyear- old Laura Jean Ransori, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ranson of Sunnyside. She was struck by a car while she was walking on the side of the road with her brother . Arthur Morris, 27, of 4104 Idyll Dell road, McHenry, lost his left arm while working at the Material Service Co. yards on Rt. 31, near Algonquin when he was applying a belt dressing on a conveyor. Roy E. Willis was appointed principal at McHenry Junior high school tq replace Reno Bertellotti. Sixty students from the McHenry area were among the graduating class at Marian Central 'Catholic high school at Woodstock. JUNE McHenry Community high school graduated 272 students' at M^Cracken field June 10. The American Field Service s t u d e n t , A n t h o n y C a r m o n a , graduating senior spoke on his year spent in McHenry. Timothy^McCormack of Eastwood Manor, who graduated from Marquette university, was a Tnouse guest of Luci Raines Johnson at the White House in Washington. A pretty, blonde. 17-year-old McHenry high school senior, Patti Gray, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John T. Gray of Lakemoor, was crowned Miss Fiesta Day festivities. Lynn Krebs, 16-year-old McHenry high school senior, was elected governor of Girls State at McMurray college in Jacksonville. Hazel Ewell of Ringwood, well known artist, won the best of show award in the 1965 McHenry Country Art Fair held in tiie Junir high school. The collision of a bicycle and bus resulted in the death of a 1 0 - y e a r - o 1 d H o l i d a y H i l l s youngster, Robert Neubauer, Saturday, June 26. Several tragic accidents occurred in the McHenry area. Timothy P. McClarey, 18, was killed in a one-car crash on •Sullivan Lake road. Christopher Davros of Half Day drowned in Pistakee Bay on his seventeenth birthday, June 26. On June 30 Mrs. Clarice Ficken was killed in a two car collision on Rt. 120 a short distance from her home. JULY Effective,. July 1, Branch 3 magistrate court was returned to McHenry. A bus with thirty-four students from twenty-four countries arrived in McHenry on July 7. They had spent the past year in the United States as students sponsored by the American Field Service. Camp Villa Maria on, Pistakee Bay and the Chicago Club for Crippled Children at Riverdale opened for the summer season. On July 4, 4-year-old Theodore Peter Reitzell of Carpentersville drowned in the lake near Fritzsche's Estates. A Pistakee Highlands man, Bernard Mayer, died of selfinflicted gun shot wounds after he shot and killed his wife, Cletus. in her apartment in Waukegan. Three patrolmen for the city police department Received certificates of achievement for several special police courses. They were Officers Larry Murray. Clarence Hummel a n ^ Bob Kranz. Miss Nancy Schultz, 7, was crowned "1965 Little Miss Peanut." Gerald T. Bussa, 2-year-old Schiller Park lad, drowned in Pistakee Lake July 18. = An estimated crowd of 23,000 watched the colorful Fiesta Day parade a"d about 3,000 watched Drum Corps Magic. The Cavaliers again topped the f i e l d o f c o n t e s t a n t s w i t h a score of 72.28. The McHenry City Council passed the annual appropriation ordinance in the" amount of S452.357.50. The Viscount Color Guard of TvIcKcnry topped seven "competing units at the Illinois State Legion convention at Hanson Park, Chicago, to become state champions. ' A $65,000 road improvement project has been in progress on the River road. The road was widened, curbs and gutters and necessary under-drainage installed. A federal jury indicted former McHenry men, John Laures and Frank C. Howard. Jr., for conspiracy to commit fraud. AUfiUST An 18-year-o 1 d Vietnamese girl arrived in McHenry to make her home for the coming year with the Ed Guettler family. She will be a senior at McHenry high school. She is Do Thi Kim Ngan, a resident of Dalut, South Viet Nam. H£r American name is "Mercury". Louise Ruggero, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Santo Ruggero, was selected to reign as Miss Wonder Lake for the year 1965-66. • McHenry hospital dedicated a new pavilion in memory of the late Bernard Bollman. Phillip Bell, 22, of Woodstock, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Clarice Ficken in aij automobile accident, June 30. Joseph N. Schmitt of McHenry was fined $ft)0 and costs by Judge William M. Carroll. He had pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. The City Council passed the annual tax levy ordinance. The total levy is $102,850 compared to S94.200 last year. Craig Miller, 17, of McHenry, had the grand champion steer, a 14-month-old Hereford which topped both 4-H and open class competition at the McHenry County Fair. His sister, Vicki Miller, 16, had the champion female Hereford and grand champion female in the 4-tH show. Dollar Days were held Aug. 12-13-14. The City Council passed an ordinance t6 annex the third Hanley addition to the city. Two McHenry musical units won top honors in competition at the Hlinois State Fair. The Men of Brass claimed high rating among senior drum and bugle corps and the Viscount color guard won in junior guard competition. The McHenry hospital dedicated the new self-care unit in memory of Bernard Bollman. His widow, Mrs. Mildred Bollman of Palm Springs, Calif., was hopored at the dedication ceremonies as the donor of the Bollman Pavilion. The boards of both Consolidated Grade School District 15 and McHenry High School District 156 approved the budgets for the 1965-66 year. In District 15, the budget total for 1965-66 i s $ 1 , 0 8 8 , 0 3 1 c o m p a r e d t o $1,269,943 last year. In District 156 the comparison is $910,970 this year compared to $864,822 a year ago. Thieves broke into the McHenry Gun Center, 3325 W. Elm street, and took m°re than 140 guns valued at between $12,000 and $15,000. Pretty Nancy Ann Schultz won the crown of "Kiwanis Little Miss Peanut" for' 1965. She was selected. from five finalists who had won local and divisional Little Miss Peanut contests sponsored by the Chis-ugoland Kiwanjans. SEPTEMBER The city of McHenry has been named in a suit asking for a declaratory judgment filed in Circuit Court last week by Hugh and Elanor Locker a n d H e r m a n a n d L o u i s e Scholle. The' plaintiffs are ask-1 ing that their property on Rt 120 be lawfully used for a filling station, a r equest denied through the zoning change. Burglars broke into the Nye Drug, store on Riverside drive Sept. 5, and took $125 in cash and 150 cartons of cigarettes valued at $450. The entire supply of paregoric was also taken. An all time high total of 4,855 students enrolled in nine school buildings. Action taken in the Circuit Court of Cook connty by Judge Walker Butler may bring down the curtain on a legal entanglement which has been in the courts for almost nine years. It pertained to the comdemnation suit in connection with the sale of property now I^nown as McCracken field by Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Anderson to AIcHenry High School District 156. Two young Chicago area men were arrested in connection with the theft of guns from the McHenry Gun Center, on Aug. 24. They were Charles Jeffrey Zorc, 25, of Chicago, and Gerald Benson, 27, of^ Forest Park. Six guns w;ere recovered. The county board of supervisors approved a budget in the amount of $2,039,590 for 1966 and also gave an okay to a 1965 levy totalling $794,400 which was $60,900 less than the '64 levy of $855,200. Richard Bitternian, 18, of Lakemoor, died in Delta Community hospital, Sikeston, Mo., on Sept. 14, of injuries sustained in an auto crash. Glenn Davis, 19, of McHenry, was hurt. The two youths were returning from a vacation trip to Texas. A Chicago man,' Alvin Depner, 26, lost his life Sept. 11 in a two-car crash which occurred on Rt. 12 at Solon Mills. Injuries sustained in an accident on Rt. 120, east of McHenry, July 18, caused the death of Ronald Richardson, 22, on Sept. 20. Stanley \fycital retired from his work with the McHenry stage band and his successor will be John Leighty, band m a s t e r a t M c H e n r y h i g h school. OCTOBER When two deputy sheriffs, Chief Deputy John Carroll and Sgt. Investigator Don Madsen attempted to take Eugene Piotrowski of McCullom Lake for a mental hearing Mr. Piotrowski opened fire and shot both men. Each man suffered the loss of one leg as the result of the shooting. Science Research Associates, Inc., Chicago-based educational publishing company announced plans for the gradual phase-out of its material handling center near McHenry. Donna Colborn was crowned homecoming queen at MfcHS homecoming festivities. The site of the proposed new court house for McHenry county has caused considerable controversy. The Board of Supervisors postponed action for further study of site. The body of Mrs> Joan Marie Florek, 31, raotffr of four children who had been missing from her home in Lakeland Park for ten days, was recovered from McCullom Lake by police officers after a fisherman had noticed the body floating on the water. The families of twq McHenry soldiers in Viet Nam were notified that they had been injured in combat. Pfc. James Toepper was in a hospital in Hawaii for treatment of ear damage caused by proximity to machine guns and grenades. Gary RcSsentreter was wounded in a battle ten miles from Saigon. Unhappy news came to residents of the west part of the city with a notice received by Postmaster LeRoy Smith from the Real Fist ate section of the Chicago region, post Office department, to the effect the lease of the West McHenry Station had terminated and the office would be closed on Nov. 11. NOVEMBER A total of 2,386 voters support referendum for erection of new high school. Following a sanity hearing conducted at Elgin state hospital, the examiners declared that. Eugene Piotrowski of McCullom Lake was in need of mental treatment. Mrs. Patsy Benderwald, 35, of 1728 Wright road, died in C o n d e 1 1 Memorial hospital, Libertyville on Nov. 6 where she was taken following an accident a few hours before near Lake Zurich. DECEMBER Shepherd of The Hills Lutheran church was dedicated Dec. 5. For the second year Santa Claus came to stay in his hut located in the city park where he greeted the McHenry area children daily. Burglars entering McHenry Implement Co.\on W. Rt. 120 made away with a small amount of cash and other items valued at about $3,000. The Board of Supervisors Many Residents Die Past Year JANUARY_ Jan. 3 -- Mrs. Botolf Hansen, 75, of Pistakee Highlands, died in McHenry hospital. •Jan. 4 -- A resident of Lakeland Park, William J. Radisch, died in Harvard hospital. Jan. 5 -- Edward. J. Valek, 51, of IVflcHenry Sh<^res, died in MacNeal Memorial hospital, Berwyn. Charles H. Nave, Jr., 51, of Pistakee Bay, died of a heart attack. Jan. 6 --A former resident of this area, Roger Dale Kuntz, 41, died of a heart attack in Chicago. Jan. 11 _ Edward Todd, 80, of River Terrace Drive, McHenry, died at his home. Jan. 13 -- Mrs. Edith L. Parker, 57, died suddenly of a heart attack at the Harvard hospital. A native of McHenry, Ravrpond Whiting, 72, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. Jan. 14 -- Mrs. Sophie Dolderer, 73, was pronounced dead upon arrival at McHenry hospital. Edward J. Leadley of Wonder Lake died at Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Jan. 17 -- Charjes E. Matson of McHenry Shores died at Harvard hospital from a heart attack. Jan, 19__Mrs. Anna Erickson, 78, of Lakemoor was found dead in her home. Her death followed a long illness. David Andersen, 59, of Racine, Wis., lost his life in a train-car accident near Spring Grove. Mr. Andersen was employed at Modine Manufacturing Co. Jan. 20 -- A Wonder Lake resident, Harry Heckman, 90, died in a Chicago nursing home. . Jan. 21 -- David T. Carlson. .76. died in McHenry hospital. He and his wife had just celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Jan. 22 - - A tragic highway accident took the life of a sixteen- year-old Spring Grove girl, Patricia Todey, when she lost control of her car on an icy patch on the John^burg- Wilmot road. Jan. 26 -- Mrs. Frances Hubek, 62, died unexpectedly in her home at Pistakee Highlands. • Jan. 27 -- Mrs. Alice Greer, 97, died at the home of her son in Colby Point, McHenry. Jan. 29 -- Mrs. Margaret Stoffel, 70, of McCullom Lake Road, died in the home of her son, Martin. Jan. 30-- A lifelong resident of MfcHenry, Mrs. Eleanor C. Miller,,>65. died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. FEBRUARY Feb. 1 -- William B. Smith, 61, of Johnsburg died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Feb. 2 -- Stanley Sawerski of West Shore Beach died in McHenry hospital at the age of 71. A former McHenry business man and civic leader for many years, Joseph Regner, 62, died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, following a long illness. Feb. 3 --Mrs. Hortense Brennan, 58, of 2609 Villa Lane, McHenry, died of a heart attack in the home of her brother in Chicago. Seven-month-old Frank Borchardt of Wonder Lake died of pneumonia. Feb. 4 --- A well known and respected business man, George B. Kanes 69, died unexpectedly of a heart attack while enroute to McHenry hospital. Nicholas Partipilo, 75, of voted 15 to 12 for the west side site in Woodstock for the new county court house building. District 156 of the McHenry Community school sold building bonds in the amount of $3,100,000 to Harris Trust at an interest rate of 3.5984. The bonds extend for a period of twenty years. Mrs. Walter (Margaret) Haug of 2423 N. Orchard Beach was winner of the top prize of 100 one-dollar gift certificates when her name was drawn to conclude the 1965 promotion sponsored by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with many local business men and women. Holiday lighting displays at the homes of Henry Nell, Jr., Roger Freund, Dr. E. Wilt, Jr., and Marshall Jacobs won top honors and trophies in the annual contest sponsored by the McHenry Chamber of Commerce. Christmas, 1965, will not soon be forgotten by employees of utility companies working in the McHenry county area. Neither will it be forgotten by residents of homes without electrical power Christmas Eve and into the next day. A heavy, wet snow storm struck the area Christmas Eve and the hardest hit community was McCullom Lake, where power was off for several hours. Pistakee Bay, died in McHenry hospital. Feb. 7 -- Mrs. Laura May Jackson, 79, of Jacoby subdivision, McHenry, died in McHenry hospital. Feb. 8 -- Mathias Nimsgern, 87, of Spring Grove died in his home. Feb. 12 -- Samuel T. Beaman, 51, of Ringwood, died in McHenry hospital. Arthur C. Peterson, 61, died in McHenry hospital. / Feb. 13 -L A successful farmer in the Ringwood area for many years and an active civic leader in McHenry, Bernard (Ben) J. Justen, 83, died at a rest home in Genoa City, Wis. Feb. 17 - - Allen' V., Bisbee, 71, died unexpectedly of a heart attack while visiting f r i e n d s i n M c C u l l o m L a k e . George Stefich, 74, of Wonder Lake was found dead by a neighbor. Feb. 21 -- Ernest Sanders, 73, of Wonder Lake, died in Hines Veterans hospital. Mrs. Wilkinson, 64, of Wonder Lake died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. Two - month -old Phillip Thomas Allen died in his home. ' Feb. .22 -- Mrs. Louise Kiddelsen, 74. died in Michael Reese hospital, Chicago. Feb. 23 -- William Henderson died in McHenry hospital. Jack DeMay, 54, of Lakeland Park, a barber in a McHenry shop, died suddenly of a heart attack in his home. MARCH March 1 -- Mrs. Rose G. Kerben, 79, of Wonder Lake, died at the home of a daughter. March 2 -- Charles C. De- Vos, 75, of Crystal Lake road, died at his home. March 2 --Alex K. Duncan, 84, of McHenry Shores died in a Waukegan hospital. March 3 -- Mrs. Anna D. Rink. 75, of Wonder Lake died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. March 5 -- Frederick W. Johnson, 67, died at his home in Whispering Hills. Arthur K. Ernst, 80,, a resident of Pistakee Highlands, died in Chicago. . March 6 -- A long illness ended in the death of Walter F. Zientok, Jr., 40, of Pistakee Highlands. March 8 -- Bertha Heinz, 91, of Wonder Lake, died in the Harvard hospital. March 11 - Raymond Plucinski, 34. died in his home in Lakeland Park. March 12 -- Charles R. Dennis, 75, died in his home in Pistaqua Heights. March 14 -- A resident of McCullom Lake, Mrs. Anna Krettler,„ 77, died at her home. March 19--Aloysius J. Henn, 64. died in Memorial hospital",' Woodstock, after an illness/of more than a year. Richard T. Lawler, 68, of Wonder Lake, died in his home. March 23 -- Miss Helena (Lena) Margaret Stoffel, 79, a life long resident of McHenry, died in the Harvard hospital following a long illness. A native of McHenry, Mrs. Callie Rainey, 87, of Genoa City, Wis., died in Lakeland hospital, Elkhorn, Wis. March 25 -- Mrs. Jennie Harris, 82, of Wonder Lake, died in McHenry hospital. A lifelong resident of McHenry, Miss Gertrude Weber, died at the Villa Rest home. The founder of the Chapel Hill Country dub, Adolph W. Gast, 86, died in Barrington. March 27 -- Peter E. Lindemulder, 72, died in McHenry hospital after a short illness. March 29 -- The founder of P o r t e n's subdivision, Mrs. Margaret L. Porten, 66, died in Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville. APRIL April 9 --Raymond Mendyk, 56, died in McHenry hospital following a long illness. Mr. Mendyk was well known in this community and was manager of Holiday Liquor store on Rt. 120. April 11 -- CaTrl R. Reymann, 67, of Reymann's Bakery in Lakeland Park, died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. April 12 -- A well known veteran of World War II, Matthew Mathias Oik, 51, died in Veterans Administration Research hospital, Chicago. April 13 -- Mrs. Ida Kreutzer, 78, a long time resident and widow of a city alderman, died in Harvard hospital. April 14 -- A Junior high school teacher in McHenry, Peter Merkel, 38, died unexpectedly in McHenry hospital. Mrs. Frances Brott of Pistakee Highlands, died unexpectedly while attending an all-day meeting of the Woman's Federation county club at the Pistakee Highlands community hall. April 15 -- John iftiti, 77, died in the Highland Nursing Home, Genoa City, Wis. April 16 -- While vacationing in Arizona Mrs. Frances Hnilo of Wonder bake died. unexp£p.t-.T edly. --< »•"- April 20 -- Andrew Mahder, 79, of Wonder Lake, died Chicago hospital. . <*, April 21 -- A Sunnyside,rs§i-l >( dent, Mrs. Mabel Wilthy, 54,.... died in the home of her son, William A. Hancock. April 22 --A former assistant pastor at St. Mary's 0%.,," olic church, Rev. Fr: Frank. Miller, died in McHenry hospit> al. He was pastor of SL^jPr.,.. seph's church in Richmond* * April 23 -- Nathan A. Hyatt, 59, of Cooney Heights, died in,,.^ McHenry ^hospital. April 24 -- Robert K. Bruc'6', Sr., 55, of Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly at McHenry pitkl. Mrs. Minnie Mellingbaus-"" en, 81, died at the Villa Nursing Home. > t April 27 -- Mrs. Herbert Zoll, 72, of Huntcrville P'irf£ "t died in her home. A p r i l 2 9 - - L a w r e n c e T . Strandquist, 6 (k of 5119 "W'.1.'" Shore Drive, 'Lakeland Park, died at the Veterahs hospftaL^ in New Orleans, La., whrte on a vacation. MAY May 4 -- Mrs. Marie Mar- • garet Behrendt, 66, of Lily-'" moor, died in Augustana hospital .Chicago" wher shd "had' ' been confined for nine weeks. May 8 -- Leo W. Conway,"' 63, a native of McHenry, diecF at the home of his brother, ' John, 'in Fenton, Mich. May 9 -- G. C. Wilde, Sr., died in Hines Veterans hofcpitdT" where he was a patient for just a few hours. May 10 -- A Wonder Lake woman, Lillian H- Jones, -64, died at Memorial hospital, Woodstock. May 13 -- Paul R. Bell, 70, • of Comes subdivision, died.uhr expectedly at his home. " May 15 -- Joseph J. Muska, '• 74, died in Memorial hospital,- Woodstock, following an ill- • ness of about a year. May 16 -- Baby Robert Hugh". Grauman of Wonder Lake died ' a t t h e M e m o r i a l h o s p i t a l , . , . Woodstock, the day following his birth. May 19 -- Mrs. Delia Matthews, 77. died in McHenry ' hospital following a long period.,, of illness. May 20 -- Mrs. James Ash-.. by, 63, of Highland Shores,... Wonder Lake, died in Memor- • ial hospital, Woodstock. May 26 -- Ellen Hovseth, 10,'- was killed when struck by a., car driven by a 14 year old.,, boy while she was waiting for • a school bus in Pistakee Highr... lands. May 27--Maurice Gladstone, one of the city's most respect-;,, ed businessmen, died unexpectedly in his home on Richmond Road. He was 83 years o l d . . . . May 28 -- Quentin Jandt, 48.. of, Lincoln Road, died in Rookford Memorial hospital. May 29 -- Mrs. Christina,. Matthews, 70, died in McHenry-' hospital. Clanrence N. Olson, 65, died unexpectedly at his home in McCullom Lake. May 30 -- Laura Jean Ran-., son, 3 years old, was killed when struck by a car while walking near her home in Sun-, nyside. May 31 -- Miss Mary Coghlan, 64, of the Burton Bridge" area, died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. JUNE June 1 -- Mrs. Anna ° M. Buetow, 78, of Wonder ^Lafte,. died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock. . June 2 -- Jerry Lombardoj," 54, of Highland Shores, Wonder Lake, was found dead behind the wheel of his car. June 5 -- In an unusual auto-^' mobile accident on Rt. 134,'.' west of highway 12, John Flach, 25, of 919 N. Front street, McHenry, was killed., Harvey H. Smith, 38, of Holiday Hills, was dead on arrival at McHenry hospital following a heart attack at his home. June 6 -- John Koubek, $8^,, of Wonder Lake died in his home. Mrs. Herbert Simon, 74, died in Memorial hospital, Wojdstock. June '7 -- - Charles E. JorgeAson, 75, of Johnsburg, died in McHenry hospital. June 8 -- Mrs. Charlotte... Carlisi, 74, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Antoinette ' D i M a g g i o , i n W e s t S h o r e ' Beach. June 10 -- Earle C. Seepe, 59, died in ^is home after • a brief illness. June 13--Bernard A. Freund, 58, died unexpectedly at his home. June 14 -- Mrs. Joseph' X.' Wayne, 65, died in McHenry hospital. June 15 -- Ant&n Noel, 75, of Lakeland Park, died in the Woodstock Residence. A well" known retired businessman, George Wirfs, 86, died in Freeport. June 18 Arthur Herman Wagner, 73, of McCullom Lake' road, died of a heart attack at the home of his nephew,-