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Page Sixtotti THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Thursday; January 15/ 1959 • , : i~_ ~ --: - -<f- News Summary of McHenry Events In 1958 HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST TWELVE MONTHS IN McHENRY COMMUNITY RECALLED IN REVIEW OF YEAR January Now projection based on 1958 school enrollment causes concern over classroom space in local schools by 1965. McHenry police report a busy year rin 1957 when 300'traffic tickets were issued. Fire of unknown origin virtually destroyed the' North Bridge. Marine Service Co. building. Damage to the structure and its contents was estimated at approximately $200.- 000 by Harry Hans, ow ner and president of the company. A tragic and unusal accideiit involving three trains took the lives of two people and seriously injured many passengers, including several local commuters. The collision occurred about two and one-half miles east of Crystal Lake when the train leaving the McHenry station at 7 a.m. struck,the rear of the Minr.esota-South Dakota limited. There was a dense fog covering the area at the time of the accident. February Dr. Kenneth H. Hall and his wife of White Bear Lake, Minn., were killed in a plane crash near Roberts Road and Rawsora bridge, south of Island Lake. Heavy fog made visibility very poor in ,the area of the crash. Dollar Days were held in McHenry Feb. 7 and 8. National Boy Scout week Feb. 7-13 was highlighted by the-father and son banquet. Clarence Neisen was elected president of the McHenry Kiwanis club and George Pedersen was chosen head of the township Kiwanis group. The McHenry area was shovelling out from under the heaviest snow fall in recent years. Ten to twelve inches of the "beautiful" had traffic snarled for several hours. County Clerk Raymond D. Woods reported the valuation of all property totalled $239,- 863,235 compared to last year's figure of $227,610,550, an increase of $12,252,675. Dr. J. E. Sayler was elected president of the McHenry country club at the annual election meeting. The 1958 "good citizen" award sponsored by the national society. Daughters of the American Revolution, was awarded to Miss Patti Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Blake of Country Club subdivision. Miss Dorothea Miller, daugh^ tor of Mr. and Mi s. Chuck Miller, Edgebrook Heights, has been named the Homemaker of Tomorrow in McHenry. The Bald Knob hotel, a landmark in the Pistakee Bay area since the early days of the century, was destroyed by fire Feb 3. McHenry churches were preparing for the beginning of Lent, Feb. 19. For the second year in succession. local mail, carriers earned recognition in the Chicago region for their excellent safety records in driving. The McHenry Admiral plant will stop operations March 15. All of the 200 workers have hern offered other employment in the Harvard or Chicago factories. Superintendent of Schools. C. H. Duker announced his resignation effective at the close of the school year. Mr. Duker has served the school system for thirty-six years. Rev.-Jack Mclntyre. minister of the newly formed Presbyterian church, will conduct services for the first time Feb. 23 in Eastwood Manor. In the first fatal accident of 1958, Mrs. Alma D. Buhler, 53 of Hammond, Ind., was killed near Harvard, when the car in which she was riding slid off the road and struck a tree. $764 was collected in the 1958 Heart fund drive in this area March In a tragic auto accident on Rt. 12. south of Richmond March 1. Albin <). Voldness. 62, of Wonder Lake and Irene Mack, 26. a nurso al Cook County hospital were killed. A contract was awarded to Hampshire Electric Company of Dixon to install traffic signal lights at the corner of Riverside Drive and Elm street. Approval has been given a site on the east side of Green street as the exclusive bidding site for a new post office. Car] Buckner was appointed superintendent of schools, replacing C. H. Duker. Ten members of the teaching profession in the McHenry schools were honored at the annual county teachers' institute for more than thirty years' service. An unusual vote was taken by the board of supervisors, resulting in the decision to post- I pone payment of their own salaries until more money is avail- | able,in the general fund. i "The fourth traffic fatality of j1959 was recorded March 16, when a speeding train struck a i car and killed one of the occu- : pants. Marie Rejha, 52. of 5500 ' W. 23rd street. Cicero. The ac- | cident occurred at the Milwaukee railroad crossing at Spring I Grove. ; AJan^Rietesel \Con first place | in the annual essay contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. V a r i o u s o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e formulating plans for the first annual McHenry Fiesta to be held July 20. Frank Gende was appointed superintendent of mails in McHenry post office. April Joseph Kotas, a carpenter contractor, and his wife,' Anna, summer residents of Wonder Lake, were killed when their car was struck at Hillside. Seventy-two junior and senior students in the local high school, accompanied by ten adults, left on a five-day trip to Washington, D. C. All the churches in McHenry were offering special services for Holy Week and Easter. Winners were announced in the primary election, held April 8. James H. Cooney of Woodstock defeated Don A. Wicks for county judge by 245 votes; Vernon W. Kays won over Marll Robert Collier for county clerk; Melvin Griebel nomi- ; nated for sheriff and Richard L. Tazewell defeated O. Cole- ! mann O'Hara for superintend- : ent of schools. In the race for state representative* A. B. Mc- ! Connell was high vote getter.-: Charles M. Adams of McHen- 1 ry was the winner in the race for representative committeeman for the thirty-second district. The dedication of St. Paul's Episcopal church took place April 16 at the church edifice located on South Green street. A record number of voters re-elected H. Ralph Bennett, George Hilier and Donald Howard as member of school board district 156. In grade school district 15, Hubert Smith and Harold, H. Vaupell were re-ejected an<3- M. Lois Peterson was elected a new member. Ground was broken April II for the new dial telephone building to be erected at the corner of Court and Pearl st reets. A total of $3,541 was collected in the March of Dimes drive. Charles J. (Chuck) Miller was unanimously named chairman of the Republicap Central committee. replacing Judge Henry Cowlin of Crystal Lake, who had served the committee for eighteen years. John Colomer was named chairman of the Democratic committee, replacing Jesse Armstrong. McHenry area was preparing to move the clocks ahead one hour as daylight saving time began. Vernon Reinbcldt was installed as commander of the V.F.W. and Mrs. George Barbian accepted the role of president of the auxiliary in an impressive ceremonv held at the V.F.W. hall. May The fourth annual conference of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters of the Rockford diocese was held in St. Mary's Catholic church, with his Excellency. Bishop Loras T. Lane celebrating Mass. A record high tax bill of $7,- 713.222 will be collected from county residents this year. The state mobile x-ray unit was in McHenry May 6 and 7. The first drowning of the reason in this vicinity occurred May 3. when Gary Taylor, 20. of Pistakee Highlands, lost his life in a boat which capsized near Stanton Point. Fox Lake. Mis? Lynn Wilkinson. Wonder Lake and Miss Shaion Curulewski. McHenry, were named to attend Illini Girls' State at MacMurray college. Jacksonville. in June this year, sponsored by the Legion auxiliary. A represent at lve of the Manpower Commission of Civil Defense, visited McHenry during the civil defense alert program :'nd had only glowing words of praise for the part played by individuals and organizations. Gordori Johnson was accorded an outstanding honor when he was named a national merit scholar for 1958, one of only 1,000 in the entire vountr.s Gordon was the only county student to win this honor. It is clean-up time and the city designated May 22-23 as "Clean-Up Week". Zion Lutheran congregation laid the cornerstone for its new church in a special service May 25. Poppy Day was held in McHenry, May 24. A new shrine, the Guiding Star, of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, has been formed in this area. Four young men were ordained priests in McHenry in the first such coremonv ever to take place in St. Mary's church, j May 31. The Most Rev. Loras j T. Lane. D. D. conferred the [ sacrament oi Holy Orders qn I Rev. Frank Zimmerman, the ! son of Mr. and Frank J. Zimmerman of Pistakee Bay road, and also Rev. Edward R. Hughes, Rev. James V. Mc- Kitrick and Rev. Thomas • J. Monahan. In a tragic highway head-on collision on Rt. 120 east of McHenry, Donald R. Rhoton, 21, of Lakemoor and his uncle, John F. Rhotoh, also of Lakemoor were killed. , June A total of 316 students graduated from McHenry schools of which 127 received diplomas at the high school, June 6. Eighty - four graduated from the Catholic schools and 105 young people received diplomas from Junior high. Patricia Blake and Gordon Johnson received the coveted American Legion awards. Ground was broken on the north side of Elm street, between Richmond road and Front street, for the construction of a new Jewel Tea store. With the frequency of tornadoes in the mid-west this year, the local fire department announced a warning signal to be used should one occur in this area. Rev. Cosmos W. Novak, O.S.B., has been named assistant at St. Patrick's church and Rev. Leo J. Bartel, newly ordained, was appointed assistant at Christ the King church, Wonder Lake. Mayor George P. Freund received a check for $9,080.69 from the Andrew Worwick estate which is to be used for the McHenry library. City Council acted to alleviate parking and traffic problems in the city. They also set up an improvement board. Rev. Francis W. Zimmermann of McHenry, newly ordained, was appointed assistant at St. James Pro- Cathedral, Rockford. Cameron Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Clark, was awarded first prize of a $150 scholarship in an essay contest. Emil Kuring, 50, was found dead in his home on Rt. 31. It is believed he died two weeks previous, from natural causes. Judd Kinne, 14, son of Atty. Harry Kinne, who practices law in McHenry, was appointed a U. S. page by Senator Dirksen. He assumed his duties July 1 for the summer session of Congress. July Mary Ann Granger, 18, was hosen 1958 dairy princess for McHenry county. Rev. J. Elliott Corbett, popular local minister at the Methodist Community church, has heen transferred to Oregon, 111. Adam Panek. 38, of 1740 W. Potomac avenue, became the tenth, traffic fatality in McHenry county when he was killed June 29 on the Spring Grove blacktop road. Nancy Thornton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thornton of Pistakee Bay, was chosen Fiesta Day queen. Valuable watches and a ring were stolen from Stef fan's Jewelry store. A hole had been broken in the large show window enabling ;he thieves to take tho jewelry valued at approximately $800. ' ( Rev. Eugene C. Baumhofer former assistant pastor at St. Mary's church in McHenry. was appointed by Bishop Loras T. Lane as superintendent of 'he Central Catholic high school in Woodstock, which will serve the thirteen parisflfes in McHenry county. Mrs. Minnie Block celebrated her ninety-eighth birthday at her home on Waukegan street, McHenrv-. The McHenry area recorded • wo drownings within a forty- °ight-hour period. At Island Lake, a 2M>-year-old child, Kenneth Paul Bedford, fell off n pier and drowned July 21. John S, Eichstad*, 45, a summer resident at Fernwood subdivision, \died in the water off Colby's FPoint, southeast of McHenry, July 19. Miss Mary Granger, 18-yearold daughter of the Maurice Grangers, was^ crowned state tlairy princess at the Heart of Illinois Fair in Peoria. July 17. Several hundred parishioner^ witnessed the laying of the I cornerstone July 20 at Christ the King Catholic church in Wonder Lake. The "outstanding citizen" award for 1958 was presented by the V.F.W to Church Miller at the annual carnival held at the V.F.W grounds. Work got under way in preparation for the new McHenry post office building to be erected on the Miller property on Green street. New postage rates went into effect Aug. 1. The McHenry county fair opened in Woodstock July 31. August Tragic accidents on the highway in this area took the lives of two young men. In an accident on the Spring Grove road, Robert Nowak, 18, of Rt. 1, McHenry, was killed early Saturday, Aug. 2, when his car struck a pole and a cement pillar at the entrance to a farm yard. In the second fatal crash, a Berwyn man, 21-ycar-old Edward B. Schuitz died when he lost control of his car on the Spring Grove blacktop. Dedication services were held Sunday, Aug. 10, at the new Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, located on Rt. 120. Dollar days were held in McHenry. Aug. 8-9. Mrs. George Sheiley of Wadsworth, the former Loretta De- Lire, was killed Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, when her car crashed into the engine of a Milwaukee road streamliner. Mrs. Shelley, 39, was the mother of five children and was a former resident of McHenry. The new administrator at McHenry hospital is Ben Underwood of Fort Wayne, Ind., who took over the duties of this position on Aug. 1. Word was received at the Plaindealer office that the Trolex Corp has leased the 32,000 square foot Admiral building in McHenry for five years. Trolex will manufacture switches and mechanical and electronic controls in the buildings. The traffic toll in McHenry county increased by five irt the last two weeks, all occurring in this area. Three Chicagoan were killed in a head-on collision on U. S. Highway 12, a mile west of Spring Grove, on Aug. 7. A newly formed Alliance Bible church of McKenry has purchased the former Zion Evangelical Lutheran church on John street and is planning dedication services in September. J\ record number of faculty members opened the fall term in public schools. A total of 954 students registered in the high school, leading the administration to anticipate almost 1,000 student enrollment. Total number of students in city schools reached 3,464. Richmond water fighters won the '58 championship water fights held in McHenry. September On Sept. 10, a few miles south of McHenry, the nineteenth traffic death in the county occurred when Albert Green, 44, of Amboy, 111. was killed in a head-on collision. McHenry hospital began its third year of operation. In the past two years 2,400 patients were admitted. His Excellency Bishop Loras T. Lane, D. D., presided over ground breaking ceremonies on the site of the r.ew Marian Central Catholic high school at Woodtsock. The new McHenry Community high school athletic field was dedicated McCracken field as a lasting tribute to Leonard McCracken, who has given many years of service as athletic director and coach of various sports. New to, the ranks of business on Main street is Olsen Furniture, which opened Sept. 19 in the Justen building, 519-521 Main street. A crowd estimated at about 1.000 parents and other interested persons attended open house at the new high school addition. yf October On Oct. 3, Rev. John J. Daleiden of St. Patrick's church in Spring Grove, celebrated twenty-five years of pastoral work at St. Peter's parish. Homecoming king and queen were announced before a large crowd at a dance following the football game. Miss'Mary Etheridge of Wonder Lake and Terry Brady of Lakemoor were the honored couple. Miss Charlene Freund was named queen of the band. The semi-annual meeting of District 2 of the Illinois Hospital association auxiliaries was held at the Legion home Oct. 16. Oct. 9 was a night that McHenry resident will remember for a long time. A wind storm began to whip its fury in the direction of McHenry shortly after midnight and not long afterward there was a widespread power shut-off which continued for several hours, and some places for more than thirty-six hours. Large trees were uprooted, television aerials, branches, windows, and almost everything else came tumbling down in the path of this furious storm, which was described as cyclonic in nature. Considerable headway toward the formation of a planning commission for the McHenry area was made when about forty interested citizens gathered in the high school to become better informed on the subject. On the eleventh anniversary of the Christ the King church of Wonder Lake, Oct. 26, the new buildings, which include the church, school and rectory, were dedicated at a Solemn Pontificial Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Loras T, Lane, bishop of'Rockford diocese. Mrs. Mae Stinespring was reelected president of the Illinois Hospital association, District 2, at a meeting held in McHenry, Oct. 16. ; Residents of the McHenry area were reminded to " turn their clocks back one hour as central standard time returned. A tragic hunting accident, the first recorded in the McHenry area this season, took the life of a Johnsburg man, James A. Fisher, 40, on Oct. 27. He was accidentaly killed by his 12 gauge shotgun. A total of 40,930 registered voters are eligible to elect state and county officials in the Nov. 4 election. "Evergreen" has been selected to be McHenry's new telephone exchange name when dial service is introduced here late in 1959. November McHenry county defied the political trend throughout the nation and elected five Republicans into county offices at the November election. After two unsuccessful attempts, the T.B. tax was finally passed by the voters. A bomb scare interrupted classes at the local high school, but resulted in only a short period of respite from work for students. A 16-year-old Fox Lake girl admitted her part in placing the telephone call when apprehended only a few hours later. Fire completely destroyed the vacant house owned by F. G. DePauw of McHenry on West Lane in the village of McCullom Lake. Th£ tragedy of the county's twenty-second traffic fatality of the year was felt keenly in i he Wonder Lake and McHenry area with the death on Nov. 7 of Miss Phyllis Letizia, 16, of Wonder Lake. She was killed when the car in which she was ricl:ng fai'cd to make a curve and overturned on the blacktop road, about a half mile east of Harrison school at Wonder Lake. The state dairy princess, Mary Ann Granger, participated in a whirl of activities at Baton Rouge. La., preceding the coronation ball at which time the national dairy princess was crowned. An impressive cornerstone sealing ceremony was held at at the new dial telephone building at the southwest corner of Court and Pearl streets. Miss Karen Schmelzer of McHenry, an outstanding 4-H member in the county 4-H for several years and county 4-H queen two years ago, was selected to attend the 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. The trip is the highest award that can I be offered any member of the j organization. j A Chicago youth, George McMillan, 19, lost his life in the i second fatal accident of the | current hunting season, Nov. | 22. He was wounded by a j blast from a shotgun at Port- ?n's subdivision, west of Island ' Lake, and died in Condell Memorial hospital, Libertyville, a short time later. About 500 cartons of cigarettes and $200 in change were taken from the Art Smith Grocery and Market, east of the river. Not content with the quantity of merchandise obtained, they also loaded a car belonging to the store owner and drove off with it. December Two hunting accidents over the holiday weekend caused painful injuries to two young people. Thomas Ballowe, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ballowe of Waukegan road, lost part of his middle toe and suffered other broken toes when a 12- gauge shotgun discharged while he was hunting rabbits south of the city. The other youth, Robert Williams, 15. of Rt. 1, Wonder Lake suffered an injury to his right forearm when a rifle he was carrying discharged. The Plaindealer. printed for the first time as a part of its paper, a two-color Christmas shopping supplement. A total of $5,520,524.12, collected in current and back taxes. was distributed to the various scnool districts. Two McHenry men were killed Dec 11, in a tragic pre-holi- , day crash whicb took the. lives List Of Deaths For Year 1958 January Jan. 4--Audrey Earl Jones, 43T of Wonder View subdivision, Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly in Chicago. Grude Fox, 54, Fox Lake, died in the McHenry hospital a short time after his admittance. Jan. 6---Miss Marie Sturmer, 59, a resident of Lakeland Park and part owner Of the Corner store, died unexpectedly at the Memorial hospital in Woodstock. Jan. 7--Mrs. Lillian Kelter, 79, passed away at the Villa Rest home. Mrs. Kelter was best known for her philanthropy, especially in behalf ot church projects both locally and in ; other parts . of the country. Jan'. 13--Mrs. Robert J. Frisby, Jr., 43, died during surgery in University hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., following a period of poor health. Jan 16--Dr. Joel E. Wheeler, 84, lifelong resident of McHenry, died at the Memorial hospital. Mrs. Wilma Sandberg, Griswold Lake, died at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Jan. 18i--Mrs. John Kilday, 63, died in McHenry hospital after a long illness. Jan. 18--Mrs. Thelma Chrisman, a former resident of McHenry, died in Memorial hospital. • / Jan. 20--Albert' L. Cohrs, 63, of Pistakee Highlands, died at St. Therese hospital. 9 Jan. 21--Herbert Von Eller, 60, died of a heart attack while attempting to start his car. Harry Anderson of Wonder Lake died while shovelling snow. . Jan. 22--Mrs. Clara Bode, 68, of Johnsburg, died in St. Francis hospital, Evanston. Mrs. Margaret Bisdorf, 85, died after a lingering illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Stuhlfeier, McCullom Lake. Jan. 24--Mrs. Charlotte Mc- Auliffe Seskind, sister of Mrs. Walter Brooks, died in Chicago. Richard Chrisman, 77, a former linotype operator at the Plaindealer office, died at the printers' home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Theodore H. Bickler, a former resident of McHenry, died in Chicago. Jan. 26--Percy Jaeger, 64, died at his home on north Riverside Drive following a heart attack. Jan. 27--Michael M. Justen, -73, died unexpectedly at his home while shovelling snow. Jan. 28--Jake Miller, 62, a resident of Spring Grove, died in St. Therese hospital. Michael H u f f , 8 4 , a n a t i v e o f S p r i n g Grove, died at the county hospital in Hartland. February Fefy 2--Isadore E. Feffer, 66, of Chicago, well known in this community, died after a two and one-half year illness. Feb. 3--Peter C. Lieser, 65, died unexpectedly at McCullom Lake home. Feb. 5--After a brief illness, Walter Walsh, 76, died at the Memorial hospital. Feb. 13--The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Babcock of Washington street, died in Children Memorial hospital following surgery. Henry F. Schaefer, 76, a lifelong resident, died in an Elgin hospital after a long illness. Feb. 15--Richard J. Walsh, 86, died at the Villa Rest home. Dr. Norman Taxman, 27, former resident, was found dead in Chicago. Feb. 16--Arthur A. Thompson, hjtsband of the former Marguerite .Fenske Thompson, died in a Chicago hospital following surgery. Feb. 19--William Wright, 90, of Nunda township, died in his home following a short illness. Feb. 20--George B. Freund, 71, of Deerfield. a native of McHenry, died in the Highland Park hospital. Feb. 25--Mrs. Grace Marie the age of 46 at Memorial I the McHenry hospital follbwfrg m f u l I n V \ v » » rt £ i 1 1 of three occupants of the cars. Dead were Gerald Mayfield, 41, •of- Main street, father of five children, his brother - in - law, Leo W. Hoexter, 60. of Maple avenue, and Russell L. Call, 29, of the Fox Lake area. In a tragic pre-holiday hunting accident Paul Reuter, 49, of Wonder Center, Wonder Lake, was found dead on the Abraham farm in Bull Valley, Dec. 17. It is believed that Reuter's gun may have discharged while he was opening a gate in the fence. He had been shot in the chest. The Illinois State Scholarship commission announced the names of 3,718 high school students who will be considered for sta*e scholarships to attend Illinois colleges and universities next fall. Out of this number there were ten from the McHenry high school. Glorney of Griswold Lake, died | Fair Oaks subdivision, died in at hospital March Mar. 1--Mrs. John J. Sullivan, 89, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Norbert Yegge, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Katherine Althoff, who would have been 95 years old March 6, died at her home in Kenosha, Wis., after a long illness. Mar. 5--George F. Frisby, 43, a native of McHenry, died in Chicago where he was employed in a paper company. William F. Schatz, 72, died of a heart attack at his home in Lakeland Park. Mar. 6--Mrs. Catherine Brusca to of Chicago died while visiting her son at Wonder Lake. Mar. 7--Wilfred C. Welding, 51, of Fox street, died in a Chicago hospital. Mar. 11--A well known* ret i r e d f a r m e r f r o m C r y s t a l Lake, William H. VanNatta, 91, died at his home. He was' the stepfather of Robert Thompson of McHenry. Mar. 13--Daniel, 11-monthold son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coghlin of Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly in Memorial hospital. is Mar. 15--George Butler, 95, a native of McHenry, died in an Elkhorn hospital. He made his home in Lake Geneva and was a brother of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan who died Mar. 1. Mrs. August Japp, 77, mother of Mrs. Rolland Ensign, died in Kannard, Nebr. Mar. 16--Mrs. Marie M. Larson, 69, of Chicago, died of a heart attack at the home of her son, Andrew Larson, Pistakee Bay. Mrs. Amanda Deming Workman died at the Villa rest home. Mar. 18--Mrs. Ralph Boyle, 51, sister of Albert Purvey of McHejiry and wife of the editor of the Crystal Lake Herald, died in a Chicago hospital. Mar. 18--Sister Marie Gratia died in Mercy hospital. She was the former Marion Conway and was a teacher at St. Dennis school in Chicago. Mar. 20--Anton G. Lishamer, 77, of Oakland subdivision, near Johnsburg, died in his home. Mrs. Ben Watts, Fox Lake, died in New Smyrna, Fla. She was 65 years old. Mar. 21--A long time resid e n t c f t h e < M c I } e n r y a r e a , Mrs. Maude Peet', died the day before her seventy-seventh birthday anniversary. Mar. 27--Miss May Noonan, 80, a life-long resident of this area, died in an Elgin hospital. April Apr. 4--George W, Reiker, 67, of Weingart's subdivision, died in McHenry hospital after a short illness. Apr. 5--Mrs. Ann Douglas, 53/ of Lakeland Park, died in the McHenry hospital after a long illness. Apr. 6--A rural mail carrier i n W o n d e r L a k e f o r m a n y years. Jay W. Cristy, 59, died of a heart attack in his home Easter morning. Apr. 10--A former McCullom Lake resident, Lawrence W. Jensen, 47, of Richmond, died at the Memorial hospital in Woodstock. Apr. 13--Perry Short of Chicago, husband of Elsie Schneider Short, formerly of McHenry, died at his home. Apr. 14--Frank J. May, 71, of Spring Grove, died at the Villa Rest home after a long illness. Mrs. Maude Maher of Colby's Point died at the Villa Rest home. Apr. 16--Death claimed Anton Weyland, Sr., 67, of Griswold Lake, who died in a Waukegan hospital. Apr. 18--Mrs. Mary May Freund, 89, formerly of Spring Grove, died in the home of a sister, Mrs. Emma Hergott, in Elkhorn, Wis. Joanne Mary, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Gausden, died in Children's Memorial hospital, Chicago. She was two days old. One of the twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rourke of Edgebrook Heights, died two days after his birith. Yvonne. 10 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Freund of P i s t a k e e B a y , d i e d i n t h e Woodstock hospital. Apr. 20--Mrs. Anna M. Boley, 69, died in her home east of McHenry. Mrs. Anna Wolf Rasmussen, 75, died in an Elgin hospital after an illness of four months. Apr. 22--William J. Fiala. Sr.. 59. of Wonder Lake, died unexpectedly in his home. Apr. 23--Willard S. Kiddlesen, 43, aviation metalsmith, first class with the U.S. Navy. died at Great Lakes Naval hospital after a short illness. Apr. 25--The community was shocked to learn of the unexpected death of Verne Harrison. 46, who passed away at Memorial hospital, Woodstock, following a short illness. Apr. 26--Hugh W. Morris, 77, a tvpepty-yefur resident ot a brief illness. Apr. °27--Mrs. Anna Kueche n m e i s t e r , 8 8 , d i e d a t L a k e County hospital in Waukegan. May May 2--Frank Tonyan, 68, of Fox Lake, a native of the Ringwood area, died at St.- Therese hospital, Waukegan. May 4--Navy Commander George Gage Smith, a World War II bomber pilot from FJgin, was killed when the light plane in which he was riding, crashed on takeoff from an airport near Albuquerque, N. M. Commander Smith was related to several McHenry residents. May 8--Mrs. Irene Vasey Benwell, 61, died in Sherman hospital. Frank A. Jensen of Woodstock, a former resident of McHenry, died at his horn*. May -11:--David Fairchild, 46, who resided southwest of McHenry, died unexpectedly in Albuquerque, N. M. May 13--Services were held for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Manning, who died in the Memorial hospital shortly after birth. May 17--Robert Joseph Adams, 25, died while at wqj% on a boat in Fernwood su& division. Cause of death was undetermined. May 19--Mrs. Anna Henschel, 75, of Arlington Heights, mother of Art Henschel of McHenry, died in a nursing home. May 20--Peter W. Freund, 73, a native of McHenry, died in Harvard, after a long illness. May 21--Mrs. Otis Murrijl 79, of Geneva, a native of McHenry, died in Geneva Community hospital after a brief illness. May 22--Mrs. Kate C. Kramer, 83, died in the Villa Rest home, after an illness of several months. She was the mother of Mrs. Jack Boone of McHenry. May > 23--Peter Tillich. 64, father of Michael Tillich Johnsburg, died at his hoira in Antioch. Mrs. Helen Farrell, 73, died in the Villa Rest home. Before her iilness she had made her home with her brother- in-law, Bert Lilley of Country Club drive. May 24--Mrs. Jayne Thorson, 47, of Glenview, died very suddenly in the Riverside hotel, while spending the weekend in McHenry. A May 25-^-Colleen Baird, llmonth- old daughter of Mr. and f Mrs. Raymond Baird of Rt. 3, McHenry, died at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, where she had been a patient only a day. May 30--Barbara Triplett, 17, a junior in the McHenry high school, died in Robert Long Research hospital, Indianapolis, Ind. ^ June *1 June 1--The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Quaadman of Wonder Lake died at McHenry hospital shortly after" birth. June 3--Wendy Sue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G u f f e y o f R i c h m o n d , d i e d shortly after birth at Memorial hospital. June 4--Mrs. Johanna Smith* 79, died at her home in John? burg after a long illness. Mrs. Isabella Reinfried, 67, mother of Mrs. Herb Reihansperger of McHenry, died at Methodist hospital, Madison, Wis., after a two day illness. June 6--William Engels, 78, a retired dairy farmer in the Spring Grove area, died at his home following a long illness. June 8--Benjamin F. HuscO 82, of McHenry, died in the Villa Rest home. June 9--Samuel Curran, 61, owner and operator of Curran's Boarding Kennels north of Volo died in Victory Memorial hospital, Waukegan after a brief illness. June 10--Elijah J. Coates, 87, of Woodstock, died at a rest home. - June 12--Mrs. Anna Sang* meier, 87. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hay, in McHenry. June 13--Mrs. Gertrude Rothermel, 81, widow of Frank Rottyermel, an old time resident of McHenry, died in a Wilmette rest home. June 15--A summer resident, Charles Spohr, Sr.. 72, of Chicago, collapsed and died at thjl conclusion of the 11:30 Mass at St. Patrick's church. Edward Breit, Sr., of Florida and McHenry died at Memorial hospital at Woodstock. He was 78 years old.' June 16-- Deborah Ann Levand, Lakemoor, died at the McHenry hospital. She was the 10 month-old daughter of the Arthur Levands. June 19--Elmer J. FreunC^ 49. well known postmaster of the West McHenry postoffice, died at the McHenry hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Leone Conway Smith. 45, former resident of McHenry. was found ^ ~ •• . .• i , (Continued on page 17)