Obituaries

Our Obituary Index is for Lake County, Oh death notices appearing in the Painesville Telegraph, from 16 July 1822 to 30 April 1986, and in the News-Herald (Willoughby), 25 March 1986 to 30 September 2019. This can be found in the Genealogy and Local History Room.  Also included are obituaries from the Northern Ohio Journal (Painesville), 11 July 1874 to 26 June 1880; the Painesville Republican, 1898 to 1906; and the Willoughby Gazette, 1 October 1868 to 25 September 1869.

NOTE:  Morley Library does not have microfilm for all newspapers in this index, specifically the Painesville Republican and various editions of the Painesville Telegraph [covering a time period of about 1890 to 1910].

Obituary Index

Copies of death notices and obituaries found in the Morley Library Obituary Index may be requested by: 

• email at genealogy@morleylibrary.org (preferred)

• phone (440 352 3383),  

• snail mail (Morley Library  184 Phelps St. Painesville, OH 44077).

Please include full name of deceased, date of death, date of publication if known, and choice of paper or electronic copy.

*Note: Some obituaries can not be supplied as an electronic file. 

*Please limit your requests to four (4) individuals at a time.

Other resources that cover the Lake County area include:

Cleveland Public Library has an online NewsIndex  to help locate death notices (the successor to the Cleveland Necrology File and Cleveland News Index).  Covering the Cleveland area, it contains notices published in the Cleveland Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Cleveland Press, from the late 1840s to the present.  

*Please be advised that staffing is part-time only, so replies to genealogy requests may take up to 3 - 5 days. We will complete your request in the order it was received in our queue as soon as we are able. Thank you for your understanding*

Page last updated 24 April 2025