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April–May 1978 Beaver Beacon obituary notices

Also April 1978 Beaver Island obituary notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-02 – 1978-05-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1978-02 – 1978-05-15
Kind
Death
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathreligionheritagecommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April–May 1978 Beaver Beacon reports obituary, funeral, and burial-plan notices for eight people with Beaver Island family, residence, or community connections.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper obituary record. Civil, church, cemetery, medical, and funeral-home records are not substituted.

Sources

  1. Reports the deaths and services or burial plans of Jo Ann Malloy, John Hannon, Marie Allers, Patrick LaFreniere, Francis “Rob” Burke, Wanda Bolton, Grace and Mamie Gallagher, and Roland McCann. It is a newspaper notice and does not replace civil, church, cemetery, medical, or funeral-home files. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page combined April–May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “April–May 1978 Beaver Beacon obituary notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-april-may-1978-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April–May 1978, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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