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Herbert Zuidema and Alta Gregg obituary notices, 1968

Also August 1968 Beaver Island-connected obituaries

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TypeEvent
Dates1968-07-10 – 1968-07-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1968-07-10 – 1968-07-29
Kind
Death
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that Herbert Zuidema, a seasonal Beaver Island resident, died suddenly on the island on July 10. It also reported that Alta I. Hayward Walker Gregg died unexpectedly in Lansing on July 29, with an August 1 funeral and burial in Grand Rapids.

Evidence and limits

This is a grouped newspaper obituary record. It does not replace civil death, funeral-home, cemetery, or complete genealogical records.

Sources

  1. Reports Herbert Zuidema's July 10 death on Beaver Island and Alta I. Gregg's July 29 death in Lansing, including seasonal, family, church, funeral, and burial connections; it does not provide civil death records or complete genealogies.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published obituary notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Herbert Zuidema and Alta Gregg obituary notices, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1968-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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