Name: Bea Boyle is remembered with a Holy Cross Mass, 2008
Start: 2008-09-29
End: 2008-10-05
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Event

Dates: 2008-09-29 – 2008-10-05
Kind: Death
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathheritagereligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Beatrice “Bea” Boyle died on September 29, 2008. The memorial says she moved to Beaver Island as a child, returned in 1984, attended a Holy Cross Funeral Mass on October 5, and had given extensive genealogical notes to the Beaver Island Historical Society.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper memorial and service notice, not a civil death record or complete genealogy.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Beatrice Boyle - RIP," September 29–October 1, 2008.
The forum reported Boyle's September 29 death and reproduced the October 5 Holy Cross funeral arrangements. It is contemporaneous community and reproduced funeral-home information; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for her Island biography and Historical Society connection.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "Bea Boyle 1919–2008."
Reports Beatrice Boyle’s September 29 death, her Island childhood and return in 1984, October 5 Holy Cross Funeral Mass, large family, and genealogical notes donated to the Beaver Island Historical Society. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Bea Boyle is remembered with a Holy Cross Mass, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bea-boyle-memorial-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beatrice Boyle - RIP," September 29–October 1, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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