Name: Spring services and burials return Christina Gallagher and John Donlevy to Beaver Island, 1962
Start: 1962-04-23
End: 1962-04-28

Event

Dates: 1962-04-23 – 1962-04-28
Kind: Burial
Where: Holy Cross Cemetery · Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Participants: Christina Gallagher (deceased)
Carried out by: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religionheritagecommunitydemography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1962 Beaver Beacon reports two spring returns for burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. Christina Gallagher’s April 28 Requiem High Mass followed her January 7 death and winter transportation delays. John Donlevy’s body returned to Beaver Island for burial on April 23 after a Requiem Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Charlevoix.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper-attested services and burial reports. They do not provide cemetery plots, civil certificates, parish registers, or a complete identity record for John Donlevy.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Obituaries.”
Reports a Requiem High Mass for Christina Gallagher at Holy Cross Church on April 28 after her January 7 death and delayed winter transport, with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. It separately reports John Donlevy’s body returned for Holy Cross burial on April 23 after a Requiem Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Charlevoix. It does not supply cemetery plots, civil records, or a full identity for Donlevy.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Spring services and burials return Christina Gallagher and John Donlevy to Beaver Island, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-burials-april-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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