Name: Retired Coast Guard Chief Elmer Dudley dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1959
Start: 1959-10-10
End: 1959-10-14
Location: Holy Cross Cemetery

Locator map: Holy Cross Cemetery highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Holy Cross CemeteryLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1959-10-10 – 1959-10-14
Kind: Death
Where: Holy Cross Cemetery
Carried out by: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathmaritimereligioncommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1959 Beaver Beacon reports retired Coast Guard Chief Elmer G. Dudley’s death in Charlevoix Hospital on October 10, his former command of the Beaver Island station, and his October 14 funeral and Holy Cross burial.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper death and service notice, not a civil death certificate, Coast Guard personnel file, funeral record, or cemetery register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "ELMER G. DUDLEY."
Reports retired Coast Guard Chief Elmer G. Dudley’s death in Charlevoix Hospital October 10, his former command of the Beaver Island station, an October 14 Catholic funeral, and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. It does not provide a civil death certificate, Coast Guard personnel file, funeral record, or cemetery register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the death and burial notice; it does not expand the civil, service, or cemetery record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Retired Coast Guard Chief Elmer Dudley dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elmer-dudley-death-and-burial-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "ELMER G. DUDLEY." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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