- Dates
- 1979-02-11 – 1979-02-16
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathreligionheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The issue publishes obituary notices for William E. Schmidt and Patrick J. “Patsy Doney” Gallagher, with spring Holy Cross Cemetery burials planned.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper notices, not complete civil, church, cemetery, or estate files.
Sources
- Publishes funeral and biographical notices for William E. Schmidt, longtime island farmer and former Peaine Township supervisor, and Patrick J. “Patsy Doney” Gallagher, a longtime island woodsman, including planned spring burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. These are newspaper notices, not complete civil, church, cemetery, or estate 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 · 1979-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page combined February–March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William Schmidt and Patrick Gallagher obituary notices, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1979-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February–March 1979, obituaries. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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