- Dates
- 1986-11-21 – 1986-11-24
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Holy Cross Catholic Church building · Holy Cross Cemetery
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1986 Beaver Beacon reported Francis F. O’Donnell’s November 21 death, November 24 funeral at Holy Cross Church, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate, military file, cemetery register, or complete genealogy.
Sources
- Reports Francis F. O’Donnell’s November 21 death in Chicago, November 24 funeral at Holy Cross Church, Holy Cross Cemetery burial, Beaver Island birth and upbringing, World War II Army service, Chicago employment, and surviving siblings. It is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate, military file, cemetery register, or complete genealogy. 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 · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Francis F. O’Donnell dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-francis-odonnell-death-1986/, accessed [date], citing Francis F. O’Donnell, Beaver Beacon, December 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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