- Date
- 1988-04-26
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilymilitaryreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Gene Melvin Connaghan, born on Beaver Island, died in April 1988. The May Beaver Beacon reports his Army service, 1951 Holy Cross marriage, four daughters, April 25 return by boat, April 26 funeral Mass, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
The obituary does not state a civil death date or replace church, cemetery, military, and genealogical records.
Sources
- Reports Connaghan’s Beaver Island birth, Army service, 1951 Holy Cross marriage, four daughters, family survivors, April 25 return home by boat, April 26 funeral Mass, and burial. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Gene Melvin Connaghan dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gene-connaghan-death-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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