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James Greer death reported, 1971

Also James Greer death, 1971 · James Greer obituary notice, 1971

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TypeEvent
Date1971-04-11
ErasModern era
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Date
1971-04-11
Kind
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Modern era
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Summary

The April–May 1971 Beaver Beacon reported that James Greer died in Detroit on April 11. It remembered him as a longtime Beaver Island hunting visitor and friend of many Island residents.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief newspaper death notice, not a civil death record or complete biography.

Sources

  1. Reports Greer’s April 11 death in Detroit and says he had come to Beaver Island for many years to hunt and was a good friend of many Island residents; it does not provide a civil death record or complete biography.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held combined issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published death notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “James Greer death reported, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-james-greer-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Obituaries: James Greer.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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