- Dates
- 1977-06-29 – 1977-07-22
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathheritagecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Raymond C. Connaghan’s June 29 death and July 1 Holy Cross funeral and interment, and Mary Early’s July 20 death and July 22 funeral followed by graveside interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence and limits
This record preserves newspaper obituary and funeral notices. Civil, church, cemetery, medical, and complete family records are not substituted.
Sources
- Reports Raymond C. Connaghan’s June 29 death and July 1 Holy Cross funeral and interment, and Mary Early’s July 20 death, July 22 funeral in Clifford, and graveside interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. It is a newspaper notice and does not replace civil, church, cemetery, or medical records. 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 · 1977-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The issue apologizes for delaying the Gallagher family’s thanks for help with Mary Early’s funeral and identifies her July obituary as having appeared in the July Beacon. It is a source-continuity correction, not a new death date or independent identity record. 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 · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the retrospective obituary correction notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “July 1977 Beaver Beacon obituary notices for Connaghan and Early”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-july-1977-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1977, “Obituaries.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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