- Dates
- 2015-12-28 – 2015-12-29
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Lawrence McDonough
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- death-and-memorymaritimeshippingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Captain Lawrence Matthew McDonough, a Beaver Island-born farmer, sailor, logger, dairy operator, and ferry captain, died at home on December 28, 2015, at age 101. A spring funeral at Holy Cross was planned. April arrangements and a May family follow-up document the final journey and community response around the service.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a family obituary, community response, and later family service notice. Independent vital and funeral records should control exact dates and service details.
Sources
- The obituary reported his December 28 death at home, Beaver Island birth, work as farmer, sailor, logger, dairy operator, and ferry captain, and a planned spring funeral. It is a family/community obituary reproduced in the forum; independent vital and funeral records should control exact details.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009764
- The family announced a May 7, 2016, funeral service at Holy Cross Church. This confirms the previously announced spring timing but does not independently verify the service’s completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t009844
- Family arrangements, “Lawrence McDonough Funeral Arrangements,” Beaver Island Forum, April 26, 2016.The family notice gave the May 6 final trip on the Beaver Islander, arrival at Holy Cross, visitation and vigil, and May 7 Mass, interment, and luncheon. It is a first-party arrangement notice, not an independent funeral record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010099
- The family thanked the community and described boats greeting Lawrence’s final journey aboard the Beaver Islander, confirming that the service occurred and documenting the community response. It does not replace an independent death or cemetery record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010159
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Captain Lawrence Matthew McDonough dies at 101, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lawrence-mcdonough-death-2015/, accessed [date], citing Family obituary, “Lawrence McDonough-101- RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, December 29, 2015. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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