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Loretta “Loy” Malloy dies after a life connected to Beaver Island, 2008

Also Loretta Loyola Malloy obituary 2008 · Loy Malloy obituary

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TypeEvent
Date2008-03-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2008-03-27
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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Summary

Loretta “Loy” Loyola Malloy, born on Beaver Island and later of Boyne City, died on March 27, 2008. The obituary recalls her Island schooling, work at the Shamrock, Beachcomber, Post Office, and early Beacun, community service, family, April 1 funeral, and planned burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary; the reported later burial is a plan in the source, not independent cemetery confirmation.

Sources

  1. The forum preserves the initial death report, burial-arrival notice, a reproduced obituary, and extensive first-person community memories of Malloy's Island work and personality. The memories are contextual testimony rather than independently verifiable biography; the Beaver Beacon remains the primary obituary source.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001101
  2. A separate forum post reproduces the obituary with her Beaver Island birth, schooling, work at the Shamrock, Beachcomber, and Post Office, family connections, funeral arrangements, and planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial. It is reproduced obituary material; the Beacon remains the stronger independently held publication.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001102
  3. Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "Loretta Loy Loyola Malloy."
    Reports Loretta “Loy” Malloy’s March 27 death, Beaver Island birth and schooling, work at the Shamrock, Beachcomber, Post Office, and early Beacon, community service, family, funeral, and planned burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Loretta “Loy” Malloy dies after a life connected to Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-loretta-loy-malloy-death-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "R.I.P. Loy Malloy" and "Loy Malloy Obituary," March 27–April 8, 2008. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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