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Beaver Island-connected obituary notices, March 1970

Also March 1970 Beaver Island obituary notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1970-03-14 – 1970-03-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1970-03-14 – 1970-03-17
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1970 Beaver Beacon reports James A. Carpenter’s March 14 death at St. Mary’s Hospital and Vivian Gallagher’s unexpected death at home the same day. The notices preserve their Beaver Island work, family, sailing, lighthouse, and residence connections.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper obituary notices. They do not provide independent civil, funeral, or cemetery records.

Sources

  1. Reports James A. Carpenter's March 14 death at St. Mary's Hospital and Vivian Gallagher's March 14 death at home, including Beaver Island sawmill, sailing, lighthouse-service, family, and residence connections; it does not provide independent civil, funeral, or cemetery records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published obituary notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected obituary notices, March 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-1970-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1970, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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