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Mary Clare Osborne dies in Indianapolis, 1993

Also Mary Clare Osborne Beaver Island obituary

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TypeEvent
Date1993-04-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The May 1993 Beaver Beacon reported that Mary Clare Osborne died in Indianapolis on April 10 at age 65 and remembered her ties to Beaver Island, where she spent many summers with family.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper memorial notice, not a civil death certificate, obituary file, or funeral register.

Sources

  1. Reports Mary Clare Osborne’s April 10 death in Indianapolis at age 65, her summers with the Gillespie family on Beaver Island, her work with blind people, surviving relatives, and an August memorial service planned at Holy Cross Catholic Church. 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 · 1993-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan confirms the memorial notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Clare Osborne dies in Indianapolis, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-clare-osborne-obituary-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1993, “IN MEMORY . . .” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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