- Dates
- 1979-04-30 – 1979-05-31
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1979 issue carries obituary notices for six island-connected people and reports graveside services for Patrick J. Gallagher and William E. Schmidt.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper notices and do not replace civil, medical, church, cemetery, or complete biographical records.
Sources
- Carries notices for Joseph P. Grossel, Peter O. Gallagher, Geraldine H. Shearer, Marie Hall, Russell P. Hoffman, and Daniel C. Greene, plus graveside services for Patrick J. Gallagher and William E. Schmidt. The notices report island, family, lighthouse-service, and community connections but do not replace civil, medical, church, cemetery, or biographical 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 · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and graveside notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “May 1979 Beaver Beacon obituary notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1979-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1979, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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