Name: The Beaver Beacon reports four deaths with Beaver Island connections, 1962
Start: 1962-02-03
End: 1962-04-02
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1962-02-03 – 1962-04-02
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityhealthcareheritage
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1962 Beaver Beacon reported four deaths with Beaver Island connections: Robert Gibson of Ludington, Thomas O’Connor of Detroit, Michigan Catholic newspaper editor John Kenny, and South Haven construction-company secretary-treasurer Elmer E. Olson.

Evidence and limits

The notices preserve the newspaper’s dates and island connections. They do not provide complete obituaries, civil records, or burial documentation for every person named.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Obituaries.”
Reports Robert Gibson’s February 3 death after an automobile accident, Thomas O’Connor’s March 29 death and Harbor Springs burial, John Kenny’s April 2 death after a heart attack, and Elmer E. Olson’s April 2 death. It preserves island family, authorship, visitor, and business connections without substituting for civil records.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reports four deaths with Beaver Island connections, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-obituaries-march-april-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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