- Dates
- 1994-12-26 – 1994-12-30
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilysportscommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Robert Paul Gatliff died December 26, 1994 after living with cancer. The Beacon remembered his athletic, musical, and community life and reported a December 30 funeral Mass and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This entry follows the published remembrance and does not independently verify the medical or biographical details.
Sources
- Remembers Gatliff’s basketball, music, golf, swimming, waterskiing, and wheelchair-basketball life, his December 26 death after cancer, December 30 funeral Mass, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. 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 · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary and burial report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Paul Gatliff dies and is buried on Beaver Island in December 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-gatliff-death-and-burial-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1995, “Robert Paul Gatliff 1967–1994.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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