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Burial of Elizabeth Gallagher, 1971

Also Elizabeth Gallagher burial · Elizabeth Gallagher Requiem Mass

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TypeEvent
Date1971-05-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1971-05-08
Kind
Burial
Where
Holy Cross Catholic Church building · Holy Cross Cemetery
Participants
Elizabeth J. Gallagher (deceased)
Carried out by
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
catholicismcommunityheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On May 8, 1971, Holy Cross Church held a Requiem Mass for Elizabeth Gallagher, who had died in January after leaving Beaver Island for Green Bay. The April–May Beaver Beacon reports that she was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Evidence and limits

This report resolves the January obituary’s intended burial into a newspaper-attested completed burial. It still does not provide Elizabeth’s exact death date, a cemetery plot, or independent civil and church records.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports a Friday evening Rosary and a 9:30 a.m. Requiem Mass on Saturday, May 8, at the family home and Holy Cross Church, followed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery; it does not give a plot or independent cemetery record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Burial of Elizabeth Gallagher, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/burial-of-elizabeth-gallagher-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Obituaries: Miss Elizabeth Gallagher.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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