- Dates
- 1972-04-08 – 1972-04-12
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Waupun · Grand Rapids
- Participants
- Rev. Aiden J. Witte, OFM Conv. (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunityheritage
Summary
Rev. Aiden J. Witte died at Waupun, Wisconsin, on April 8, 1972. The obituary reports a wake and funeral Mass at St. Anthony’s Church in Grand Rapids on April 10–11, followed by another funeral Mass at Mount St. Francis Seminary in New Albany, Indiana, and burial at Mount St. Francis Cemetery on April 12.
Evidence and limits
The report supplies a funeral sequence and cemetery attestation, not civil, parish, or cemetery records. It does not establish which island parish duties Witte covered or the dates of his missions.
See also
Sources
- Reports death at Waupun on April 8, a wake and funeral Mass at St. Anthony’s Church in Grand Rapids on April 10–11, a second funeral Mass at Mount St. Francis Seminary on April 12, and burial at Mount St. Francis Cemetery; it is an obituary rather than independent civil or cemetery documentation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Rev. Aiden J. Witte, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-aiden-j-witte-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Rev. Aiden J. Witte, OFM Conv.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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