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Death and funeral of John L. “Mickey” Malloy, 1974

Also John L. Malloy obituary · Mickey Malloy funeral

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TypeEvent
Dates1974-08-16 – 1974-08-19
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1974-08-16 – 1974-08-19
Kind
Death
Participants
John L. "Mickey" Malloy (deceased)
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Modern era
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communitydemographyhealthcareheritage
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Beaver Island

Summary

John L. “Mickey” Malloy, a long-term Beaver Island summer resident, died in Milwaukee on August 16, 1974, after open-heart surgery. His funeral was held in Western Springs on August 19. The obituary identifies his island family connection through his mother, Kate Cull, and lists island residents who attended.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper obituary and an August correction, not a civil death record, medical chart, parish register, or complete family record. The exact identity relationship to the separately recorded John L. Malloy tax-protest signatory is left unresolved.

Sources

  1. Reports John L. (Mickey) Malloy’s August 16 death in Milwaukee, two days after open-heart surgery, and August 19 funeral services in Western Springs, Illinois. It identifies his 1917 Manistique birth, Beaver Island summer residence from the mid-1960s, ownership of Christ Building Materials in Barrington, wife and two children, and island-connected funeral attendees. It does not provide a civil death record or establish whether this is the same John L. Malloy who signed the March 1974 tax protest.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-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 · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Corrects the prior month’s obituary by identifying Msgr. Victor Gallagher and Fr. Bernard Scheid, described as Malloy’s cousins, as the officiants rather than Fr. Graf; the prior issue is not held in the current newspaper archive batch.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held ten-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 · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of John L. “Mickey” Malloy, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-john-mickey-malloy-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “Obituaries: John L. (Mickey) Malloy.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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