Name: Death and funeral of Sister Mary Clare Malloy, 1973
Start: 1973-02-27
End: 1973-03-02
Location: Grand Rapids

Locator map: Grand Rapids highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Grand RapidsLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1973-02-27 – 1973-03-02
Kind: Death
Where: Grand Rapids
Participants: Sister Mary Clare Malloy, R.S.M. (deceased)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: catholicismhealthcarecommunityheritage

Summary

Sister Mary Clare Malloy, born on Beaver Island, died February 27, 1973, at St. Gertrude’s Convent after a career as a nurse and hospital administrator. Her March 2 funeral was held at Mount Mercy Academy’s Sacred Heart Chapel, followed by burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Evidence and limits

The obituary supplies a source-bounded religious and healthcare biography but does not establish a complete convent, nursing, civil, or cemetery record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1973, “Observances.”
Reports Sister Mary Clare Malloy’s February 27 death at St. Gertrude’s Convent after retirement, March 2 funeral at the Sacred Heart Chapel of Mount Mercy Academy, and burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery; it preserves her Beaver Island birth, nursing and hospital-administration career, religious profession, and family references without a religious or civil register.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1973, held issue PDF, source scan.
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.
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TopoQuest, “Mount Olive Lutheran Church, MI,” nearby-feature list, retrieved 2026-08-02.
Lists Mount Mercy Academy and Mount Calvary Cemetery in the Grand Rapids area. It supports the city-level anchor only, not a precise 1973 institution coordinate.

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Sister Mary Clare Malloy, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-sister-mary-clare-malloy-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1973, “Observances.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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