- Date
- 1975-02-15
- Kind
- Death
- Participants
- David E. Japp (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitydemographyreligion
Summary
David E. Japp, age 27, died on February 15, 1975, according to the March 1975 Beaver Beacon. The obituary identifies his wife Janice (Souter), son David Elmer Jr., family in the Jenison, Wyoming, Holland, and Grandville area, and Sybil Larsen of Beaver Island as his grandmother by marriage.
Evidence and limits
The notice does not give the place of death, funeral, burial place, cause of death, or a civil record. The Beaver Island connection is the obituary’s explicit relationship to Sybil Larsen, not evidence that the death occurred on the island.
Sources
- Reports that David E. Japp, age 27, died Saturday, February 15, 1975; names his wife Janice (Souter), son David Elmer Jr., parents Elmer and Jenison, siblings, grandparents, and Sybil Larsen of Beaver Island as his grandmother by marriage. It gives no death place, funeral, burial, or civil record. 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 · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of David E. Japp, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-david-e-japp-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1975, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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