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Death of Dorothy L. McGregor, 1960

Also October 31 · 1960 Dorothy McGregor death notice

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TypeEvent
Date1960-10-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1960-10-31
Kind
Death
Participants
Dorothy Luton McGregor (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitygovernancedemographyheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Dorothy L. McGregor died at the family home on October 31, 1960, according to the November Beaver Beacon. The notice remembered her work as Beaver Island Civic Association secretary, Beaver Island Telephone Company director, and co-chair of the year’s teen-party committee.

Evidence and limits

The notice says funeral services would be at St. Johns, Michigan, but does not provide a civil record, parish register, cemetery record, age, or cause of death. The person link follows the existing source-qualified 1960 Civic Association record.

Open questions

  • Which civil, parish, cemetery, and organization records document McGregor’s life and death?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Dorothy L. McGregor died at the family home October 31, identifies her as Dr. F. E. Luton's daughter, and credits her as a former Civic Association secretary, Telephone Company director, civic worker, and co-chair of the teen-party committee. It says funeral services would be at St. Johns, Michigan, but does not provide a civil or parish record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-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 · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Dorothy L. McGregor, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-dorothy-mcgregor-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1960, obituary notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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