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Death of Elston Pischner, 1973

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Locator map: Phoenix highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Date1973-02-08
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Phoenix highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at PhoenixLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1973-02-08
Kind
Death
Where
Phoenix
Participants
Elston Pischner (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
demographycommunity

Summary

Elston Glen Pischner, 56, died of a heart attack in Chandler Community Hospital on February 8, 1973, while visiting a daughter. The March follow-up identifies him as a Phoenix police jail guard, former county road commissioner, and World War II Army veteran, with military services and burial in Phoenix on February 12.

Evidence and limits

The February notice is superseded in detail by the March follow-up, but neither issue is a civil, military, medical, or cemetery record. The source does not establish a complete family identity or service history.

Sources

  1. Reports Elston Pischner’s sudden death in Phoenix on February 8 while visiting his daughter and says a full obituary would appear in the following issue; it gives no age, funeral, or burial information.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-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 · 1973-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Provides the fuller obituary: Elston Glen Pischner, 56, a Phoenix police jail guard and former county road commissioner, died of a heart attack on February 8 in Chandler Community Hospital while visiting a daughter; military services and Greenwood Cemetery burial in Phoenix were held February 12.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-03_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 · 1973-03_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Elston Pischner, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-elston-pischner-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1973, “Obituaries.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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