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Death of Jeff Oleksy, 1972

Also Jeff Oleksy death notice · Jeffrey Oleksy death, 1972

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TypeEvent
Date1972-03-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1972-03-12
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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Summary

The March 1972 Beaver Beacon reported the March 12 death of four-and-a-half- month-old Jeff Oleksy at Little Traverse Hospital. The notice named his parents and identified Clarence Palmer of Beaver Island among his grandparents.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper death notice, not a civil death certificate, hospital file, or complete genealogy.

Sources

  1. Reports that Jeff Oleksy, four and a half months old, died at Little Traverse Hospital on March 12 and names his parents, Thomas Oleksy and his wife of Charlevoix, and his grandparents, including Clarence Palmer of Beaver Island; it does not provide a civil death record or complete family register.
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  2. The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published death notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Jeff Oleksy, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-jeff-oleksy-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1972, “Obituaries: Jeff Oleksy.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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