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Death of Leo McGinnis, 1960

Also October 5 · 1960 Leo McGinnis death notice

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TypeEvent
Date1960-10-05
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1960-10-05
Kind
Death
Participants
J. Leo McGinnis (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitydemography

Summary

The October 1960 Beaver Beacon reported Leo McGinnis’s death at Grandview Hospital on October 5.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not identify the hospital location, cause of death, funeral, cemetery, or civil record.

Open questions

  • Which hospital, obituary, cemetery, or civil records document the death?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Leo McGinnis died at Grandview Hospital on October 5 and was the father of Mrs. Charlie Martin. It does not provide the hospital location, cause, funeral, cemetery, or civil record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-10_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 · 1960-10_Beaver-Beacon

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

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Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Leo McGinnis, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-leo-mcginnis-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1960, obituary notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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