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Death notice for Philip O’Brien, 1973

Also Philip O'Brien obituary notice

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TypeEvent
Dates1973-06-14 – 1973-06-18
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1973-06-14 – 1973-06-18
Kind
Death
Where
Chicago
Participants
Philip O’Brien (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
demographycommunity

Summary

Philip O’Brien died June 14, 1973, after six days at Little Company of Mary Hospital. His June 18 funeral was held at St. Juribus Church in Chicago, with Father Patrick O’Brien, OFM, officiating, and burial at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery.

Evidence and limits

The August obituary supplies the dates and funeral details but is still a newspaper account rather than a civil, hospital, or cemetery record.

Sources

  1. Reports that word had been received of Philip O’Brien’s death and that he was well known to Beaver Islanders, but gives no date, age, residence, cause, burial, or further biographical information.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-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 · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Corrects and expands the notice: O’Brien died June 14 after six days at Little Company of Mary Hospital; funeral services were June 18 at St. Juribus Church in Chicago with burial at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-08_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 published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-08_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death notice for Philip O’Brien, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-philip-obrien-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “Obituaries.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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