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Death of Ray Osbourn, 1960

Also October 2 · 1960 Ray Osbourn death notice

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TypeEvent
Date1960-10-02
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1960-10-02
Kind
Death
Participants
Ray Osbourn (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitydemography

Summary

Ray Osbourn of Williamsburg, Iowa was reported to have died on October 2, 1960.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide cause of death, funeral, cemetery, or civil record.

Open questions

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

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Ray Osbourn of Williamsburg, Iowa died on October 2 and identifies him as Lucille Gillespie's husband. It does not provide cause, funeral, cemetery, civil record, or death location.
    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 Ray Osbourn, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-ray-osbourn-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1960, obituary notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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