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Death of Sadie Brown, 1972

Also Sadie McGahn Brown obituary

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TypeEvent
Date1972-10-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1972-10-28
Kind
Death
Participants
Sadie McGahn Brown (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityreligionheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Sadie Brown was killed by a car while crossing a street in Hart, Michigan, on October 28, 1972. The notice says she had lived on Beaver Island in summers since 1958 and attended the Beaver Island Christian Church while there.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper reports burial at Pellston but does not provide a cemetery name, accident investigation, or civil death record.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that Brown was struck and killed while crossing a street in Hart on October 28, gives her former name as Sadie McGahn, and says she lived on Beaver Island in summers after 1958; burial was at Pellston.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-10_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 · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Sadie Brown, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-sadie-brown-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Mrs. Sadie Brown.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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