- Date
- 1970-08-08
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Grand Rapids
- Participants
- Sister Rene Langlois (victim)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunityheritage
Summary
Sister Rene Langlois, identified in the August 1970 Beaver Beacon as Jeanne Langlois, died early on Saturday evening after surgery for an aneurysm at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. The source chronology places her death on August 8, 1970.
Evidence and limits
The obituary says Langlois taught on Beaver Island among several Michigan and New Mexico assignments and that she loved her years on the island. It records her August 7 surgery, the following day’s decline, and August 10–11 services at Marywood. The date is reconstructed from the source’s explicit weekday sequence; no civil record, burial place, religious order, or complete teaching chronology is asserted.
Open questions
- Which congregation and Marywood records identify Sister Rene’s religious order?
- What Beaver Island school records document her assignment and dates there?
- Where was she buried, and is a death record available?
See also
Sources
- Reports surgery at Blodgett Hospital on Friday, August 7, a decline the following day, and death early Saturday evening; the weekday sequence supports August 8, 1970. The obituary is not a civil death record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-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 · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Lists Blodgett Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids. It supports the city-level anchor only, not a precise hospital coordinate.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Sister Rene Langlois, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-sister-rene-langlois-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1970, “Obituaries: Sister Rene Langlois.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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