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Funeral and burial of Mary Sterling, 1973

Also Mary Sterling obituary · Mary Gallagher Sterling funeral

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1973-06
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1973-06
Kind
Burial
Participants
Mary Sterling (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
demographyreligioncommunityheritage

Summary

Funeral services for Mary Sterling were held at St. Mary’s Church in Custer, with Rev. Louis LaSarge officiating. The June 1973 notice reports burial at Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper does not give an exact death or funeral date and is not a civil or cemetery register.

Sources

  1. Reports funeral services at St. Mary’s Church with Rev. Louis LaSarge officiating and burial at Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil; the notice does not give the death date. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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  2. The scan confirms the funeral and burial locations.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Funeral and burial of Mary Sterling, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/funeral-and-burial-of-mary-sterling-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1973, “Mrs. Mary Sterling.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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