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Funeral of Fred L. Floyd, 1974

Also Fred L. Floyd obituary · Fred Floyd Muskegon funeral

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Locator map: Muskegon highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at MuskegonLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates1974-02-03 – 1974-02-04
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Muskegon highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at MuskegonLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1974-02-03 – 1974-02-04
Kind
Death
Where
Muskegon
Participants
Fred L. Floyd (deceased)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitycatholicismmaritime

Summary

Fred L. Floyd was born on Beaver Island on December 15, 1896, according to a February 1974 obituary. The Beaver Beacon reports a February 3 rosary and February 4 Funeral Mass in Muskegon, followed by interment at Norton Shores Cemetery. It also records his 1916 Beaver Island marriage to Ruth Graham, Coast Guard service, and later construction work.

Evidence and limits

The obituary does not state Floyd’s death date and is not a civil, military, church, or cemetery register. The named children and siblings are retained in the source note but are not promoted to separate identity records here.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports a February 3 rosary at Young Funeral Home and February 4 Funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Church in Muskegon, followed by Norton Shores Cemetery interment. It says Floyd was born on Beaver Island December 15, 1896, married Ruth Graham on Beaver Island in 1916, moved to Muskegon in 1934, served in the Coast Guard, later worked for Love Construction, and belonged to D.A.V. Post 103. The notice does not give his death date or independent civil, military, church, or cemetery records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-02_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 · 1974-02_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Funeral of Fred L. Floyd, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/funeral-of-fred-l-floyd-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1974, “Obituaries: Mr. Fred L. Floyd.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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