- Date
- 1973-09-15
- Kind
- Marriage
- Where
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Participants
- Linda Arden (bride) · Kevin McDonough (groom)
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityreligiondemography
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Linda S. Arden and Kevin C. McDonough married September 15, 1973, at Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island. Rev. Herbert Graf, O.F.M., and Rev. Edward G. Donohoe officiated; the report says more than 300 guests attended the ceremony and more than 350 attended the reception at Holy Cross Parish Hall.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper account establishes the ceremony and reception but is not a civil marriage record. It preserves the source’s “Kevin C. McDonough” form without resolving the separate Kevin McDonough episode record.
Sources
- Reports the September 15 Holy Cross Church double-ring ceremony, more than 300 wedding guests, the officiants, reception, and the couple’s planned Traverse City-area home.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the combined September–October publication; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Marriage of Linda S. Arden and Kevin C. McDonough, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marriage-of-linda-arden-and-kevin-mcdonough-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Weddings: Arden–McDoug.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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