Stroke of Alberta LaFreniere, 1973

Also Alberta LaFreniere hospitalization

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent

Datecirca 1973-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1973-08
Kind: Medical
Participants: Alberta LaFreniere (patient)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityhealthcare
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Alberta LaFreniere was reported as a patient at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago after a slight stroke in August 1973.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper report does not supply a clinical diagnosis, admission date, or discharge outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1973, “Local News.”
Reports that Alberta, Mrs. Joseph “Buzzy” LaFreniere, was a patient at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago following a slight stroke.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1973, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-08_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Stroke of Alberta LaFreniere, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/stroke-of-alberta-lafreniere-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1973, “Local News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Stroke of Alberta LaFreniere, 1973”RIS for “Stroke of Alberta LaFreniere, 1973”