Name: Teresa M. Gallagher dies on May 31, 2001 after helping found the Beaver Island Medical Center
Start: 2001-05-31
End: 2001-05-31
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2001-05-31
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarefamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Teresa M. Gallagher, a Beaver Island native and one of the founders of the Beaver Island Medical Center, died in Petoskey on May 31, 2001, aged 94. The Beacon also records her June 9 funeral Mass in Charlevoix and Beaver Island family connections.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary and does not provide the civil death record, complete founding documentation, or a full family genealogy.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2001, “Teresa M. Gallagher, 1907–2001.”
Reports Gallagher’s May 31 death in Petoskey, June 9 Mass in Charlevoix, Beaver Island birth and family, and her role in founding the Beaver Island Medical Center. 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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Beaver Beacon, July 2001, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Teresa M. Gallagher dies on May 31, 2001 after helping found the Beaver Island Medical Center”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/teresa-gallagher-death-may-31-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2001, “Teresa M. Gallagher, 1907–2001.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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