- Dates
- 1985-06-17 – 1985-06-21
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
William Jack Left, a former Beaver Island resident, died in Park Ridge on June 17, 1985. His funeral was held at Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island on June 21, followed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This record follows the contemporary obituary. Civil vital, cemetery, and military records would be needed to independently verify its details.
Sources
- Reports that William Jack Left, 55, a former Beaver Island resident, died June 17, 1985, at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge; that his June 21 funeral was held at Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island; and that he was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. The obituary also gives his April 1, 1930 Beaver Island birth, Army service, marriage, and surviving family. It is a newspaper obituary, not a civil vital record or military file. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-six-page July/August combined issue PDF, filed canonically as July 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the obituary and burial notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William Jack Left dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/william-jack-left-obituary-1985/, accessed [date], citing William Jack Left obituary, Beaver Beacon, July 1985 (July/August combined issue filed as July). (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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