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- 1961-01-31 · Beaver Island
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Summary
Valerie Minor of Newberry, mother of Archie Minor, died January 31, 1961, according to the February Beaver Beacon obituary notice. A Holy Cross Cemetery directory entry identifies Archie M. Minor’s parents as Edward and Valerie Minor, resolving the obituary subject’s given name.
Evidence and limits
The sources do not provide Valerie Minor’s birth information, an independent death record, or a cause of death; only the death date can be entered safely.
Sources
- Identifies Mrs. Edward Minor as Archie Minor’s mother and reports her January 31, 1961 death in Newberry. The given name is not printed.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-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 · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The directory identifies Archie M. Minor (1923–1995) as a son of Edward and Valerie Minor. Together with the obituary notice’s identification of Mrs. Edward Minor as Archie’s mother, this resolves her given name as Valerie; it supplies neither her birth information nor an independent death record.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Valerie Minor”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/valerie-minor/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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