- Date
- 1988-07-28
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyconstructionmilitarycatholicismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
John Bernard “Bing” McCafferty died in Petoskey on July 28, 1988, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery after a July 30 funeral Mass. The obituary connects his Navy service, return to Beaver Island in 1968, and construction of island buildings and homes with the island community he left behind.
Evidence limits
The obituary is a family and community account; it is not a civil death certificate or a complete building inventory.
Sources
- Reports his July 28 death in Petoskey, Beaver Island childhood, Navy service in World War II, marriage to Madonna McDonough, return to the island in 1968, construction work, surviving family, July 30 funeral Mass, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. 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 · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John Bernard “Bing” McCafferty dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bing-mccafferty-death-and-funeral-1988/, accessed [date], citing John Bernard “Bing” McCafferty obituary, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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