Event
- Eras
- Modern era
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- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1962 Beaver Beacon reports two spring returns for burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. Christina Gallagher’s April 28 Requiem High Mass followed her January 7 death and winter transportation delays. John Donlevy’s body returned to Beaver Island for burial on April 23 after a Requiem Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Charlevoix.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper-attested services and burial reports. They do not provide cemetery plots, civil certificates, parish registers, or a complete identity record for John Donlevy.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Obituaries.”Reports a Requiem High Mass for Christina Gallagher at Holy Cross Church on April 28 after her January 7 death and delayed winter transport, with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. It separately reports John Donlevy’s body returned for Holy Cross burial on April 23 after a Requiem Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Charlevoix. It does not supply cemetery plots, civil records, or a full identity for Donlevy.