Name: Beaver Island Beacon reports Danny Boyle's death and burial service, 1958
Start: 1958-02
End: 1958-02
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1958-02
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityreligionheritage
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1958 Beaver Beacon reported Danny Boyle’s death at age 88 at Grandview Hospital in East Jordan. It said he was born on Beaver Island, farmed the road to Barney’s Lake, belonged to Holy Cross parish, and was brought back to the island for burial services.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief obituary notice. It does not provide a death date, civil certificate, cause, funeral date, or cemetery record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1958, “OBITUARY.”
Reports Danny Boyle’s death at age 88 at Grandview Hospital in East Jordan, where he had been a patient since December 1953; says he was born on Beaver Island, farmed the road to Barney’s Lake, belonged to Holy Cross parish, and was brought to the island for burial services. It does not provide a death date, civil certificate, cause, funeral date, or cemetery record. 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, February 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the obituary and reported burial plan; it does not expand the identity, funeral, or cemetery record.
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Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon reports Danny Boyle's death and burial service, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-danny-boyle-obituary-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1958, “OBITUARY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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