Summary
The September 1961 death column remembered four Beaver Island-connected people: summer resident Martin W. Amoss, Mrs. Tony Wojan of the Walter Wojan family, Mrs. Russell Palmer, wife of a former island physician, and Daniel E. (Eddie) Gillespie, who was reared on Beaver Island and drowned at Lorain, Ohio.
Evidence and limits
This grouped newspaper notice preserves the island connection and the dates given by the Beacon, but it is not a complete obituary, civil record, or funeral register for any of the four people.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Deaths.”Reports Martin W. Amoss, a longtime summer resident, dying June 6 at Munster, Indiana; Mrs. Tony Wojan dying August 16 at Charlevoix; Mrs. Russell Palmer, wife of a former Beaver Island physician, dying at Lansing; and Daniel E. (Eddie) Gillespie, reared on Beaver Island, drowning August 25 at Lorain, Ohio. It does not provide complete civil or funeral records.