Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1962 Beaver Beacon reports that Mrs. Louis Barkely of Detroit died May 20 after an extended illness. It also reports the May 30 death of 80-year- old Mrs. Cecelia Griffin of East Jordan and notes that Eva McDonough, Archie LaFreniere, and Vernon LaFreniere attended Griffin’s funeral.
Evidence and limits
This is a grouped newspaper death notice. It preserves the island family and funeral connections without treating the report as a civil death certificate, obituary, or cemetery register.
Open questions
- Can civil and funeral records identify the two women and document the reported relationships?
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 1962, “Deaths.”Reports Mrs. Louis Barkely of Detroit dying May 20 after an extended illness and Mrs. Cecelia Griffin, 80, of East Jordan dying May 30; it records island-connected relatives and attendance at Griffin’s East Jordan funeral but supplies no civil or cemetery records.