Name: The December Beacon reports three deaths connected to Beaver Island, 1959
Start: 1959-11-12
End: 1959-12-01
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1959-11-12 – 1959-12-01
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilyreligioncommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Mary Cecilia Martin’s November 12 death and Holy Cross burial, Archie J. LaFreniere’s November 14 death and funeral and burial arrangements, and Hugh Boyle’s December 1 death in Chicago.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper death and funeral notices, not civil certificates, complete funeral records, or cemetery registers.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1959, "DEATHS."
Reports Mary Cecilia Martin’s November 12 death in Charlevoix and Holy Cross funeral and burial; Archie J. LaFreniere’s November 14 death, November 19 funeral in Charlevoix, Island Requiem Mass, and Ann Arbor burial; and Hugh Boyle’s December 1 death in Chicago with funeral arrangements incomplete. It does not provide civil certificates, complete funeral records, or cemetery registers for each notice. 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, December 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the three death notices and reported arrangements; it does not expand the civil, church, or cemetery records.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The December Beacon reports three deaths connected to Beaver Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-1959-death-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1959, "DEATHS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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