Name: Elizabeth LaFreniere, lifelong Beaver Island resident, dies, 1986
Start: 1986-12-21
End: 1986-12-21
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1986-12-21
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Elizabeth LaFreniere died December 21, 1986, aged 76. Her February 1987 obituary describes her lifelong Beaver Island residence, Holy Cross Church and Altar Society service, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate or complete family record.

Sources

“Elizabeth LaFreniere,” Beaver Beacon, February 1987.
Reports Elizabeth LaFreniere’s December 21 death, December 24 Holy Cross Church funeral, burial, lifelong island residence after arriving at age three, church and Altar Society membership, and surviving family. 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 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Elizabeth LaFreniere, lifelong Beaver Island resident, dies, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elizabeth-lafreniere-death-1986/, accessed [date], citing “Elizabeth LaFreniere,” Beaver Beacon, February 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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