- Dates
- 1983-05-29 – 1983-06-02
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1983 Beaver Beacon reported that Elsie O’Donnell, aged 93, died on May 29. It recorded June 2 services at Holy Cross Church and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, along with the obituary’s published family count.
Evidence limits
This preserves the newspaper obituary. It is not a civil death record, genealogical register, or complete family reconstruction.
Sources
- Reports that Elsie O'Donnell, aged 93, died May 29, 1983; gives her birth date as July 15, 1889, says she lived on Beaver Island for many years, lists seven children, 33 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren, and records June 2 services at Holy Cross Church and interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. It is a published obituary, not a civil death certificate or cemetery register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1983-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes an obituary for Elsie O'Donnell, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elsie-odonnell-obituary-1983/, accessed [date], citing Elsie O'Donnell obituary, Beaver Beacon, July 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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