- Dates
- 1970-01-26 – 1970-02-10
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1970 Beaver Beacon reports Rene L. Rocque’s February 10 death and Bertha Spaulding’s January 26 death. Spaulding and her husband had managed and partly owned the King Strang Hotel and were active in Island plays and musicals; the notices give reported burial locations for both.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper obituary notices. They do not provide independent civil, funeral, or cemetery records.
Sources
- Reports Rene L. Rocque's February 10 death and Bertha Spaulding's January 26 death, her former King Strang Hotel management and community activities, and their reported burial locations; it does not provide civil, funeral, or cemetery records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published obituary notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-02_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected obituary notices, February 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1970-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1970, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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