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February-March 1980 Beaver Beacon obituary notices

Also 1980 Beaver Island obituary notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1980-01-15 – 1980-03-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1980-01-15 – 1980-03-03
Kind
Death
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathfamilycommunityheritagecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The combined issue carries obituary notices for Freda McCafferty, Rae McDonough, Norma E. Murray, Josie Ann Leitelle, and Florence T. Louis.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper notices, not complete civil, medical, church, cemetery, or biographical records.

Sources

  1. Carries notices for Freda McCafferty, Rae McDonough, Norma E. Murray, Josie Ann Leitelle, and Florence T. Louis, preserving reported Beaver Island, family, and residence connections. These are newspaper notices, not complete civil, medical, church, cemetery, or biographical records. 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 · 1980-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page combined February-March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “February-March 1980 Beaver Beacon obituary notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-march-1980-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February-March 1980, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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