Name: Grace Boyle Matela dies and is mourned by Beaver Island, March 2005
Start: 2005-03
End: 2005-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-03
Kind: Burial
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycatholicismcommunityheritage
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2005 Beaver Beacon preserves the obituary and family tribute for Grace Boyle Matela, a longtime Beaver Island-connected community volunteer. The notice records a wake in Charlevoix, a Rosary at Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island, memorial requests, and the family’s thanks for the Island community’s support. A March 2006 poem by Richard Gillespie marks the first anniversary and recalls her generosity and service.

Evidence limits

The available notice does not give a complete burial date or cemetery plot.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Grace Boyle Matela,” March 2, 2005.
Community posts announce Grace Boyle Matela’s death, preserve the March 5 Holy Cross funeral schedule, and reproduce a Petoskey News Review obituary. This is a contemporary community notice and secondary reproduction; the held Beaver Beacon remembrance remains the stronger local source.
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Beaver Beacon, April 2005, "Grandma" and family tribute to Grace Boyle Matela.
Reports Grace Boyle Matela''s family, wake and Rosary at Holy Cross Church, memorial requests, and the family''s thanks to Beaver Island for its care. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary, tribute, and family notice.
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Beaver Island Historical Society, “Holy Cross Cemetery” directory.
The cemetery directory lists Grace (Boyle) Matela, 1937–2005, at plot 115 and identifies her parents as Jack and Beatrice O’Donnell Boyle and her husband as Raymond Matela. It independently confirms the burial association, though it does not give the interment date.
Beaver Beacon, March 2006, "A State of Grace."
Publishes Richard Gillespie's poem marking the first anniversary of Grace Boyle Matela's death and remembering her service to Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial poem.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grace Boyle Matela dies and is mourned by Beaver Island, March 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grace-boyle-matela-death-wake-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Grace Boyle Matela,” March 2, 2005. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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