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The September 1962 Beacon reports Island-linked hospital and death notices

Also Beaver Island September 1962 hospital notes and obituaries

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TypeEvent
Dates1962-08-11 – 1962-08-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1962-08-11 – 1962-08-27
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Death
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1962 Beaver Beacon reports hospital care for Lawrence Malloy and Joe Sendenburg, noting that Sendenburg returned home. It also records the August deaths of Emmett McCann in Charlevoix, former Island resident John Gallagher, and Merrill Belfy in Wisconsin.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper notices. They do not establish diagnoses, treatment, death certificates, or complete biographies.

Sources

  1. Reports Lawrence Malloy as a surgical patient, Joe Sendenburg as a medical patient who returned home, and the August deaths of Emmett McCann, John Gallagher, and Merrill Belfy.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notices; it does not provide medical records or full obituaries.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The September 1962 Beacon reports Island-linked hospital and death notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-and-death-notices-september-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1962, “Hospital Notes” and “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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