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Jewell Gillespie, infant, dies and is buried in Charlevoix, 1986

Also Jewell Perry Gillespie obituary · Jewell Gillespie infant death

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TypeEvent
Dates1986-03-25 – 1986-03-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1986-03-25 – 1986-03-27
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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familycommunityreligioncommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

Jewell Perry Gillespie, eight months old, was reported to have died at Butterworth Hospital on March 25, 1986; a prayer service and burial followed in Charlevoix on March 27.

Evidence limits

This is an obituary and burial notice, not a civil death record, hospital file, or cemetery register.

Sources

  1. Reports that Jewell Perry Gillespie, eight months old, died March 25 at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, and that a March 27 prayer service and burial were held in Charlevoix. It identifies his parents and Beaver Island-connected grandparents but is not a civil death record, hospital file, 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 · 1986-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and burial notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Jewell Gillespie, infant, dies and is buried in Charlevoix, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jewell-gillespie-death-and-burial-1986/, accessed [date], citing Obituary, Beaver Beacon, May 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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