- Date
- 2016-07-05
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- James O. McCann
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- death-and-memoryfamily-and-communityIrish-heritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
James O. McCann, formerly of Charlevoix and connected to Beaver Island families, died in New Orleans on July 5, 2016. A community notice said that, at his request, his body would be donated to Tulane University Medical School and that there would be no memorial service.
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The forum preserves a brief community death notice, not an independent obituary or donation record. Exact identity, family details, and disposition should be verified against vital and institutional records.
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- The notice reported James O. McCann’s July 5 death in New Orleans after cancer, identified his parents and surviving family, and said his body would be donated to Tulane University Medical School at his request. It is a community obituary notice; vital and medical-school records should control exact details.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010427
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Beaver Island Archive, “James O. McCann dies, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jim-mccann-death-2016/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Jim McCann RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, July 6, 2016..
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