- Dates
- 1959-07-16 – 1959-07-18
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathreligioncommunityfamily
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1959 Beaver Beacon reports John Ricksgers’s death on July 16 at age 66, a July 18 funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church, and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper death and burial notice, not a civil death certificate, funeral-home record, or cemetery register.
Sources
- Reports John Ricksgers’s death July 16 at age 66, a July 18 funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church, and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. It gives a brief life account but does not provide a civil death certificate, funeral-home record, 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 · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the death, funeral, and burial notice; it does not expand the civil or cemetery record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John Ricksgers dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-ricksgers-death-and-burial-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "DEATHS." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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