- Dates
- 1986-10 – 1986-10-02
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1986 Beaver Beacon reported Joseph J. McDonough’s death at home, his October 2 Christian Church funeral, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate, military file, cemetery register, or complete genealogy.
Sources
- Reports Joseph J. McDonough’s death at his Beaver Island home, October 2 funeral at the Beaver Island Christian Church, Holy Cross Cemetery burial, birth and education, move to Beaver Island, farming, Air Force service in England, and suggested church contributions. It is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate, military file, cemetery register, or complete genealogy. 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 · 1986-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Joseph J. McDonough dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joseph-mcdonough-death-1986/, accessed [date], citing Joseph J. McDonough, Beaver Beacon, November 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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