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Beaver Island-connected obituary notices, March & April 1981

Also 1981 Beaver Beacon obituary notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1981-02-08 – 1981-03-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1981-02-08 – 1981-03-21
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The combined March and April 1981 Beaver Beacon obituary column reports John A. “Tight” Gallagher’s death and Beaver Island birth, Lee E. Cuddington’s death, and Beverly J. Albrecht’s death with Beaver Island-connected relatives.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper obituary notices, not civil certificates, funeral records, cemetery registers, or medical records.

Sources

  1. Reports John A. “Tight” Gallagher’s February 8 death and Beaver Island birth, Lee E. Cuddington’s March 11 death, and Beverly J. Albrecht’s March 21 death with Beaver Island-connected relatives. These are newspaper notices, not civil, funeral, cemetery, or medical records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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  2. The held eighteen-page combined March and April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected obituary notices, March & April 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-april-1981-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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