- Date
- 1970-12-25
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographyreligioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1971 Beaver Beacon reported that Mary Kurz Graf of Owensboro, Kentucky, died unexpectedly on Christmas morning, 1970. The notice noted her visit to her son, Father Herbert Graf, on Beaver Island the previous summer.
Evidence and limits
The source does not provide the death location, funeral details, or a civil record.
Sources
- Reports Father Herbert Graf receiving news on Christmas morning that his mother, Mary Kurz Graf of Owensboro, Kentucky, had died unexpectedly at age 70 after visiting him on Beaver Island the previous summer.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Kurz Graf dies on Christmas morning, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-graf-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Obituaries: Mrs. Mary Kurz Graf.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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