Name: Mary McCann Mabley dies in Detroit, 1971
Start: 1971-02-25
End: 1971-02-25
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1971-02-25
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Mary McCann Mabley, born on Beaver Island and raised in Charlevoix, died at Harper Hospital in Detroit on February 25, 1971. Her funeral was held in Grosse Pointe Farms on February 27.

Evidence and limits

The obituary preserves the Island birth and childhood connection but does not provide a civil death record or burial detail beyond the published notice.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Obituaries: Mrs. J. Donald Mabley.”
Reports Mary McCann Mabley’s February 25 death at Harper Hospital, February 27 funeral in Grosse Pointe Farms, and birth on Beaver Island before her Charlevoix upbringing.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published obituary notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mary McCann Mabley dies in Detroit, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-mccann-mabley-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Obituaries: Mrs. J. Donald Mabley.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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