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Beaver Island-connected deaths reported in May 1969

Also May 1969 Beaver Island obituaries

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TypeEvent
Dates1969-05-07 – 1969-05-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
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1969-05-07 – 1969-05-16
Kind
Death
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1969 Beaver Beacon reported Mary Gibson’s May 16 death at Allendale Nursing Home and Dennis G. Cronyn’s May 7 death after a horseback-riding accident. The notices included family and Island connections.

Evidence and limits

This grouped record preserves newspaper obituary notices. It does not replace civil, funeral, cemetery, hospital, or accident records.

Sources

  1. Reports Mary Gibson's May 16 death at Allendale Nursing Home and Dennis G. Cronyn's May 7 death after a horseback-riding accident, along with their family or Island connections; it does not replace civil, funeral, cemetery, hospital, or accident records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published obituary notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected deaths reported in May 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1969-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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