- Dates
- circa 1968-10 – 1968-10-09
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathheritagecommunitymaritime
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1968 Beaver Beacon reported the deaths of Sister Mary Isabel Malloy, who was born in St. James; Donald Washegesic, a Beaver Island-connected young man killed in an automobile accident; Captain Clyde T. Gallagher, born on Beaver Island after a long Great Lakes maritime career; and Ralph Rutt, a long-time seasonal resident of the South Arm of Lake Geneserath.
Evidence and limits
This is a grouped newspaper obituary record. It does not replace civil death, funeral, cemetery, or complete genealogical records.
Sources
- Reports Sister Mary Isabel Malloy's October 1 death, Donald Washegesic's fatal automobile accident, Captain Clyde T. Gallagher's October 9 death, and Ralph Rutt's death, with Beaver Island birth, family, seasonal, or maritime connections; it does not provide civil death records or complete genealogies.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-10_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1968-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected obituaries reported in October 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-1968-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1968, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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