Name: October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon obituary notices for Smith, Neill, and Bonner
Start: 1977-10-17
End: 1977-10-26
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1977-10-17 – 1977-10-26
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathreligionheritagecommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Mary Ellen Smith’s death and Holy Cross funeral, Edwin J. Neill’s death and Episcopal services and burial, and Rose L. Bonner’s death and Holy Cross funeral and interment.

Evidence and limits

This record preserves newspaper obituary and funeral notices. Civil, church, cemetery, medical, and diocesan records are not substituted.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Obituaries.”
Reports Mary Ellen Smith’s October 17 death and October 19 Holy Cross funeral and interment; Edwin J. Neill’s October 20 death, October 24 services, and October 26 St. James Episcopal Mission service and township-cemetery burial; and Rose L. Bonner’s October 24 death, October 26 Holy Cross funeral, and cemetery interment. It is a newspaper record and does not replace civil, church, cemetery, medical, or diocesan files. 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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Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notices.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon obituary notices for Smith, Neill, and Bonner”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-1977-obituary-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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