Memorial Mass is held for Owen Boyle at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-05-14
Kind: Burial
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathreligionfamilycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reports a May 14 Mass of Resurrection and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery for Owen Boyle, who had died February 11 and whose February 15 funeral Mass was held at Grawn.

Evidence limits

This is an obituary and burial notice; cemetery and parish registers remain the controlling evidence for the precise record.

Sources

“Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988.
Reports Owen Boyle’s February 11 death, February 15 Mass at Grawn, and May 14 Mass of Resurrection and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. 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, May 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Memorial Mass is held for Owen Boyle at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-owen-boyle-memorial-mass-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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