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September 1958 Beaver Beacon records three deaths and island connections

Also September 1958 Beaver Island sympathy notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1958-08-10 – 1958-08-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1958-08-10 – 1958-08-31
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Eras
Modern era
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Summary

The September 1958 Beaver Beacon offers sympathy after three deaths: Bernadine Grossi of Chicago Heights, Henry Allen’s mother in Cleveland, and Agnes O’Donnell, an island-born woman who died in Traverse City at age 79 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper sympathy notices, not civil, cemetery, or complete family records.

Sources

  1. Offers sympathy to the family of Bernadine Grossi of Chicago Heights, who died August 10; Henry Allen after his mother died in Cleveland; and relatives of Agnes O’Donnell, who died August 31 at Munson Hospital in Traverse City at age 79. It identifies the Grossi family’s cabin in Little Sand Bay and reports Agnes as island-born, a former Detroit and Owosso resident, a Holy Cross parish, Altar Society, and Third Order member, buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. It does not provide civil records, full obituaries, or complete family identities. 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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  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sympathy notices; it does not expand the civil, cemetery, family, or property records.
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Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “September 1958 Beaver Beacon records three deaths and island connections”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-september-1958-sympathy-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1958, “OUR SYMPATHY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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