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Teresa Janet O'Donnell, a returned Beaver Island community member, dies

Also Teresa Janet O'Donnell obituary 2014 · Janet O'Donnell Beaver Island remembrance

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TypeEvent
Date2014-06-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

Teresa Janet “Janet” O’Donnell died on June 27, 2014. The August-September 2014 Beaver Beacon remembers her return to Beaver Island, Holy Cross and Altar Society service, museum work, Fire Department Auxiliary involvement, teaching, and extended family life.

Evidence limits

This record is based on a newspaper remembrance, not a complete civil or genealogical record.

Sources

  1. The parish schedule listed Teresa Janet O'Donnell in July and August Mass intentions. This corroborates continuing memorial observance after her June death but does not add biographical or civil-record facts.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007779
  2. The family thanked islanders, Father Jim Doherty, the Altar Society, and Rural Health staff for support, food, transport, and prayers. This is a family remembrance and community acknowledgment, not an attendance or service ledger.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007778
  3. Beaver Beacon, August-September 2014, "Teresa Janet O'Donnell."
    Reports Teresa Janet O'Donnell's June 27 death, her Gallagher family, teaching and family life, return to Beaver Island, Holy Cross and Altar Society service, museum work, and Fire Department Auxiliary involvement. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held August-September issue scan confirms the remembrance.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Teresa Janet O'Donnell, a returned Beaver Island community member, dies”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-teresa-janet-odonnell-death-2014/, accessed [date], citing Holy Cross, "Holy Cross Mass Schedules July - September," Beaver Island Forum, July 26, 2014. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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