William J. Burns dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1987

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Event

Date: 1987-10-23
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilymilitaryreligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

William J. Burns, 67, died at Charlevoix Area Hospital on October 23, 1987. The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reports his 1978 move to Beaver Island, wartime service, family, Holy Cross funeral, and burial.

Evidence limits

This obituary does not replace civil, military, church, cemetery, or family records.

Sources

“Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988.
Reports Burns’s October 23 death at Charlevoix Area Hospital, 1978 move to Beaver Island, World War II Army Air Forces service, marriage and survivors, Holy Cross funeral, and burial. 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 and confirms the obituary notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “William J. Burns dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-william-burns-death-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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