Summary
On May 8, 1971, Holy Cross Church held a Requiem Mass for Elizabeth Gallagher, who had died in January after leaving Beaver Island for Green Bay. The April–May Beaver Beacon reports that she was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence and limits
This report resolves the January obituary’s intended burial into a newspaper-attested completed burial. It still does not provide Elizabeth’s exact death date, a cemetery plot, or independent civil and church records.
See also
- Elizabeth Gallagher (1887–1971)
- Funeral of Elizabeth Gallagher (1971)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Obituaries: Miss Elizabeth Gallagher.”Reports a Friday evening Rosary and a 9:30 a.m. Requiem Mass on Saturday, May 8, at the family home and Holy Cross Church, followed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery; it does not give a plot or independent cemetery record.