Name: Death and funeral of Clyde W. Johnson Jr., 1976
Start: 1976-11-08
End: 1976-11-12

Event

Dates: 1976-11-08 – 1976-11-12
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilyeducationcommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island · Ann Arbor

Summary

Clyde W. Johnson Jr. died at Little Traverse Hospital on November 8, 1976, and his funeral was announced for November 12 at West Side United Methodist Church. The obituary connects him to Beaver Island during the last year of his life and to a career in industrial engineering at the University of Michigan. The notice names his wife, three children, four grandchildren, a brother, and a sister.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper obituary and funeral notice, not a civil death certificate, university personnel file, church register, hospital record, or cemetery record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1976, “Clyde W. Johnson.”
Reports Clyde W. Johnson Jr.’s November 8 death at Little Traverse Hospital, November 12 funeral plans at West Side United Methodist Church, Lawton birth, Ann Arbor and Beaver Island residence, University of Michigan industrial-engineering professorship, church and Kiwanis service, family, Lawton graveside service, and memorial suggestion. It is not a civil, university, church, hospital, or cemetery record. 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, November 1976, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the obituary and funeral report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Clyde W. Johnson Jr., 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-clyde-w-johnson-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1976, “Clyde W. Johnson.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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