Summary
Dan Boyle, reported as 90 and the oldest native-born Beaver Island resident, died July 29, 1961, at Grandvue in East Jordan. The August notice reports his Requiem High Mass at Holy Cross and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper obituary and funeral notice, not a civil death, cemetery, or parish register.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Obituaries.”Reports Dan Boyle’s July 29 death at Grandvue Medical Facility for the Aged in East Jordan, a Requiem High Mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Rev. Lewis Wren officiating, Fr. Victor Gallagher giving the eulogy, and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. It identifies him as 90 and the oldest native-born Beaver Island resident but is not a civil death or burial record.