- Dates
- 1975-07-31 – circa 1975-08-04
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island · Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Participants
- Father Edward G. Donahoe (deceased and priest honored)
- Carried out by
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathreligioncommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Father Edward G. Donahoe died at his Beaver Island home on July 31, 1975. The complete obituary reports a concelebrated funeral Mass and burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in his birthplace, Dowagiac. It identifies his 1914 birth, 1940 ordination, parish assignments, 1969 retirement caused by hearing impairment, and later Beaver Island residence.
Evidence and limits
This article supplies the fuller obituary that the July death flash explicitly deferred. The funeral date is reconstructed only as the Monday following the reported Thursday death; the source does not provide a civil death certificate, cemetery record, or complete clerical personnel file.
Sources
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Sources
- Reports Donahoe’s July 31 death at his Beaver Island home, the concelebrated Monday morning funeral Mass, transfer of his body to Dowagiac for burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, his birth on October 14, 1914, ordination on May 18, 1940, priestly assignments, retirement in 1969, Beaver Island residence, surviving relatives, and St. Luke Church memorial fund. The Monday funeral date is represented as circa August 4 from the issue’s chronology. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held combined issue confirms the complete obituary and burial account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Father Edward G. Donahoe, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-edward-donahoe-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August–September 1975, “The Reverend Fr. Edward G. Donahoe.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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