- Dates
- 1974-06-04 – 1974-06-08
- Kind
- Burial
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Elmer L. Smith died of an acute heart attack while fishing in Mountain Home, Arkansas, on June 4, 1974. Funeral services were held June 8 at Joines Funeral Home in Newman, Illinois, with burial in Newman Cemetery. The obituary says he and his wife had been coming to Beaver Island for many years and intended to return that August.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper obituary and island-visitor connection, not a civil death or cemetery record.
Sources
- Reports Smith’s June 4 death from an acute heart attack while fishing in Mountain Home, Arkansas, June 8 services at Joines Funeral Home in Newman, Illinois, Newman Cemetery burial, family, and many years of Beaver Island visits; it does not provide a civil death 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The scan confirms the obituary, dates, funeral location, and island connection.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Elmer L. Smith, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-elmer-l-smith-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1974, “Obituaries: Elmer L. Smith.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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