Summary
Father Alexander Zugelder died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids at age 91. A solemn requiem Mass was offered June 3, 1960, and burial was reported at Resurrection Cemetery in Grand Rapids. The notice remembered his Beaver Island pastorate from 1899 to 1905 and his building work for the parish.
Evidence and limits
The article preserves the newspaper’s pastoral and building-history account. It does not independently establish the exact pastorate dates, construction dates, or parish records.
Open questions
- Which diocesan, parish, and cemetery records confirm Zugelder’s dates and the rectory, convent, and church work?
See also
- Father Alexander Zugelder (1960 death notice)
- Holy Cross Catholic Church
- Dominican Sisters of Beaver Island schools
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Deaths.”Reports Father Alexander Zugelder died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids at age 91, received a solemn requiem Mass before Bishop Allen J. Babcock on June 3, and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Grand Rapids. It says he served as island pastor from 1899 to 1905, built the rectory and Sisters Convent, and enlarged the church. The notice does not provide parish registers or construction records.