- Dates
- 1976-09-02 – 1976-09-06
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathreligioncommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Very Rev. Jerome McCann O.P. was reported to have died of a heart attack in South Haven on September 2, 1976, while visiting his father. A November memorial letter describes his Cincinnati funeral rites and brief tenure as pastor of the newspaper’s Beaver Island parish.
Evidence and limits
This is a memorial-letter account. It does not establish the Dominican personnel record, civil death record, exact parish assignment dates, or complete funeral register.
Sources
- Reports that Jerome McCann died of a heart attack on September 2 in South Haven while visiting his ill father, then describes transfer to Cincinnati, Office of the Dead, a September 6 Mass of Christian burial with Archbishop Elko and more than sixty concelebrating priests, and his brief tenure as pastor of the newspaper’s parish. It is a memorial letter, not a Dominican personnel file, civil death record, or parish register. 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 · 1976-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the memorial letter and reported funeral sequence.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Very Rev. Jerome McCann O.P., 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-jerome-mccann-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1976, letter from Fr. Richard E. Krukonis O.P., “Very Rev. Jerome McCann O.P.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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