- Dates
- 1976-01-11 – 1976-01-13
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Charlevoix
- Participants
- Max J. Selfridge (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathdemographycommunitymaritime
- Within
- Charlevoix
Summary
Max J. Selfridge, a retired United States Coast Guardsman who had lived in Charlevoix, was reported dead on January 11, 1976. The notice gave January 13 visiting hours and said funeral and burial services would be in McDonough, Georgia.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper obituary and funeral-arrangement report. It does not supply a civil death certificate, Coast Guard service file, or burial confirmation.
Sources
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Sources
- Reports Selfridge’s January 11 death at home after an apparent heart attack, January 13 visiting hours at Winchester Funeral Home, and planned funeral and burial in McDonough, Georgia. It gives his 1928 birth year, Coast Guard enlistment, Charlevoix residence, retirement as chief engineer, and marriage to Helen Lila Lee Connaghan Jones, but no civil death or burial 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 · 1976-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the obituary and planned funeral arrangements.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral notice for Max J. Selfridge, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-max-selfridge-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1976, “Obituaries: Max J. Selfridge.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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