Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy dies and is buried in Grand Rapids, 1975

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Event

Dates: circa 1975-01 – circa 1975-02
Kind: Death
Where: Grand Rapids
Participants: Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy, R.N. (deceased)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographyhealthcarecatholicismeducationcommunity
Within: Grand Rapids · Beaver Island

Summary

Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy, R.N., 81, was reported to have been born on Beaver Island and to have died at St. Gertrude’s Convent. The February 1975 obituary says her funeral Mass was offered at Sacred Heart Chapel, Mt. Mercy, with interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Evidence and limits

The obituary gives no exact death date or independent civil, convent, funeral, or cemetery record. Her nursing and teaching history is retained as reported, not reconstructed as a complete employment chronology.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Obituaries: Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy.”
Reports Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy, R.N., 81, born on Beaver Island, died on a Thursday at St. Gertrude’s Convent, and was buried after a funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Chapel, Mt. Mercy, with interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. It gives her nursing, teaching, and religious-life history but no exact death date or civil, convent, 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.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1975, held issue PDF, pp. 2–3.
The scan confirms the obituary, funeral, and interment details.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy dies and is buried in Grand Rapids, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-sister-mary-bridgetta-malloy-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Obituaries: Sister Mary Bridgetta Malloy.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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