Summary
Mabel E. Roy, wife of A. J. Roy Sr., died on November 16, 1974, at her daughter Arciel Wyatt’s home. The December obituary adds her age, Historical Society secretary-treasurer role, church memberships, family summary, and 37-year co-ownership and operation of Roy’s Replacement Parts and Service. It asks for memorial contributions to the Beaver Island Christian Church or Historical Society.
Evidence and limits
The articles do not provide a funeral, cemetery, civil death, accident, completed donation, or business registry record. The spouse relationship is recorded because the notice states it directly; the detailed family names are not expanded into a complete genealogy.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 1974, “Obituaries.”Reports Mable Roy, wife of A. J. Roy, died November 16 at their Bloomfield Hills home after the couple had sustained injuries in an automobile accident over a month earlier. The Roys had returned to Beaver Island three days before her death to close their cottage; A. J. Roy requested memorial contributions to the Beaver Island Christian Church. The notice does not provide a funeral, cemetery, civil, accident, or donation record.
- Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “Obituaries.”Reprints a fuller obituary identifying Mabel E. Roy as 82, A. J. Roy Sr.’s wife, a Beaver Island Historical Society secretary and treasurer, a member of the Beaver Island Christian Church, and a 37-year co-owner/operator of Roy’s Replacement Parts and Service. It requests memorial contributions to the Christian Church or Historical Society; it does not establish a funeral, cemetery, civil death, accident, donation, or business registry record.