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Death of Frank Bush after a Beaver Island heart attack, 1964

Also Frank Bush death · 1964 Beaver Island summer resident death

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TypeEvent
Dates1964-08-02 – 1964-08-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1964-08-02 – 1964-08-03
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitymigration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Frank Bush, described by the August 1964 Beaver Beacon as a regular summer resident from Roscommon, suffered a heart attack on Beaver Island on August 2. The paper reports that he was flown by helicopter to Little Traverse Hospital and died there on August 3.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper obituary notice. It does not provide a death certificate, precise hospital location, or funeral record.

Sources

  1. Reports Frank Bush, a regular summer resident from Roscommon, suffering a fatal heart attack on Beaver Island on August 2, being flown by helicopter to Little Traverse Hospital, and dying August 3. It does not provide a death certificate, exact hospital location, or funeral details.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Frank Bush after a Beaver Island heart attack, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-frank-bush-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1964, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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