Name: Death of Ila G. Ross Adams, Beaver Island summer resident, 1964
Start: 1964-04-25
End: 1964-04-25
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1964-04-25
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunitytourism
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1964 Beaver Beacon reported the unexpected April 25 death of Ila G. Ross Adams, wife of William Adams and a summer resident of Beaver Island. It also recalled her work operating the Shintangle in the Beaver Island and Bay Shore area and reported funeral and burial details.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper obituary. It does not provide a civil certificate, independent cemetery register, or complete biography.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1964, “Obituaries.”
Reports Mrs. William Adams’s unexpected April 25 death at Riverside Osteopathic Hospital, identifies her as Ila G. Ross, a summer resident of Beaver Island, and lists family, funeral, and Brookside Cemetery details; it does not provide a civil certificate, complete biography, or the hospital’s location.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Ila G. Ross Adams, Beaver Island summer resident, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-ila-g-ross-adams-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1964, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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