Death of Leona O’Donnell, former Beaver Island resident, 1964

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Event

Date: circa 1964-11
Kind: Death
Where: Detroit
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityheritage

Summary

The November 1964 Beaver Beacon reported the death of Leona O’Donnell of Detroit and identified her husband, Anthony O’Donnell, as a former Beaver Islander.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief death notice. It does not provide a death date, age, funeral, cemetery, birth details, or civil record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Obituaries.”
Reports word of the death of Mrs. Anthony (Leona) O’Donnell of Detroit and identifies Anthony O’Donnell as a former Beaver Islander. It does not give a death date, age, funeral, cemetery, birth details, or civil record.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
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.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Leona O’Donnell, former Beaver Island resident, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-leona-odonnell-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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