Summary
Robert Somerville, a retired Coast Guardsman aged 58, died on January 31, 1973, at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor after heart surgery. The notice connects his family to a south-end Beaver Island cottage and frequent visits.
Evidence and limits
The obituary gives family and service details but does not establish a Coast Guard service record, exact island property, medical record, or independent burial register.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 1973, “Obituaries.”Reports Robert Somerville’s January 31 death at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor after heart surgery, age 58, and says services were through Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix with burial at Sunset Hill Cemetery in East Jordan. It recalls the Somerville family’s south-end island cottage and frequent visits.