Summary
Sister Rene Langlois, identified in the August 1970 Beaver Beacon as Jeanne Langlois, died early on Saturday evening after surgery for an aneurysm at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. The source chronology places her death on August 8, 1970.
Evidence and limits
The obituary says Langlois taught on Beaver Island among several Michigan and New Mexico assignments and that she loved her years on the island. It records her August 7 surgery, the following day’s decline, and August 10–11 services at Marywood. The date is reconstructed from the source’s explicit weekday sequence; the graph does not assert a civil record, burial place, religious order, or complete teaching chronology.
Open questions
- Which congregation and Marywood records identify Sister Rene’s religious order?
- What Beaver Island school records document her assignment and dates there?
- Where was she buried, and is a death record available?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 1970, “Obituaries: Sister Rene Langlois.”Reports surgery at Blodgett Hospital on Friday, August 7, a decline the following day, and death early Saturday evening; the weekday sequence supports August 8, 1970. The obituary is not a civil death record.