- Date
- 1966-10-10
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1966 Beaver Beacon reported that William Ricksgers died at Grandvue Medical Facility on October 10, 1966. It said he moved to Beaver Island in 1899, lived there most of his life, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery after a funeral at Holy Cross Church.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper death notice. It does not provide civil, facility, funeral, or cemetery records.
Sources
- Reports William Ricksgers's October 10 death at Grandvue Medical Facility, Holy Cross funeral and burial, his 1899 move to Beaver Island, and surviving family; it does not provide civil, facility, funeral, or cemetery records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice; it does not expand the source-specific identity, death, residence, or burial claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of William Ricksgers, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-william-ricksgers-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1966, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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