Death and reported funeral of William Skopp, 1975

Event

Dates: 1975-04-01 – 1975-04-05
Kind: Death
Participants: William Skopp (deceased)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityheritage

Summary

The July 1975 Beaver Beacon reports that William (Russell) Skopp, born on Beaver Island January 31, 1914, died suddenly in Chicago on April 1, 1975. Funeral services were reported at St. Joseph’s Church in Chicago on April 5, with interment in a Chicago cemetery also called Holy Cross.

Evidence and limits

This is delayed local notification, not a civil death certificate or cemetery record. The article identifies him as the son of Frank and Julia Skopp and brother of Francis Skopp and Geneva Penwitt, but the family relationships remain bounded by this notice.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “Obituaries: William (Russell) Skopp.”
Reports delayed notice of William (Russell) Skopp's sudden April 1 death in Chicago, April 5 funeral at St. Joseph's Church, and reported interment in Holy Cross Cemetery in Chicago. It supplies a Beaver Island birth date and family history but no civil record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1975, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the retrospective obituary notice. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claims
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death and reported funeral of William Skopp, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-william-russell-skopp-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “Obituaries: William (Russell) Skopp.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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