Summary
Funeral services for Elizabeth Gallagher, a former Beaver Island resident, were held at St. Patrick’s Church in Green Bay on January 2, 1971. The Beaver Beacon says her body was returned to Charlevoix for the Rosary and that burial was planned at Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
This is the January Green Bay funeral and intended-burial attestation, distinct from the later May 8 Holy Cross Mass and burial event. The obituary does not give Gallagher’s death date, cause, or plot.
Open questions
- When and where did Elizabeth Gallagher die?
- What cemetery plot or church/cemetery register records document the May 8 burial?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Obituaries: Miss Elizabeth Gallagher.”Reports January 2 funeral services at St. Patrick’s Church in Green Bay, a return of the body to Charlevoix for the Saturday Rosary, and says burial would be at Holy Cross Cemetery; it does not state the death date or confirm the later burial.