Name: Grace Palmer dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1985
Start: 1985-10-16
End: 1985-10-20
Location: Beaver Island

Grace Palmer dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1985

Also Grace Palmer death notice · October 20 1985 Beaver Island burial

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TypeEvent

Dates1985-10-16 – 1985-10-20

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1985-10-16 – 1985-10-20
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Grace Palmer died in Ludington on October 16, 1985, and the November Beaver Beacon reported her burial on Beaver Island on October 20.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper death notice, not a civil vital or cemetery record.

Sources

Deaths, Beaver Beacon, November 1985.
Reports that Grace Palmer died October 16 in Ludington, Michigan, and was buried on Beaver Island on October 20. It is a brief newspaper death notice, not a civil vital or cemetery 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, November 1985, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the death and burial notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grace Palmer dies and is buried on Beaver Island, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/grace-palmer-death-and-beaver-island-burial-1985/, accessed [date], citing Deaths, Beaver Beacon, November 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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