Name: Mary Helen Reynolds, Beaver Island-born former resident, dies, 1991
Start: 1991-04-28
End: 1991-05-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1991-04-28 – 1991-05-01
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Mary Helen Reynolds, born Mary Helen Martin on Beaver Island in 1926, died in Holly on April 28, 1991. Her Mass of Christian burial was celebrated May 1.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper sympathy notice, not a civil death certificate or complete family history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1991, “In Sympathy: Mary Helen Reynolds.”
Reports Mary Helen Reynolds’s April 28 death in Holly, her September 20, 1926 birth on Beaver Island to John and Ada Martin, childhood and schooling on the island, plans to attend Homecoming, family, employment, and May 1 Mass at St. Rita’s Catholic Church. It is a newspaper sympathy notice, not a civil death 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, May 1991, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page issue scan confirms the sympathy notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Helen Reynolds, Beaver Island-born former resident, dies, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/mary-helen-reynolds-death-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1991, “In Sympathy: Mary Helen Reynolds.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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