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Cousin found dead on Fairbanks street in 1960

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Re: Gr-Aunt found dead on Fairbanks street in 1960

suerenkert  (View posts) Posted: 8 Mar 2012 4:06AM GMT
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Surnames: McLaughlin
Considering the circumstances of her death, she would have been sent to Anchorage for an autopsy. If she didn't have family in Fairbanks, it is logical that she would have been buried in Anchorage. You could call the cemetery and ask what funeral home handled her burial. The funeral home would likely have records that would include the cause of death.

People freeze to death on the streets of Fairbanks every winter. But in June she would not have frozen. However, she may have died of exposure/hypothermia.

You can contact the Noel Wein Library in Fairbanks and ask for the reference desk. They have the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner on microfilm. If you give them her date of death, they will check around that date to see if there was anything in the newspaper. There is also an obitualy index at the library, but, as you say, it is unlikely there was an obituary. There is also a death index at the library, and I believe it would cover 1960.

Noel Wein Library
*Reference Desk*
Email: fairbanks@taos.fnsb.lib.ak.us
Telephone: 907) 459-1020

You would need only her name and date of feath to obtain a death certificate.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Molly_Nightin... 7 Mar 2012 8:58AM GMT 
suerenkert 8 Mar 2012 4:06AM GMT 
suerenkert 8 Mar 2012 4:48AM GMT 
Molly_Nightin... 9 Mar 2012 12:44AM GMT 
   

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