Four obituaries for Gordon W. Copeland Jr., Charles Shively's partner, who passed away on November 23, 1995.

Four obituaries for Gordon W. Copeland Jr., Charles Shively's partner, who passed away on November 23, 1995.

December 7, 1995 for one of the obituaries; the others are not dated but are probably not long after Gordon's death on November 23, 1995.

This envelope contained four obituaries for Charles Shively's partner of 30 years, Gordon W. Copeland Jr. The obituaries record his passing on November 23, 1995, and note that he was a father, grandfather, brother, uncle. He attended Brown University, served in the U.S. Air Force, worked as a bartender at Brumlins, and ran a florist shop named Cope's Hope. Gordon was born in Providence RI and passed away in Cambridge MA at age 64. None of these 4 obituaries record the cause of his death.
One obituary was published in the Boston Globe on Thursday, December 7, 1995. The other clippings do not have newspaper names on them.

The Boston Globe and three newspapers whose names are not evident on the clippings.

Newspaper clippings of various sizes between 1.5x4.5 inches and a full page.

4 newspaper clippings