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Beaver Island remembers Alexander “Lex” Marcinak, May 2, 2005

Also Lex Marcinak death 2005 · Alexander Marciniak death 2005

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TypeEvent
Dates2005-05-02 – 2005-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2005-05-02 – 2005-05
Kind
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Alexander “Lex” Marcinak, a Grand Haven and Beaver Island resident, died on May 2, 2005. The August Beaver Beacon remembrance describes his long affection for the Island, his outdoor interests, and the Donegal Bay home he built with Karin.

Evidence limits

This record relies on a family remembrance and community notice, not a civil death record or complete funeral file.

Sources

  1. Community participants announced Marcinak’s death, shared condolences, and linked an external obituary and funeral information. The thread is a contemporary community notice; the held Beaver Beacon remembrance is the stronger local source.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000349
  2. Beaver Beacon, August 2005, “Alexander \"Lex\" Marcinak 1942–2005.”
    The remembrance identifies Lex Marcinak as a Grand Haven and Beaver Island resident, dates his death to May 2, and describes his relationship to Beaver Island and the Donegal Bay home he built with Karin. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the remembrance.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Alexander “Lex” Marcinak, May 2, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-alexander-lex-marciniak-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Sad News,” May 5–12, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-09. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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