- Dates
- 2005-05-02 – 2005-05
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- Death
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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).
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