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Anna Bernell Burke, born on Beaver Island, dies in 2013

Also Anna Bernell Greene Burke Beaver Island obituary 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-06-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The July 2013 Beaver Beacon and a contemporaneous forum obituary report that Anna Bernell (Greene) Burke died June 26, 2013, after several years of Parkinson’s disease. Born on Beaver Island in 1922, she later lived in Breedsville and Ludington; the obituary states that she was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

The record preserves the obituary’s family and Beaver Island facts and does not infer additional residence or burial details beyond the report.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2013, "In Memory: Anna Bernell Burke."
    Reports that Anna Bernell (Greene) Burke died June 26, 2013, records her 1922 Beaver Island birth, family and life history, and states that she was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held July issue scan confirms the obituary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-07_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The forum preserves a fuller obituary and community recollections, including the reported June 26 death and the family’s plan to bring her to Beaver Island for interment. The Beaver Beacon remains the primary held publication for the published Island obituary; the forum comments are memorial testimony rather than independent vital records.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006377

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Anna Bernell Burke, born on Beaver Island, dies in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-anna-bernell-burke-death-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2013, "In Memory: Anna Bernell Burke." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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