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Anna Marie Ricksgers, born and buried on Beaver Island, dies

Also Anna Marie Ricksgers obituary 2014 · Anna Marie Sendenburgh Ricksgers Beaver Island funeral

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TypeEvent
Date2014-05-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

Anna Marie Ricksgers died on May 14, 2014. The August-September 2014 Beaver Beacon reports her Beaver Island birth and upbringing, May 17 funeral at Holy Cross, and burial in the Island cemetery.

Evidence limits

This record is based on a newspaper obituary, not a complete civil or genealogical record.

Sources

  1. A community notice identified Ricksgers as 89, gave the May 14 death date, and announced May 17 Mass at Holy Cross and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. The later Beaver Beacon remains stronger for her biography and obituary details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007395
  2. The community schedule listed Anna Marie Ricksgers’s May 17 Mass and burial at Holy Cross. The Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for her biography and death details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007360
  3. Beaver Beacon, August-September 2014, "In Memory: Anna Marie Ricksgers."
    Reports Anna Marie Ricksgers's May 14 death, May 17 funeral at Holy Cross, burial in the Island cemetery, her 1924 Beaver Island birth, school, marriage, family, and East Jordan retirement. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held August-September issue scan confirms the obituary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Anna Marie Ricksgers, born and buried on Beaver Island, dies”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-anna-marie-ricksgers-death-2014/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, "Anna Marie Ricksgers RIP," Beaver Island Forum, May 14, 2014. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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