- Date
- 2017-10-21
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitylibraryobituary
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Barbara Jean Cruickshank died on October 21, 2017, according to Beaver Island Forum obituary notices. The notices describe her permanent move to Beaver Island, her work as a Beaver Island District Library librarian, and a funeral at St. James Episcopal Church.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a detailed community obituary relay and comments about her helpfulness as a librarian. The entry does not treat the linked funeral-home notice as independently verified in this pass.
Sources
- Forum notices report Barbara Jean Cruickshank’s death on October 21, her move to Beaver Island after her husband’s retirement, and her work at the Beaver Island District Library. They also give family and funeral details; the external funeral-home record was not independently checked here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012441
- Forum notices report Barbara Jean Cruickshank’s death on October 21, her move to Beaver Island after her husband’s retirement, and her work at the Beaver Island District Library. They also give family and funeral details; the external funeral-home record was not independently checked here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012431
- BI Pirate, Marie LaFreniere, and K.D. McBride, “Reminiscing,” Beaver Island Forum, September 7–8, 2020.A later community remembrance connected Barb Cruickshank’s birthday with Labor Day and recalled her patio conversations, personality, and role in island memory. This is retrospective community testimony that enriches the social context of the 2017 death record; it does not add independently verified biographical or vital-record facts.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015621
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Barbara Jean Cruickshank dies after a life of Beaver Island service, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-barbara-cruickshank-death-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Barbara Cruickshank Obituary” and “Barbara J. Cruickshank-RIP,” October 21–22, 2017. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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