- Date
- 1986-02-22
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathconservationgovernmentpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1986 Beaver Beacon reported that Bernard W. “Bill” Wagner died on February 22, 1986. Its memorial obituary describes his nearly four decades of DNR service, including nineteen years on Beaver Island, and his work with the fire department, weather observations, and island civic projects.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper memorial obituary, not a civil vital, DNR personnel, service, or complete community-service record.
Sources
- Reports that Bernard W. (Bill) Wagner died February 22, 1986, and describes his 1945–1984 DNR career, nineteen years on Beaver Island, work across Beaver, Garden, and High Islands, volunteer fire-department activity, weather readings, and civic projects. It is a newspaper memorial obituary, not a civil vital, DNR personnel, service, or complete community-service record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Bernard W. “Bill” Wagner dies after long Beaver Island service, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bernard-bill-wagner-death-1986/, accessed [date], citing “Island Loses Friend,” Beaver Beacon, March 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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