Name: Holy Cross schedules Bill Welke’s Beaver Island memorial service for April 26, 2003
Start: 2003-04-26
End: 2003-04-26
Location: Beaver Island

Holy Cross schedules Bill Welke’s Beaver Island memorial service for April 26, 2003

Also Bill Welke memorial service April 26 2003 · Holy Cross Church Beaver Island

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TypeEvent

Date2003-04-26

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-04-26
Kind: Religious service
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathaviationreligioncommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

A Beaver Island memorial service for Bill Welke was scheduled for April 26, 2003, at Holy Cross Church, followed by lunch at Holy Cross Hall after interment.

Evidence limits

This is an event announcement and does not document attendance or the final service details.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Bill Welke Memorial.”
Announces the April 26, 2003 memorial service at Holy Cross Church and the luncheon at Holy Cross Hall after interment. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross schedules Bill Welke’s Beaver Island memorial service for April 26, 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-welke-memorial-service-april-26-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Bill Welke Memorial.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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