- Date
- 2011-06-23
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimemilitarycommunityfamilytransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 2012 Beaver Beacon publishes Capt. Glenallen Felixson’s biography of his father Carl E. Felix, a boat builder who returned to Beaver Island and opened a custom boat-model shop. Felix died on June 23, 2011, and received an AmVets ceremony on the Island.
Evidence limits
This record summarizes a family-authored memorial article and does not attempt to reconstruct Carl Felix’s complete employment or military history.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "The Biography of a Boat Builder."Describes Carl Felix's Swedish immigrant family, boatbuilding career, Beaver Island shop, work in Mexico, return to the Island, and June 23, 2011 death followed by a full AmVets ceremony. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held March issue scan confirms the biography and memorial account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Carl E. Felix is remembered as a Beaver Island boat builder, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-carl-felix-biography-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "The Biography of a Boat Builder." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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