Name: Clarence “Bullo” Maudrie dies after a Great Lakes fishing life, 2008
Start: 2008-04-03
End: 2008-04-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2008-04-03 – 2008-04-06
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfishingmaritimefamilycommunitypublication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Clarence P. “Bullo” Maudrie Jr. died April 3, 2008, and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 6 in Naubinway. The obituary preserved his Great Lakes sailing and commercial-fishing career, including fishing on the Bob S and bringing it to Beaver Island in the 1980s.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil record, vessel log, employment file, or complete account of the Bob S’s Island operations.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Clarence Maudrie," April 3–5, 2008.
The forum preserves the initial death notice, Naubinway visitation and funeral arrangements, and a reproduced funeral-home obituary. It is corroborating community and reproduced obituary evidence; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the Beaver Island fishing context.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2008, "Clarence Maudrie 1928–2008".
Reports Clarence Maudrie’s April 3 death, April 6 Mass, Great Lakes sailing and commercial fishing career, work on the Bob S, and family and community ties. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held May issue scan confirms the obituary.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Clarence “Bullo” Maudrie dies after a Great Lakes fishing life, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-clarence-maudrie-death-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Clarence Maudrie," April 3–5, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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