- Date
- 2024-04-24
- Kind
- Death and memorial
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographymilitaryheritagecommunitypublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Richard “Dickie” McEvoy, age 77, died on April 24, 2024, according to an obituary reproduced on the Beaver Island Forum. He was a Vietnam War Army medic, respiratory therapist, veterans’ advocate, and a person who had called Beaver Island home. The obituary remembered his work with the Beaver Island Historical Society and Southside Lighthouse preservation and planned a Beaver Island wake memorial in addition to military interment elsewhere.
Evidence limits
The funeral-home obituary is the stronger source for the death and biography; the initial forum notice is community evidence of island response. The forum does not provide dates for the planned Beaver Island memorial or an independent military/service record.
Sources
- The forum first reported McEvoy’s death and later reproduced a Lynch & Sons obituary stating that Richard “Dickie” McEvoy, age 77, died April 24, served as a Vietnam War Army medic, lived at times on Beaver Island, advocated for veterans, worked with the Beaver Island Historical Society and Southside Lighthouse preservation, and was to receive military burial and wake memorials including on Beaver Island. The funeral-home obituary is stronger than the initial community notice; specific island memorial dates were not yet set.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018104
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Richard “Dickie” McEvoy dies and Beaver Island memorials are planned, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-mcevoy-death-and-island-memorial-2024/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Dick McEvoy RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, April 24, 2024, with obituary repost April 26..
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