- Date
- 1998-02-24
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathhealthcarefamilycommunityheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Florence Wittenberg, 86, died on February 24, 1998. The April obituary remembers her years as Dr. Christie’s nurse and receptionist at Beaver Island Medical Center and records her family’s Lake Geneserath and real-estate ties, funeral, and burial in New Buffalo.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death record, employment file, or independent property history.
Sources
- Reports that Florence Wittenberg, 86, died February 24, 1998, and had served for many years as Dr. Christie’s nurse/receptionist at the Beaver Island Medical Center; it records her Lake Geneserath connection, her husband’s real-estate work, later New Buffalo life, funeral, and burial. 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 · 1998-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Florence Wittenberg obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Florence Wittenberg, former Beaver Island Medical Center nurse and receptionist, dies in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-florence-wittenberg-obituary-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1998, “Florence Wittenberg.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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