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Beaver Island-connected memorial notices circulate in the forum, 2025

Also Beaver Island-connected forum obituaries 2025 · Beaver Island memorial notices January–December 2025

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TypeEvent
Dates2025-01-08 – 2025-12-20
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2025-01-08 – 2025-12-20
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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demographycommunityheritage
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Beaver Island

Summary

During 2025, Beaver Island forum users circulated funeral-home obituaries, family notices, and memorial arrangements for people connected with the island. The held threads preserve island-specific relationships that are often absent from short death notices, including former and seasonal residence, burial at Holy Cross Cemetery, island organizations, the Wildlife Club, the Airport Commission, and community support during hospice.

The notices include George Anthony, Don Bair, Jack Kelly, Richie O’Donnell, Jude Martin, Dale Scamehorn, Mike Scripps, Beverly Welch, Dave Paul, Bryan Foli, John Haggard, Judy McBride, Bud Rouch, Norman Lamer, Rory Connaghan, Lois Campbell, Clifford Napont, Theresa Boyle Gacek, Gary McDonough, George Nelson Pike, L.D. Ryan, Doug Edgar, Laurel Cole, and Larry Kubic.

Evidence limits

This is a grouped forum memorial record, modeled on the KB’s newspaper obituary roundups. Forum posts are useful for documenting community circulation and island associations, but they are not a substitute for civil death records, funeral-home notices, cemetery registers, or church records. Some posts reproduce those stronger sources; others are family or participant notices. Most deaths occurred off-island, so the spatial status remains unresolved rather than asserting Beaver Island as the death location.

Sources

  1. The notices identify George Anthony’s planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial and island and tribal connections; Don Bair as a former island resident who spent many years on Beaver Island; Jack Kelly and Ruth as longtime summer residents; Richie O'Donnell as a Beaver Island-raised resident and community organizer with a planned island burial; and Jude Martin as a Beaver Island resident with a later Holy Cross Cemetery burial. Most posts reproduce funeral-home or family material; the forum is the held source for the island-specific context.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018363
  2. The notices identify George Anthony’s planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial and island and tribal connections; Don Bair as a former island resident who spent many years on Beaver Island; Jack Kelly and Ruth as longtime summer residents; Richie O'Donnell as a Beaver Island-raised resident and community organizer with a planned island burial; and Jude Martin as a Beaver Island resident with a later Holy Cross Cemetery burial. Most posts reproduce funeral-home or family material; the forum is the held source for the island-specific context.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018374
  3. The notices identify George Anthony’s planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial and island and tribal connections; Don Bair as a former island resident who spent many years on Beaver Island; Jack Kelly and Ruth as longtime summer residents; Richie O'Donnell as a Beaver Island-raised resident and community organizer with a planned island burial; and Jude Martin as a Beaver Island resident with a later Holy Cross Cemetery burial. Most posts reproduce funeral-home or family material; the forum is the held source for the island-specific context.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018378
  4. The notices identify George Anthony’s planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial and island and tribal connections; Don Bair as a former island resident who spent many years on Beaver Island; Jack Kelly and Ruth as longtime summer residents; Richie O'Donnell as a Beaver Island-raised resident and community organizer with a planned island burial; and Jude Martin as a Beaver Island resident with a later Holy Cross Cemetery burial. Most posts reproduce funeral-home or family material; the forum is the held source for the island-specific context.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018380
  5. The notices identify George Anthony’s planned Holy Cross Cemetery burial and island and tribal connections; Don Bair as a former island resident who spent many years on Beaver Island; Jack Kelly and Ruth as longtime summer residents; Richie O'Donnell as a Beaver Island-raised resident and community organizer with a planned island burial; and Jude Martin as a Beaver Island resident with a later Holy Cross Cemetery burial. Most posts reproduce funeral-home or family material; the forum is the held source for the island-specific context.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018387
  6. The threads report Mike Scripps’s Beaver Island Airport Commission involvement, Bryan Foli as a Beaver Island resident with a Holy Cross funeral, John Haggard’s long Beaver Island hunting and Wildlife Club connections, Judy and Kirk McBride as longtime summer residents, and Bud Rouch as a Beaver Island resident and longtime island hunter and fisherman. The held material supports community and island associations, not a complete civil or biographical record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018392
  7. The threads report Mike Scripps’s Beaver Island Airport Commission involvement, Bryan Foli as a Beaver Island resident with a Holy Cross funeral, John Haggard’s long Beaver Island hunting and Wildlife Club connections, Judy and Kirk McBride as longtime summer residents, and Bud Rouch as a Beaver Island resident and longtime island hunter and fisherman. The held material supports community and island associations, not a complete civil or biographical record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018583
  8. The threads report Mike Scripps’s Beaver Island Airport Commission involvement, Bryan Foli as a Beaver Island resident with a Holy Cross funeral, John Haggard’s long Beaver Island hunting and Wildlife Club connections, Judy and Kirk McBride as longtime summer residents, and Bud Rouch as a Beaver Island resident and longtime island hunter and fisherman. The held material supports community and island associations, not a complete civil or biographical record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018588
  9. The threads report Mike Scripps’s Beaver Island Airport Commission involvement, Bryan Foli as a Beaver Island resident with a Holy Cross funeral, John Haggard’s long Beaver Island hunting and Wildlife Club connections, Judy and Kirk McBride as longtime summer residents, and Bud Rouch as a Beaver Island resident and longtime island hunter and fisherman. The held material supports community and island associations, not a complete civil or biographical record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018610
  10. The threads report Mike Scripps’s Beaver Island Airport Commission involvement, Bryan Foli as a Beaver Island resident with a Holy Cross funeral, John Haggard’s long Beaver Island hunting and Wildlife Club connections, Judy and Kirk McBride as longtime summer residents, and Bud Rouch as a Beaver Island resident and longtime island hunter and fisherman. The held material supports community and island associations, not a complete civil or biographical record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018634
  11. The notices identify Dale Scamehorn as a Beaver Island homeowner and Beaver Island Christian Church member, Mike Scripps as connected to the Beaver Island Airport Commission and Christian Church, Beverly Welch as a Beaver Island resident active in community programs and the 2024 Dark Sky recognition, and Dave Paul as a person whose return to the island was being planned after death abroad. These are forum obituary/community notices; the held material does not independently verify every biographical detail or later memorial outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018389
  12. The notices identify Dale Scamehorn as a Beaver Island homeowner and Beaver Island Christian Church member, Mike Scripps as connected to the Beaver Island Airport Commission and Christian Church, Beverly Welch as a Beaver Island resident active in community programs and the 2024 Dark Sky recognition, and Dave Paul as a person whose return to the island was being planned after death abroad. These are forum obituary/community notices; the held material does not independently verify every biographical detail or later memorial outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018392
  13. The notices identify Dale Scamehorn as a Beaver Island homeowner and Beaver Island Christian Church member, Mike Scripps as connected to the Beaver Island Airport Commission and Christian Church, Beverly Welch as a Beaver Island resident active in community programs and the 2024 Dark Sky recognition, and Dave Paul as a person whose return to the island was being planned after death abroad. These are forum obituary/community notices; the held material does not independently verify every biographical detail or later memorial outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018395
  14. The notices identify Dale Scamehorn as a Beaver Island homeowner and Beaver Island Christian Church member, Mike Scripps as connected to the Beaver Island Airport Commission and Christian Church, Beverly Welch as a Beaver Island resident active in community programs and the 2024 Dark Sky recognition, and Dave Paul as a person whose return to the island was being planned after death abroad. These are forum obituary/community notices; the held material does not independently verify every biographical detail or later memorial outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018399
  15. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018492
  16. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018504
  17. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018622
  18. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018653
  19. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018660
  20. The notices identify Norman Lamer as a longtime annual summer visitor, Rory Connaghan and Theresa Boyle Gacek as island-connected deaths, and Lois Campbell’s family notice as describing her final days on Beaver Island, an island memorial, and requested donations to island organizations; L.D. Ryan’s forum obituary is preserved as a community notice but contains little island-specific detail in the held text. The Lamer and Connaghan threads also include family-supplied arrangements, but later funeral-home, cemetery, church, or civil records should take precedence where available.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018668
  21. The Gary McDonough notice reports a family death with a later Holy Cross Cemetery graveside service announcement; the George Pike obituary identifies him as born on Beaver Island and says his ashes would be interred there. These notices preserve island family and burial connections, not complete civil records or confirmation of the later services.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018455
  22. The Gary McDonough notice reports a family death with a later Holy Cross Cemetery graveside service announcement; the George Pike obituary identifies him as born on Beaver Island and says his ashes would be interred there. These notices preserve island family and burial connections, not complete civil records or confirmation of the later services.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018475
  23. The sparse notices report Doug Edgar’s death shortly before Christmas 2024, Laurel Cole’s death in April 2025 and her parentage as Donald and Lillian Cole’s daughter, and Larry Kubic’s death at home on May 23, 2025. They preserve community reports and family connections, but not complete obituaries, civil records, or independent confirmation of every identity detail.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018359
  24. The sparse notices report Doug Edgar’s death shortly before Christmas 2024, Laurel Cole’s death in April 2025 and her parentage as Donald and Lillian Cole’s daughter, and Larry Kubic’s death at home on May 23, 2025. They preserve community reports and family connections, but not complete obituaries, civil records, or independent confirmation of every identity detail.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018420
  25. The sparse notices report Doug Edgar’s death shortly before Christmas 2024, Laurel Cole’s death in April 2025 and her parentage as Donald and Lillian Cole’s daughter, and Larry Kubic’s death at home on May 23, 2025. They preserve community reports and family connections, but not complete obituaries, civil records, or independent confirmation of every identity detail.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018450

Added 7 August 2026 · revised 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected memorial notices circulate in the forum, 2025”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-forum-memorial-notices-2025/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “George Anthony RIP,” “Don Bair RIP,” “Jack Kelly RIP,” “Richie O'Donnell RIP,” and “Jude Martin RIP,” January–March 2025. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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