- Dates
- 2023-05-15 – 2023-05-25
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathbusinesshospitalityfamilycommunitymemorial
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Harold “Hoot” Rudolph died on May 15, 2023. A Petoskey News-Review obituary reproduced on the Beaver Island Forum recalls that he and his family moved to Beaver Island early in their marriage and operated Beaver Lodge for three years. The obituary also announced plans for a Beaver Island Community Center memorial fund.
Evidence limits
This record relies on a reproduced newspaper obituary, making it stronger than an unattributed forum recollection for the reported biography, while still not being a held original newspaper copy or independent business record.
Sources
- The forum reproduces a Petoskey News-Review obituary reporting Rudolph’s May 15 death and recalling that he and his family moved to Beaver Island early in their marriage and operated Beaver Lodge for three years. It also says a Beaver Island Community Center memorial fund was planned. The reproduced newspaper obituary is stronger than an unverified personal recollection, but the forum archive does not hold the original publication metadata beyond the printed attribution.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017722
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Harold “Hoot” Rudolph dies; obituary recalls his Beaver Lodge years, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harold-hoot-rudolph-death-and-beaver-lodge-legacy-2023/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Harold ‘Hoot’ Rudolph RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 25, 2023..
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