- Date
- 1971-10-11
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathheritagetourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Ira Hill, described as a pioneer Beaver Island summer resident, died on October 11, 1971, at age 83. The October Beaver Beacon recalled his 1917 property near Cables Bay, cottages, steamer travel, and decades of summer visits.
Evidence and limits
The obituary is a local-history notice, not a civil death record or property survey.
Sources
- Reports Ira Hill’s October 11 death at age 83 and recalls his 1917 Island property near Cables Bay, cottages, Goodrick Steamship Line travel, and long summer visits; it does not provide a civil death or property record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and Island-history notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Ira Hill, pioneer Beaver Island summer resident, dies in 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ira-hill-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Obituaries: Ira Hill.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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