Name: Jewell Gillespie dies on Beaver Island in October 1995
Start: 1995-10-21
End: 1995-10-21
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1995-10-21
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November Beacon recorded Jewell Gillespie’s October 21, 1995 death. The December issue then published his obituary and family tribute, documenting his lifelong work on island roads, generators, telephone service, the public beach, the Medical Center, the school, and the barge link.

Evidence limits

The obituary and tribute are community and newspaper sources, not a complete employment, civic-service, or vital-record archive.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1995, “Jewell Gillespie.”
Records Jewell Gillespie’s birth on January 9, 1917, death on October 21, 1995, and the newspaper’s notice that tributes would appear in December. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1995, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the death notice.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1995, “What Really Counts? Ask Those Who Knew Jewell Gillespie,” “Jewell F. Gillespie, 78,” and “Thoughts of Our Remarkable Father.”
Publishes the full obituary and family tribute, documenting Gillespie’s lifelong island work on roads, generators, telephone service, the public beach, the Medical Center, the school, the barge link, and community institutions. 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 · 1995-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 1995, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary and family tribute.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Jewell Gillespie dies on Beaver Island in October 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jewell-gillespie-death-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1995, “Jewell Gillespie.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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