- Dates
- 2013-10-19 – 2013-11-03
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
John James Boyle, born on Beaver Island in 1939, died unexpectedly but peacefully at his home in Bloomington, Minnesota, on October 19, 2013, according to an obituary reproduced in the Beaver Island Forum. The forum also announced his November 2 visitation and November 3 funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a forum memorial and reproduced obituary. The funeral arrangements are contemporaneous community information; the biographical and date claims should be checked against the cited newspaper or civil record before being treated as independently confirmed.
Sources
- A community poster announced Boyle's death, later supplied funeral arrangements and reproduced a detailed obituary identifying October 19, 2013 as the date of death and Beaver Island as his birthplace. The forum copy is treated as a probable memorial record; the reproduced obituary is not independently verified here against the cited newspaper or civil record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006879
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John James Boyle, born on Beaver Island, dies in Minnesota”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-boyle-death-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "John Boyle RIP," October 20–28, 2013..
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