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Joyce M. Bartels dies, 2016

Also Joyce M Bartels death 2016 · Joyce Bartels Beaver Island history 2016

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TypeEvent
Dates2016-06-29 – 2016-07-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2016-06-29 – 2016-07-16
Kind
Death
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Joyce M. Bartels
Eras
Modern era
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death-and-memorypublic-memoryheritagefamily-and-community
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Joyce M. Bartels died on June 29, 2016. Beaver Island community responses remembered her long contribution to preserving island history, including the monthly “100 Years Ago” historical feature.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves a family-requested death notice, a fuller family obituary, community tributes, and local memorial-service arrangements. It does not independently verify every biographical detail or confirm attendance.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The initial family-requested notice reported Joyce Bartels’s June 29 death. Community responses remembered her work preserving island history and assembling the “100 Years Ago” feature. Those tributes are valuable evidence of local memory, but are not an independent biography or obituary.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010381
  2. The family obituary added Joyce’s age, education, family, civic and historical work, and the announcement that memorial services would occur later in Haslett and on Beaver Island. It is a family/community obituary with a funeral-home reference; independent records should control exact biographical details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010411
  3. The notices scheduled a July 16, 11 a.m. memorial service at Beaver Island Christian Church, followed by a luncheon at Gregg Fellowship Center. The reminder documents meal coordination, but the archive does not independently confirm attendance or completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010424
  4. The notices scheduled a July 16, 11 a.m. memorial service at Beaver Island Christian Church, followed by a luncheon at Gregg Fellowship Center. The reminder documents meal coordination, but the archive does not independently confirm attendance or completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010454

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Joyce M. Bartels dies, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joyce-bartels-death-2016/, accessed [date], citing Phyllis Moore and community respondents, “Joyce M Bartels RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, June 29–30, 2016. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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