Beaver Island-connected Adelia Beeuwkes and Frances Sweet obituaries, 1966

Event

Dates: circa 1966-06 – circa 1966-07
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunity

Summary

The July 1966 Beaver Beacon reported the deaths of Adelia M. Beeuwkes, a summer cottage owner and public-health nutrition professor, and Frances Gordon Sweet, a former Beaver Islander.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper obituary notices, not civil, funeral-home, or cemetery records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “Obituaries.”
Reports Adelia M. Beeuwkes's death in Holland and Mrs. Henry Sweet's death in Salisbury, including their Beaver Island connections; it is not a civil, funeral-home, or cemetery record.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the published obituary notices; it does not expand the source-specific identity, family, or burial claims.
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Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected Adelia Beeuwkes and Frances Sweet obituaries, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-july-1966-obituaries/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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