- Date
- 1988-07-03
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimecommercefamilycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Karl J. Erber of Charlevoix died on July 3, 1988. The July Beaver Beacon identifies him as a former mayor, past president and co-founder of the Beaver Island Boat Company, and long-time cottage owner on Sand Bay.
Evidence limits
The obituary is a newspaper account and historical remembrance; civil and cemetery records remain separate evidence.
Sources
- Reports Karl J. Erber’s July 3 death, Charlevoix and Beaver Island connections, his role as a 1956 Beaver Island Boat Company founder and board member, and survivors. 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 · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company founder Karl Erber dies, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-karl-erber-death-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Island Deaths,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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