- Date
- 1987-01-28
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1987 Beaver Beacon obituary for Kathryn “Kay” Sorensen reports that she and her husband had been Beaver Island summer residents for four decades and property owners for 35 years.
Evidence limits
The obituary is truncated in the held OCR and does not establish a complete island biography, civil death record, or property history.
Sources
- Reports Kathryn Sorensen’s January 28 death and says the Sorensens had been Beaver Island summer residents for 40 years and property owners for 35 years. The obituary is truncated in the held OCR after “cont.” and does not give a complete island biography. 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 · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary’s Beaver Island residence claim.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Summer resident Kathryn “Kay” Sorensen dies, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kay-sorensen-death-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Kathryn (Kay) A. Sorensen,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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