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Kenneth Lloyd Slater dies on Beaver Island, 2017

Also Ken Slater obituary 2017

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Date2017-10-07
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ErasModern era
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Summary

Kenneth Lloyd Slater, age 75, died at his home on Beaver Island on October 7, 2017, according to Beaver Island Forum obituary notices. The notices describe his Air Force and Michigan Air National Guard service, his later Beaver Island residence, and a November 4 funeral at Holy Cross with an AMVETS salute.

Evidence limits

This entry treats the forum obituary as a community source and preserves its reported details without presenting them as independently verified civil or funeral-home records.

Sources

  1. Forum notices report that Kenneth Lloyd Slater, age 75, died at home on Beaver Island on October 7, 2017, and give biographical, military-service, family, and funeral details. These are community obituary relays; a held funeral-home or civil record was not checked here.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012388
  2. Forum notices report that Kenneth Lloyd Slater, age 75, died at home on Beaver Island on October 7, 2017, and give biographical, military-service, family, and funeral details. These are community obituary relays; a held funeral-home or civil record was not checked here.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012437
  3. AMVETS reported that the American, Michigan, and U.S. Air Force flags were lowered in honor of Air Force veteran Ken Slater. This corroborates the community memorial response, but does not independently establish the death record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012387
  4. A community reminder gave Ken Slater’s November 3 visitation and November 4 funeral at Holy Cross Church, followed by a parish-hall luncheon. It corroborates the service logistics reported in the obituary notices, but is not an independent funeral-home or civil record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012486

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Kenneth Lloyd Slater dies on Beaver Island, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kenneth-slater-death-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Ken Slater Obituary” and “Kenneth Slater RIP,” October 8 and October 21, 2017. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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