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The Mooney family thanks Beaver Island firefighters for emergency response, 1984

Also Ladonis Mooney family fire-department thanks

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TypeEvent
Date1984-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1984-10
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitypublic-servicehealthcarecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1984 Beaver Beacon printed the Mooney family’s thanks to Beaver Island firefighters and neighbors for emergency assistance and support during Don Mooney’s crisis.

Evidence limits

The letter records gratitude but intentionally does not define the underlying medical or emergency event.

Sources

  1. Thanks Beaver Island firefighters, B.J. Wyckoff, Joe Timsak, and the wider community for emergency help, family care, prayers, and support during Don Mooney's crisis and absence. It is a family letter and does not identify the underlying medical event or serve as an incident or clinical record. 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 · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the family thank-you.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Mooney family thanks Beaver Island firefighters for emergency response, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ladonis-mooney-fire-department-thanks-1984/, accessed [date], citing From the family of Ladonis Mooney, Beaver Beacon, October 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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