- Date
- 2012
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunityarts
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 2013 Beaver Beacon remembers Mary Jane Schmidt, who moved to Beaver Island in 1986 and whose family chose the Island as her final resting place; the article says a memorial celebration was planned for spring.
Evidence limits
The source does not give a precise death date in the excerpt and reports a planned memorial rather than a completed one.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2013, "In Memory: Mary Jane Schmidt."Reports the life of Mary Jane Schmidt, who moved to Beaver Island in 1986 and chose the Island as a final resting place; a memorial celebration was planned for spring. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held February issue scan confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The forum reproduced a fuller obituary stating that Schmidt died January 29 in Charlevoix and that a spring Beaver Island memorial was planned. It adds a precise death date and community recollection, but remains a reproduced obituary rather than an independent vital record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005985
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers seasonal resident Mary Jane Schmidt”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-jane-schmidt-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2013, "In Memory: Mary Jane Schmidt." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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