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Maura Pierson dies after a Beaver Island-connected life, 2007

Also Maura T. Pierson

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TypeEvent
Date2007-03-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2007-03-06
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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deathfamilycommunityheritage
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Summary

Maura Pierson died on March 6, 2007, according to a Beaver Island Forum memorial thread. Family and community replies remembered her as a generous, knowledgeable person with strong Beaver Island connections and as the widow of John “Sel” Pierson.

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This is a family/community announcement rather than an obituary, civil death record, or medical record. The date is retained as reported; biographical details remain limited until an independent obituary or archival source is located.

Sources

  1. The thread first reported a stroke and later announced Maura Pierson’s death on March 6; family and community replies describe her as a source of family and island knowledge. The thread includes private mailing addresses, which are intentionally not reproduced here. No independent obituary or civil record is held in the current archive.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000826

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Maura Pierson dies after a Beaver Island-connected life, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-maura-pierson-death-2007/, accessed [date], citing Marsha Marande and participants, “Recent News about Maura Pierson,” Beaver Island Forum, February 3–March 7, 2007..

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