Name: Murray D. Wanty dies after long Beaver Island connection, 1971
Start: 1971-10-06
End: 1971-10-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1971-10-06
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Murray D. Wanty died in Ann Arbor on October 6, 1971. A family thank-you in the October Beaver Beacon recalled the Wantys’ first Beaver Island visit in 1955, their cottage built by Walt Wogan, and their long pattern of summer stays.

Evidence and limits

The obituary and remembrance document a seasonal connection but do not provide a civil death record, deed, or complete Island property history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Obituaries: Murray D. Wanty” and “Thank You.”
Reports Murray Wanty’s October 6 death and his family’s first 1955 Island visit, cottage built by Walt Wogan in 1957–58, repeated summer stays, and plans for retirement time on Beaver Island; it does not provide a civil death or property record.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and family remembrance.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Murray D. Wanty dies after long Beaver Island connection, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-murray-wanty-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “Obituaries: Murray D. Wanty” and “Thank You.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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