Ray Matela dies in California, 2020 — Beaver Island Archive

Event

Date: 2020-05-19
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunity

Summary

A May 19, 2020 community notice reported that Ray Matela died peacefully in California at age 90.

Evidence limits

This is a community death notice without a formal obituary, death certificate, or funeral record in the held archive.

Sources

Marie LaFreniere, “Ray Matela RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 19, 2020.
The community notice reported that Ray Matela died in his sleep in California and had reached age 90. The archive does not contain a formal obituary or funeral record.
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Family obituary, “Ray Matela Obituary,” Beaver Island Forum, June 23, 2020.
The family obituary gives Ray’s full dates, Beaver Island connection, masonry and woodworking work, and planned July 7–8 rosary and Mass at Holy Cross Church, with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. It is a reproduced family obituary, not an independently held funeral-home record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Ray Matela dies in California, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ray-matela-death-2020/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Ray Matela RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 19, 2020. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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