Name: Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer dies in 2006
Start: 2006
End: 2006
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathreligioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 2006 Beaver Beacon reported the death of Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer, a 93-year-old Beaver Island resident and longtime Methodist minister who had served more than 11 churches during a 40-year career.

Evidence limits

The newspaper obituary gives no exact date of death beyond the 2006 issue context; this record does not infer one.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum topic 515, "Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer RIP," January 8, 2006.
A contemporaneous community post reports Witmer's January 3 death, Beaver Island seasonal residence, and the January 8 Petoskey service and January 9 burial information while reproducing an obituary. The held Beaver Beacon remains the stronger local source for his island connection; the forum does not establish property records or a complete pastoral history.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000515
Beaver Beacon, February 2006, "Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer 1913–2006."
Obituary identifies Witmer as a 93-year-old Beaver Island resident who died in Asheboro, North Carolina, and records Albion College, Garrett Seminary, a 40-year Methodist ministry, family survivors, and prior service at Petoskey. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer dies in 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rev-ralph-witmer-death-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum topic 515, "Rev. Ralph Prescott Witmer RIP," January 8, 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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