- Date
- 2018-02-16
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathindigenous-historyfishingmilitaryfamily
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Richard “Richie” Napont died on February 16, 2018. A family obituary relay identifies his parents as Beaver Island residents, describes his Grand Traverse Band membership, commercial fishing, Army service, and family life, and records a sacred-fire observance, Catholic Mass, military honors, and later burial planning.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a detailed family/community obituary. Indigenous identity, family relationships, service, and burial details should be checked against tribal, civil, funeral-home, and cemetery records before being treated as independently verified.
Sources
- The thread reports Richard Simon Napont’s February 16 death, identifies his parents as Bernard and Agnes (Nanigaw) Napont of St. James Beaver Island, and preserves family-authored details about fishing, Grand Traverse Band membership, Army service, a sacred fire, Catholic Mass, military honors, and later burial planning. The obituary is a community relay and family account; tribal, funeral-home, and cemetery records were not independently checked here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012766
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Richard “Richie” Napont dies after a Beaver Island and Grand Traverse Band family history, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-richie-napont-death-2018/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Richie Napont RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, February 17–22, 2018..
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