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Robert Henry Bonner dies after a Beaver Island childhood, 2024

Also Robert Bonner death 2024

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TypeEvent
Dates2024-06-02 – 2024-06-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2024-06-02 – 2024-06-06
Kind
Death notice
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Robert Henry Bonner died on June 2, 2024, according to a Beaver Island Forum obituary. He was raised on the family farm in St. James, Beaver Island, until age 17, later served in the U.S. Army, earned engineering and business degrees, and worked as a manufacturing-equipment executive.

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The forum preserves a community obituary and island childhood account, not an independent vital, military, or employment record.

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  1. The forum obituary reports Robert Henry Bonner’s June 2 death and identifies him as the son of Patrick and Rose Bonner, raised on the family farm in St. James, Beaver Island, until age 17. It also records U.S. Army service, engineering and business careers, and later homes in Michigan and Florida. The forum copy is a community obituary without an independent vital or military record here.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018150

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Henry Bonner dies after a Beaver Island childhood, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-bonner-death-2024/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Robert Bonner RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, June 6, 2024..

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