Name: Robert Papa Bob Armstrong obituary recalls Coast Guard and Beaver Island life, 2007
Start: 2006-12-29
End: 2006-12-29
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-12-29
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathlighthouse-and-lifesaving-servicemaritimefamilycommunityaviationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 2007 Beaver Beacon memorialized Robert “Papa Bob” Armstrong, who served on Beaver Island with the Coast Guard, married Marjorie Martin, and later returned for Island work, flying, storytelling, and family life. The notice reported his December 29, 2006 death and planned spring burial on the Island.

Evidence limits

This is a community obituary, not a civil death or military service record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Rich Gillespie and participants, “Robert (Papa Bob) Armstrong, 74 RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, January 10–May 16, 2007.
The forum reproduces the family obituary, adding biographical detail about Armstrong's Coast Guard service, marriage, UPS career, Beaver Island work, family, and the planned June 1 island burial. The reproduced obituary is secondary forum content; the Beacon remains the primary local archival source used here.
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"Robert (Papa Bob) Armstrong, 1932-2006," Beaver Beacon, February 2007.
Recalls Armstrong's Coast Guard service on Beaver Island, marriage to Marjorie Martin, later Island work, piloting, family, and planned Beaver Island burial. 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 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary and photograph.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Papa Bob Armstrong obituary recalls Coast Guard and Beaver Island life, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-papa-bob-armstrong-obituary-2007/, accessed [date], citing Rich Gillespie and participants, “Robert (Papa Bob) Armstrong, 74 RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, January 10–May 16, 2007. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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