- Dates
- 2003-04-09 – 2003-06-14
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilymilitaryhealthcareheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Robert B. Smith, a Beaver Island summer resident from 1952 through 1988, died on April 9, 2003, at age 89. The obituary records his World War II service as an Army physician, his long medical practice, and a planned June 14 memorial service at the Beaver Island Protestant Cemetery.
Evidence limits
The notice gives the memorial plan but does not confirm attendance, the memorial service’s completion, or a burial or cremation disposition beyond stating that cremation had taken place.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “Robert B. Smith.”Reports Smith’s April 9 death at age 89, his Beaver Island summer residence from 1952 to 1988, Army medical service in Europe, medical practice, and a June 14 memorial at Beaver Island Protestant Cemetery. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the June 2003 obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island summer resident Robert B. Smith dies and is remembered at the Protestant Cemetery”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-smith-death-memorial-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “Robert B. Smith.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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