- Dates
- 1986-06-17 – 1986-06-21
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- Death
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- Modern era
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- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1986 Beaver Beacon reprinted an obituary for Robert P. Weeks, a Beaver Island summer resident for roughly two decades and author of King Strang and other articles about the island’s history.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted obituary, not a civil certificate, cemetery record, university personnel file, or complete bibliography.
Sources
- Reports Robert P. Weeks’s June 17 death at University of Michigan Hospital, his 18–20 years as a Sand Bay summer resident, authorship of King Strang and other articles, University of Michigan teaching career, family, and June 21 funeral at the Michigan Union Ballroom. It is a reprinted obituary, not a civil certificate, cemetery record, university personnel file, or complete bibliography. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island summer resident and King Strang author Robert P. Weeks dies, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-weeks-death-1986/, accessed [date], citing Obituary, Robert P. Weeks, Beaver Beacon, July 1986, reprinted from the Ann Arbor News. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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