Name: Rose Hannon, a longtime Beaver Island summer resident, dies in 1998
Start: 1998-09-05
End: 1998-09-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1998-09-05
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Rose M. Hannon died September 5, 1998, aged 83. The November Beaver Beacon remembered her as a longtime Beaver Island summer resident who had visited the island since she was 13 and whose family maintained homes on Font Lake.

Evidence limits

This record is based on a newspaper obituary and local remembrance, not a civil death record or complete family history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1998, “Rose M. Hannon, 83” and “In Fond Memory.”
Reports Hannon’s September 5 death and funeral details and Helen Pike’s remembrance that Hannon had visited Beaver Island annually since age 13, with family homes on Font Lake. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1998, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary and remembrance.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Rose Hannon, a longtime Beaver Island summer resident, dies in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rose-hannon-death-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1998, “Rose M. Hannon, 83” and “In Fond Memory.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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