- Dates
- 2010-05-12 – 2010-05-16
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimefamilyheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Russell J. Green died at home on May 12, 2010. The community escorted his body into Beaver Island Harbor by boat on May 14; after a May 16 Holy Cross funeral, he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery. The report emphasizes his Island farm, Great Lakes and ferry work, military service, and family history.
Evidence limits
This combines the obituary and community report; it is not a civil, military, maritime-employment, or cemetery register.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Russell Green’s daughter announced his death and the May 15 Holy Cross visitation/rosary and May 16 funeral Mass; family and community replies preserve memories of his ferry service and island life. The family notice is strong contemporaneous evidence for the service schedule; the Beacon remains the stronger held source for the complete obituary and burial account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002373
- Russell Green’s daughter announced his death and the May 15 Holy Cross visitation/rosary and May 16 funeral Mass; family and community replies preserve memories of his ferry service and island life. The family notice is strong contemporaneous evidence for the service schedule; the Beacon remains the stronger held source for the complete obituary and burial account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002374
- The thread began as a community request for prayers during Green’s final illness and preserves a report that he took one last Beaver Islander trip with family and friends. Later personal recollections document community memory, not independent medical or employment records.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002338
- A community post linked photographs and video of Green’s final Beaver Islander trip and return; a reply described the sendoff and personal memories. The external media were not preserved here, so the forum is used as memorial context rather than independent proof of the obituary timeline.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002378
- Beaver Beacon, June 2010, "Russ Comes Home."Reports Green's May 12 death, May 14 ferry return escorted by boats, May 16 Holy Cross funeral and cemetery interment, and his life as farmer, Korean War veteran, Great Lakes sailor, and Beaver Islander captain. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary and community return report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community brings Russell Green home for burial, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-russell-green-death-and-return-2010/, accessed [date], citing Russell Green family and Beaver Island community, "Russell Green R.I.P," Beaver Island Forum, May 13–16, 2010, topics 2373 and 2374. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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