Russell "Kook" Palmer dies and is remembered on Beaver Island, 2011

Event

Date: 2011-09-18
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilymaritimeheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Eugene Russell “Kook” Palmer, 76, formerly of Beaver Island, died at his Traverse City home on September 18, 2011. The obituary describes his Beaver Island upbringing, Great Lakes sailing, C&O car-ferry work, military service, family, music, hunting, fishing, and boating, and reports a September 24 funeral mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "Russell \"Kook\" Palmer."
Publishes Russell Palmer's obituary, reporting his September 18 death, Beaver Island upbringing, Great Lakes sailing and ferry work, family, and September 24 Holy Cross funeral. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2011, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held October issue scan confirms the corresponding OCR report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Russell "Kook" Palmer dies and is remembered on Beaver Island, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-russell-kook-palmer-death-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "Russell \"Kook\" Palmer." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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