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Friends and family scatter Ruth Denny's ashes at Donegal Bay, 2006

Also Rudy Denny ash-scattering ceremony 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2006-07
Kind
Burial
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathfamilyheritagecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In mid-July 2006, friends and family gathered at Ruth “Rudy” Denny’s Donegal Bay property to scatter her ashes in a grove where she and Ray Denny had first camped. The report emphasizes the home, memories, and local legends associated with the couple.

Evidence limits

The newspaper does not provide a precise date, the complete family list, or a surveyed location for the grove.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. "Rudy Comes Home," Beaver Beacon, September 2006.
    Describes friends and family scattering Ruth "Rudy" Denny's ashes in the grove where she and Ray first camped at their Donegal Bay property, with memories of her life, flute playing, and handmade home. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the memorial report and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Friends and family scatter Ruth Denny's ashes at Donegal Bay, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ruth-denny-ashes-scattering-2006/, accessed [date], citing "Rudy Comes Home," Beaver Beacon, September 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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