- Date
- 2005-06-30
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageartssciencecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2005 Beaver Beacon reported the June 30 death of Ruth Denny, a long-time Beaver Island summer resident. It remembered her as a Curtis Institute-trained flautist and University of Michigan geology graduate whose creative work with Ray Denny shaped their Donegal Bay home.
Evidence limits
The newspaper notice is an obituary-style remembrance and does not provide a complete biography, service record, or independent family documentation.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2005, "Ruth Denny 1922-2005."Reports Denny's June 30 death, her Curtis Institute music training and University of Michigan geology degree, her creative work with Ray Denny at their Donegal Bay home, and surviving family. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Long-time Beaver Island summer resident Ruth Denny dies in 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ruth-denny-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2005, "Ruth Denny 1922-2005." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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