Name: Sister Agnes Thiel, Dominican educator and former Beaver Island principal, dies, 2006
Start: 2006-10-17
End: 2006-10-17
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-10-17
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathreligioneducationcommunitycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Sister Agnes (Clare) Thiel, OP, died October 17, 2006, at age 97 after 78 years of religious life. The obituary recalls her work as a Dominican teacher and administrator and identifies a period when she served as a principal on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This record follows the Beacon obituary and does not independently reconstruct her full appointment history or burial details.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum topic 778, "Sister Agnes (Clare) Thiel, RIP," October 24, 2006.
A Beaver Island Historical Society participant reports the October 17 death, Beaver Island teaching periods, and an earlier BIHS oral-history recording, while linking the Dominican obituary. The forum preserves the contemporary community notice and a research lead; the Beaver Beacon obituary remains the stronger held source for the biographical details.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000778
"Sister Agnes (Clare) Thiel, OP 1909-2006," Beaver Beacon, November 2006.
Reports Sister Agnes' October 17 death at age 97, her 78 years of religious life, her service as a Dominican teacher and administrator, and her time as a Beaver Island principal. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary and portrait.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sister Agnes Thiel, Dominican educator and former Beaver Island principal, dies, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sister-agnes-thiel-death-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum topic 778, "Sister Agnes (Clare) Thiel, RIP," October 24, 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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