- Date
- 1994-08-20
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deatheducationreligionheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beacon remembered Sister Cecelia Ann “Gilbert” Popp, a Dominican teacher who spent thirteen years on Beaver Island and died in 1994 at age 83. The profile connects her wartime service to the island school’s milkweed-pod drive.
Evidence limits
This is a retrospective memorial profile, not a complete religious or civil record.
Sources
- Reports Popp’s August 20, 1994 death at 83, her nearly forty years of teaching, thirteen years on Beaver Island, and her leadership in the wartime milkweed-pod drive. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1995-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the memorial profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Sister Gilbert Popp’s teaching and wartime service in 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sister-gilbert-popp-memorial-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1995, “Sister Gilbert Popp.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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