Name: Susan Waskul dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, November 20, 2004
Start: 2004-11-20
End: 2004-11-20
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-11-20
Kind: Burial
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycatholicismcommunityhealthcare
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Susan Waskul died November 20, 2004, after a long battle with cancer. The Beaver Island-connected family notice records funeral services at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Madison Heights and interment at Holy Cross Cemetery on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

The notice supplies family and service details but not a cemetery plot or complete medical history.

Sources

Dick and Ellen Verduyn, relayed by Rich, “A Sad Passing,” Beaver Island Forum, November 22, 2004.
A forwarded family message reported Susan Waskul’s death after a prolonged cancer illness and planned a funeral and later Beaver Island burial. It is an early community notice; the December Beaver Beacon supplies the stronger held newspaper record for the death and burial.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Susan Waskul 1957–2004."
Reports Susan Waskul''s November 20 death after cancer, her Beaver Island family and summer ties, funeral at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, and interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the death and burial notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Susan Waskul dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, November 20, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-susan-waskul-death-burial-2004/, accessed [date], citing Dick and Ellen Verduyn, relayed by Rich, “A Sad Passing,” Beaver Island Forum, November 22, 2004. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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