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Beaver Beacon records the death of Max Sonderegger’s mother, 1958

Also 1958 Max Sonderegger sympathy notice

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TypeEvent
Date1958-07-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1958-07-12
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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communitydemographyheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1958 Beaver Beacon offers sympathy to Max Sonderegger after his mother’s death in Dousman, Wisconsin, on July 12. It recalls her as a possible oldest Beaver Island visitor, first coming to the island in 1900.

Evidence limits

The notice does not name her, give her age, provide an obituary or civil record, or establish the “oldest visitor” comparison.

Sources

  1. Offers sympathy to Max Sonderegger after his mother died in Dousman, Wisconsin, on July 12, and says she may have been the oldest Beaver Island visitor, first coming in 1900. It does not provide her full name, age, obituary, civil record, or a complete visitor history. 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 · 1958-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sympathy and visitor-history notice; it does not expand the family or demographic record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon records the death of Max Sonderegger’s mother, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sympathy-notices-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1958, “OUR SYMPATHY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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