Name: Tim Dwyer dies suddenly after cutting firewood, 2008
Start: 2008-08-29
End: 2008-08-29
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2008-08-29
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitytechnologycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Timothy James Dwyer of Beaver Island died suddenly on August 29, 2008, after cutting firewood at home. The memorial describes his technical consulting work, Planning Commission service after moving to the Island in 2001, and his broad interests in Island life.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper memorial and does not provide a civil death record, medical account, or independent cause-of-death documentation.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Tim Dwyer-RIP," August 31–September 2, 2008.
The forum first reported Dwyer's death and then reproduced a Record-Eagle funeral notice and later obituary. It supports the timing and community response but is reproduced newspaper material, not an independent medical or civil record; the Beaver Beacon remains the primary Island-context source here.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001249
Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "In Memory: Tim Dwyer."
Reports Tim Dwyer’s sudden August 29 death after cutting firewood, his 2001 move to Beaver Island, Planning Commission service, computer consulting, and interests in hunting, fishing, geology, photography, gardening, sailing, and swimming. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Tim Dwyer dies suddenly after cutting firewood, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tim-dwyer-death-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Tim Dwyer-RIP," August 31–September 2, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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