Name: Tom Kelso dies after a cancer illness, 2004
Start: 2004-01-29
End: 2004-01-29
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-01-29
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitymilitarywildlifetechnology
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Former Beaver Island resident Thomas “Tom” Kelso died in Arizona on January 29, 2004, aged 64, after cancer. The Beacon remembered his Army service, bird-watching, early online investing, astronomy, and affection for his Island mule.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Tom Kelso 1940-2004."
Reports former resident Thomas Kelso's January 29 death in Arizona at age 64 and summarizes his Army service, bird-watching, online investing, astronomy, and Beaver Island connections. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the remembrance.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Tom Kelso dies after a cancer illness, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tom-kelso-death-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Tom Kelso 1940-2004." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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