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Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids honors Bob Delaney, 1985

Also Bob Delaney birthday dinner · May 16 1985 Bob Delaney celebration

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TypeEvent
Date1985-05-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1985-05-16
Kind
Celebration
Eras
Modern era
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communitycelebrationheritagecommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

Friends honored Bob Delaney with a surprise birthday dinner on May 16, 1985, after Ron and Mary Antrim brought him from the Veterans Home in Grand Rapids. The notice also recalls Delaney’s many Beaver Island vacations and his active membership in the Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids.

Evidence limits

The notice is a community remembrance, not an independent membership, residence, or institutional record.

Sources

  1. Reports a surprise birthday dinner for Bob Delaney at Braan’s on Alpine Avenue on May 16, arranged after Ron and Mary Antrim took him from the Veterans Home in Grand Rapids. It recalls his shared Beaver Island cottage with Monsignor Victor Gallagher and long activity in the B.I. Club of Grand Rapids. It is a community notice, not a membership, residence, or institutional record. 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 · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-six-page July/August combined issue PDF, filed canonically as July 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the birthday notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids honors Bob Delaney, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/bob-delaney-island-club-grand-rapids-honors-1985/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids honors Bob Delaney, Beaver Beacon, July 1985 (July/August combined issue filed as July). (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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