- Date
- 1976-05-22
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Olin Wanty (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathdemographytourismeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May–June 1976 Beaver Beacon reports Olin Wanty’s May 22 death in Ypsilanti and says that he and Mrs. Wanty owned the King Strang Hotel for many years.
Evidence and limits
The hotel statement is preserved as a newspaper-reported ownership claim, not as a deed or complete business history. No funeral details are supplied.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports Wanty’s May 22 death in Ypsilanti and says he and Mrs. Wanty owned the King Strang Hotel for many years and were well known on Beaver Island. It does not provide a funeral notice, civil record, ownership deed, or complete identity. 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 · 1976-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held combined issue confirms the death notice and hotel association.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Olin Wanty, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-olin-wanty-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1976, “Obituaries: Olin Wanty.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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