- Date
- 1973-04-01
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1973 Beaver Beacon reported Ray Penwitt’s death in Pomona, California. It noted that his wife, Geneva Skopp, had formerly been from Beaver Island and Chicago.
Evidence and limits
The short notice does not give Penwitt’s death date, civil record, burial details, or a complete family history. The Beaver Island connection is limited to the newspaper’s description of his late wife.
Sources
- Reports Ray Penwitt’s death in Pomona, California, and identifies his late wife Geneva Skopp as formerly of Beaver Island and Chicago; it does not provide a death date, civil record, or complete family history.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published death notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death notice for Ray Penwitt, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-ray-penwitt-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1973, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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