Name: Gretchen Hine Knopp dies after Beaver Island summers, 1991
Start: 1991-02-11
End: 1991-02-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1991-02-11
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1991 Beaver Beacon reported Gretchen Hine Knopp’s February 11 death in Bay City and noted her family’s long summer connection to Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper death and sympathy notice, not a civil death certificate, obituary file, or complete account of the family’s island property and visits.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1991, “In Sympathy: GRETCHEN HINE KNOPP.”
Reports that Gretchen Hine Knopp died February 11, 1991, at Huron Woods Nursing Home in Bay City, gives family and education details, and says she spent many enjoyable summer vacations on Beaver Island. Private memorial services were held at Gephart Funeral Home. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1991, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page issue scan confirms the sympathy notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Gretchen Hine Knopp dies after Beaver Island summers, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/gretchen-hine-knopp-death-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1991, “In Sympathy: GRETCHEN HINE KNOPP.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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