
- Dates
- 1984-08-02 – 1984-08-04
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathcommunityheritagehealthcarecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1984 Beaver Beacon memorialized Raymond C. Howell, who died August 2 in Manistee after living on Beaver Island from 1974 to 1982 and taking part in Historical Society, church, township-planning, and Medical Center work.
Evidence limits
The account preserves local associations and a family memorial, but it does not substitute for the underlying planning, church, medical, or civil records.
Sources
- Reports Raymond Howell's August 2 death in Manistee, his 1974–82 Beaver Island residence, work with the Historical Society and churches, Peaine Township Planning Commission service, and planning for the Medical Center addition. It is a newspaper memorial, not a civil death certificate, planning file, or medical-center project 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 · 1984-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Raymond C. Howell dies after a Beaver Island life, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/raymond-howell-obituary-1984/, accessed [date], citing Raymond C. Howell memorial obituary, Beaver Beacon, September 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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