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Rev. Aiden J. Witte, OFM Conv. (1972 obituary)

Also Father Aiden Witte · Rev. Aiden J. Witte

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TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

Rev. Aiden J. Witte, OFM Conv., was known to Beaver Islanders as a substitute for island priests and a leader of missions on Beaver Island. The April 1972 Beaver Beacon reports his death in Waupun, Wisconsin, on April 8 at age 58.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified religious and community record. The source does not establish the dates or full chronology of Witte’s island ministry, his religious-order biography, or a civil death record.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Rev. Aiden J. Witte, OFM Conv.”
    Reports Rev. Aiden J. Witte’s April 8 death at Waupun, Wisconsin, and says he was well known to Islanders for substituting for island priests and holding missions on Beaver Island; it provides no complete ministry chronology or independent biographical record.
    beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon