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Dorothy M. Wogan

Also Dorothy Wojan · Dorothy Wogan · Dorothy M. Wogan · Paige; formerly Dorothy M. Paige

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TypePerson
Died1976-06-02
WithinBeaver Island · Charlevoix
ErasModern era
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Person
Died
1976-06-02
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island · Charlevoix

Summary

Dorothy M. (Paige) Wogan, second wife of Theodore “Ted” Wogan, a brother of Walter A. Wojan, died June 2, 1976, at age 55. The Beaver Beacon obituary heading spells her surname Wojan while its body spells it Wogan; both forms are retained here.

Evidence and limits

Theodore Wojan married first Mary Margaret LaFreniere at St. James in 1947; she died in 1966 at age 38. Theodore married Dorothy in 1970 at Charlevoix. Dorothy died June 2, 1976, at Little Traverse Hospital after a single day as a patient; funeral services were held at the Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix and burial was at Sunset Hills Cemetery, Flint. Her obituary names her survivors as her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Louie (Susan) Majors of Phoenix; two stepsons, Richard J. and Robert J. Wogan of Charlevoix; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Harold and Alvord Paige, both of Flint, which is the only held source for her maiden name. A 2006 Beacon retrospective, thirty years later, states plainly that “Dorothy Wojan was married to Ted, the brother of Walter Wojan,” which is the only source connecting this family to the Wojan/Wogan family documented at Walter A. Wojan.

Open questions

  • What were Dorothy Paige’s birth date and place, and her family background beyond her two brothers?

See also

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Preserves the heading/body discrepancy, reports Theodore Wogan as husband, a 1970 Charlevoix marriage, the June 2, 1976 death at age 55 (giving an approximate birth year of 1920 or 1921), and survivors: daughter Mrs. Louie (Susan) Majors of Phoenix, stepsons Richard J. and Robert J. Wogan of Charlevoix, five grandchildren, and brothers Harold and Alvord Paige of Flint. 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
  2. The held combined issue confirms both surname forms.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, June 2006, retrospective note.
    States "Dorothy Wojan was married to Ted, the brother of Walter Wojan" in a list of past island deaths, identifying her husband Theodore as Walter A. Wojan's brother. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Reports the May 27, 1966 death of Theodore Wojan's first wife, the former Mary Margaret LaFreniere (b. May 1, 1926, St. James; m. Theodore Wojan at St. James, 1947), establishing that Dorothy was his second wife.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Dorothy M. Wogan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/dorothy-m-paige-wogan/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1976, “Obituaries: Dorothy Wojan.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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