Name: About 400 people attend a downstate memorial service for Mel and Judy Bellamy in 2003
Start: 2003-02
End: 2003-02
Location: Beaver Island

About 400 people attend a downstate memorial service for Mel and Judy Bellamy in 2003

Also Mel Judy Bellamy memorial service 2003 · Beaver Island downstate remembrance

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TypeEvent

Date2003-02

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-02
Kind: Religious service
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathreligioncommunitymusic
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

A downstate memorial service for Mel and Judy Bellamy drew about 400 people despite a blizzard that prevented some Islanders from traveling. The service included family remembrances, a video collage, Bible-study themes, Psalm 23, music, and a meal for about 325 attendees; a Beaver Island service was planned for July 27.

Evidence limits

The article reports the service as a newspaper feature and does not provide a formal program or complete attendance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Bellamy Memorial Service.”
Reports a service attended by about 400 people, a meal for 325, family remembrances, a video collage, Bible-study themes, Psalm 23, and five songs; an Island service was planned for July 27. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the March 2003 report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “About 400 people attend a downstate memorial service for Mel and Judy Bellamy in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bellamy-downstate-memorial-service-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Bellamy Memorial Service.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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