- Date
- 2020-05-25
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
William “Billy” Bennett died on May 25, 2020, according to a community notice and a later obituary reproduced in the forum. He was born on Beaver Island, graduated from Beaver Island High School, and later worked for Hallmark.
Evidence limits
The later obituary supports the death and biography, but the archive does not hold the original obituary page or funeral-service record.
Sources
- The initial notice reported Billy’s death on May 25 and identified his Beaver Island birth and family. A June 3 follow-up reproduced a fuller obituary identifying him as William Lee Bennett, age 80, a Beaver Island High School graduate, and giving his later life and family details. The later obituary is stronger than the initial notice but remains reproduced in the forum.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015227
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William “Billy” Bennett dies, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-billy-bennett-death-2020/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Billy Bennett, RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 25–June 3, 2020..
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