- Dates
- 2016-06-01 – 2016-06-05
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Charles E. “Buck” Ridgeway
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- death-and-memoryrecreationcommunityhealthcare
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Charles E. “Buck” Ridgeway died on June 1, 2016. The forum obituary described his teaching career, Beaver Island residence, and volunteer organization of golf leagues and tournaments, and directed memorial contributions to the Rural Health Center endowment. The June 2018 anniversary thread adds community recollections of his golf, hospitality, and friendships.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a detailed family/community obituary and memorial-gift notice. Independent funeral-home and vital records should control exact details and any accounting of donations.
Sources
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Sources
- The obituary reported Buck Ridgeway’s June 1 death, his Beaver Island residence and golf-course volunteer work, and memorial-gift information for the Beaver Island Rural Health Center. It is a family/community notice; funeral-home and vital records should control exact details.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010260
- A 2018 anniversary discussion remembered Buck Ridgeway’s golf, neighborhood friendships, meals, and community presence. These are personal recollections that enrich the social record but are not independent biographical or vital-record evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013129
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Charles “Buck” Ridgeway dies, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-buck-ridgeway-death-2016/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Buck Ridgeway RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, June 3–5, 2016. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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