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Beaver Island-born mariner Francis “Bud” Left dies

Also Francis Bud Left obituary 2014 · Bud Left Beaver Island mariner remembrance

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TypeEvent
Date2014-07-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2014-07-06
Kind
Death
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Beaver Island

Summary

Francis E. “Bud” Left died on July 6, 2014. The August-September 2014 Beaver Beacon remembers his Beaver Island upbringing, Great Lakes sailing and pilot career, 44 years of service at sea, Army service, and Holy Cross memorial mass.

Evidence limits

This record is based on a newspaper obituary and does not attempt a complete maritime employment or family record.

Sources

  1. A judicial campaign reception scheduled for July 10 at Bud Left’s beach home was canceled after his July 6 death. This is a contemporaneous community notice confirming the death’s immediate effect on island plans; the Beaver Beacon remains stronger for the obituary and maritime biography.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007635
  2. Beaver Beacon, August-September 2014, "In Memory: Bud Left."
    Reports Bud Left's July 6 death, Beaver Island birth and family, Great Lakes sailing and pilot credentials, 44-year maritime career, Army service, and Holy Cross memorial mass. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held August-September issue scan confirms the obituary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The forum announced Left's death, shared Holy Cross visitation, Mass, burial, and luncheon arrangements, and reproduced a funeral-home obituary. The held Beaver Beacon obituary remains the stronger source for the maritime biography.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007659

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-born mariner Francis “Bud” Left dies”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bud-left-death-2014/, accessed [date], citing I'm Just The Messenger, "Mary Beth Kur Reception," Beaver Island Forum, July 1–7, 2014. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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