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Caitlin Marie Boyle dies on Beaver Island, 2021

Also Caitlin Boyle obituary 2021

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TypeEvent
Date2021-03-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2021-03-12
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Death
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Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

Caitlin Marie Boyle, age 29, died at her Beaver Island home on March 12, 2021, according to a funeral-home obituary reproduced on the Beaver Island Forum. The obituary describes her Beaver Island childhood and school years, animal- science education, legislative work, veterinary studies, and fundraising for pediatric brain-cancer research.

Evidence limits

This record relies on a reproduced obituary. It establishes the obituary’s reported facts and planned later celebration of life, but the archive does not hold the original funeral-home record or confirmation of the later service.

Sources

  1. The family’s initial forum notice reported Caitlin Boyle’s March 12 death, her long illness, pediatric brain-cancer fundraising, and a later planned celebration of life. It is a family report; the reproduced funeral-home obituary below is the stronger held source for biographical details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016079
  2. The reproduced obituary reports that Caitlin Marie Boyle, age 29, died at her Beaver Island home on March 12, 2021. It describes her Beaver Island schooling, animal-science education, legislative work, veterinary studies, and pediatric brain-cancer fundraising, and says a later summer service was planned because of COVID-19. The original funeral-home page and service outcome are not separately held.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016088
  3. The family announced a June 30 outdoor funeral Mass behind Holy Cross Church and asked attendees to bring chairs. This confirms a planned local service, not attendance or completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016343

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Caitlin Marie Boyle dies on Beaver Island, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-caitlin-boyle-death-2021/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Caitlin Boyle RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, March 13, 2021. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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