- Date
- 2017-10-29
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathartscommercecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Daniel “Dan” Gentle died on October 29, 2017, according to Beaver Island Forum obituary notices. The notices identify him as a Beaver Island resident and preserve community memories of his woodworking, including furniture and guitar work. A 2005 Beaver Beacon profile independently documents his island craft business.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves the community death notice and memories, while the linked funeral-home obituary supplies the reported date and arrangements. This entry does not present the forum comments as an independent biographical record.
Sources
- The first thread reports Daniel Gentle’s October 29 death, Beaver Island residence, and a planned island memorial and burial; community replies remember his woodworking and character. A later thread links the Mortensen Funeral Homes obituary. The forum and linked obituary were not independently compared with a civil record here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012484
- The first thread reports Daniel Gentle’s October 29 death, Beaver Island residence, and a planned island memorial and burial; community replies remember his woodworking and character. A later thread links the Mortensen Funeral Homes obituary. The forum and linked obituary were not independently compared with a civil record here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012498
- Beaver Beacon, May 2005, “Consummate Craftsmanship on Paid een Og's Road.”The held newspaper profile provides independent earlier context for Gentle’s cedar furniture and craft business; it does not verify the 2017 death notice. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the earlier woodworking profile; it does not verify the 2017 death notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Dan Gentle dies after a life and craft business on Beaver Island, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dan-gentle-death-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Dan Gentle RIP” and “Dan Gentle's Obituary,” November 2–6, 2017. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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