- Dates
- 2012-07-10 – 2012-08
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathcommunityheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A July 10, 2012 forum notice reported Richard “Dick” Winnick’s death in Ypsilanti at age 72, and community replies remembered his long Beaver Island connection. The August 2012 Beaver Beacon later memorialized his island life, antique knife restoration, old firearms, and broad knowledge of objects and local history.
Evidence limits
The forum supplies a reported date and place, while the newspaper supplies the later memorial account. Neither source substitutes for a civil death record.
Sources
- A community notice reported Richard “Dick” Winnick's death in Ypsilanti at age 72; later replies preserve memories of his island life and character. The notice is a contemporaneous community report, not a civil record or full obituary.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005178
- Beaver Beacon, August 2012, "In Memory: Dick Winnick."Remembers Dick Winnick, his antique restoration and firearm knowledge, his years on Beaver Island, and his contributions to the community. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held August issue scan confirms the memorial notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Dick Winnick”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-winnick-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Marge Peters and community respondents, “R.I.P. Dick Winnick,” Beaver Island Forum, July 10–15, 2012. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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