- Date
- 2015-12-17
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Donald Gordon Vyse
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- death-and-memorygovernancetransportationpublic-memory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Donald Gordon Vyse died on December 17, 2015. A community obituary remembered his more than ten years as St. James Township supervisor and attributed several public improvements, including the bicycle path, sidewalks, and harbor lighttower restoration, to his civic work.
Evidence limits
The forum obituary and later memorial notices are valuable community sources but not a township project ledger or independent funeral record; the public-works attributions and exact memorial details should be independently corroborated.
Sources
- The obituary described Vyse’s December 17 death, military and professional history, more than ten years as St. James Township supervisor, and public works including the bicycle path, parking lot, sidewalks, and harbor lighttower restoration. The forum reproduction should be checked against the underlying obituary and township records for exact service dates and project attribution.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009729
- The Chamber reported that restoration and preservation of the St. James Lighthouse continued, crediting work begun by the late Don Vyse. The notice gives no precise scope, funding, or completion date, so it is contextual corroboration rather than a project ledger.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010206
- The notice scheduled Don Vyse’s August 22 memorial service at Beaver Island Episcopal Church, with refreshments afterward. It documents local memorial arrangements, not attendance or a complete service record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010705
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Former St. James Township supervisor Donald Gordon Vyse dies, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-don-vyse-death-2015/, accessed [date], citing Community obituary, “Don Vyse RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, December 17, 2015. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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