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Beaver Island remembers Earl Ayers, 1924-2006

Also Earl Ayers Remembered

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TypeEvent
Date2006
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
Event
Date
2006
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathhuntingfamilycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Jeff Andersen’s September 2006 remembrance identifies Earl Ayers as a longtime Beaver Island deer hunter who returned for 47 years and valued the relationships formed around hunting, boats, stores, and Island social life.

Sources

  1. Jeff Andersen, "Earl Ayers Remembered," Beaver Beacon, September 2006.
    Remembers Earl Ayers's 47 years of Beaver Island deer hunting and the friendships, store visits, and dancing that accompanied his annual return to the Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the remembrance and photograph.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Earl Ayers, 1924-2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-earl-ayers-remembered-2006/, accessed [date], citing Jeff Andersen, "Earl Ayers Remembered," Beaver Beacon, September 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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