Name: Edward L. Eicher dies after decades as a Beaver Island summer resident, 2021
Start: 2021-07-23
End: 2021-07-23
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2021-07-23
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathmilitarycommunityseasonal-lifefamily
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Edward L. “Eddie” Eicher, age 94, died on July 23, 2021, according to a funeral-home obituary reproduced on the Beaver Island Forum. The obituary says he had been a Beaver Island summer resident since 1957, served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and was to be buried on Beaver Island at a later date.

Evidence limits

This is a detailed reproduced obituary, not an independently held funeral-home record. The later burial is reported as planned but is not documented here.

Sources

Sharp Funeral Homes obituary reproduced in “Eddie Eicher RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, July 27, 2021.
The reproduced obituary reports that Edward L. Eicher Jr., age 94, died July 23, 2021; served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II; and had been a Beaver Island summer resident since 1957. It states that burial on Beaver Island would occur later. The underlying funeral-home page is not separately held.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Edward L. Eicher dies after decades as a Beaver Island summer resident, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-eddie-eicher-death-2021/, accessed [date], citing Sharp Funeral Homes obituary reproduced in “Eddie Eicher RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, July 27, 2021..

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