- Date
- 2020-11-12
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyboatingmusiccommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Elwood V. Baker, a long-time Beaver Island summer resident, died on November 12, 2020, aged 94. The obituary preserved in the forum describes his military service, pharmacy and business career, 1982 retirement cabin on Beaver Island, Lake Michigan boating and charter work, piano playing at the Beaver Island Christian Church, and service on the Beaver Island Boat Board.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a contemporaneous notice and detailed obituary reproduction. It establishes the reported death and island connections, but the archive does not document the later memorial service or independently verify the obituary’s biographical details.
Sources
- The notice identifies Elwood Baker as a long-time summer resident; the later obituary reports that he died November 12, 2020, aged 94. It describes his Army service, pharmacy and Abbott Laboratories career, 1982 Beaver Island retirement cabin, boating and charter work, piano playing at Beaver Island Christian Church, and years of service on the Beaver Island Boat Board. A memorial was planned for a later date.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015834
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Elwood V. Baker dies, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elwood-baker-death-2020/, accessed [date], citing Community notice and obituary reproduction, “Elwood Baker RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, November 14–18, 2020..
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