Name: Father Leonard Weber dies after service including Beaver Island Retreat House, 1971
Start: 1971-01-25
End: 1971-01-25
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1971-01-25
Kind: Death
Concepts: religionheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1971 Beaver Beacon reported Father Leonard Weber’s death after retirement and noted that, as Brother H. Felix, he had been responsible for maintenance at the Beaver Island Retreat House in 1931.

Evidence and limits

This record preserves the obituary’s Beaver Island connection but does not identify a precise death location or provide Retreat House employment records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Obituaries: Father Leonard Weber.”
Reports Father Weber’s January 25 funeral and death after retirement, and says he was Brother H. Felix and had been in charge of maintenance at the Beaver Island Retreat House in 1931.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published obituary notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Father Leonard Weber dies after service including Beaver Island Retreat House, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-father-leonard-weber-death-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Obituaries: Father Leonard Weber.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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