- Dates
- circa 1966-10 – 1966-10-20
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastertransportationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1966 Beaver Beacon reported that former Beaver Islanders Erma Vories, Raymunda Overmeyer, and Raymond Smith, along with three others, were killed in a single-engine plane crash near Dowagiac. It reported Holy Cross services for the two sisters on October 20.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper accident and funeral report. It does not provide an investigation, aircraft record, or complete civil and cemetery documentation.
Sources
- Reports the crash deaths of Erma Vories, Raymunda Overmeyer, Raymond Smith, Bonnie Smith, Roy Nye, and the pilot's wife, with Holy Cross services and burials for the two sisters; it does not provide an investigation, aircraft record, or complete civil and cemetery documentation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific crash, casualty, or funeral claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Former Beaver Islanders killed in plane crash, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-former-islanders-plane-crash-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1966, “Former Islanders Killed in Plane Crash.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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