Captain Forrest H. Pratt dies after a Great Lakes sailing career, 1987

Event

Date: 1987-01
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathmaritimefamilycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1987 Beaver Beacon announced Captain Forrest H. Pratt’s death and printed a long profile of his life from Beaver Island childhood to command of Great Lakes ore carriers.

Evidence limits

The profile is a newspaper remembrance and does not replace ship registers, employment records, or a civil death record.

Sources

“Captain F.H. Pratt” and “Captain Pratt: A Lifetime Before the Mast,” Beaver Beacon, February 1987.
Announces Forrest Pratt’s death in an Orlando nursing home and profiles his Beaver Island birth, Great Lakes command career, service on U.S. Steel ore carriers, and relationship to his island-born wife Mattie. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and maritime profile.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Captain Forrest H. Pratt dies after a Great Lakes sailing career, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-forrest-pratt-death-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Captain F.H. Pratt” and “Captain Pratt: A Lifetime Before the Mast,” Beaver Beacon, February 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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