- Date
- 2022-09-05
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunitytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Francis Pike died on September 5, 2022, at age 75. The obituary preserved in the Beaver Island forum records that he and Marijean moved to a home he built on Beaver Island and spent winters there before returning to Cape Coral, Florida.
Evidence limits
This is a funeral-home obituary and strong evidence for the reported death and island residence. Funeral and burial arrangements were not preserved in this thread.
Sources
- The obituary reports Pike’s September 5 death at age 75, his teaching and coaching career, and his and Marijean’s move to a Beaver Island home built by Pike, where they spent winters before returning to Florida. Funeral arrangements were to follow; no service or burial is preserved here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017432
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter resident Francis Pike dies, 2022”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-francis-pike-death-2022/, accessed [date], citing Mortensen Funeral Homes obituary, “Francis Pike Obituary,” Beaver Island Forum, September 6, 2022..
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