Name: Grace Cole is remembered as a Beaver Island cook, neighbor, and community memory in 1998
Start: 1998-11-07
End: 1998-11-12
Location: Holy Cross Cemetery

Event

Dates: 1998-11-07 – 1998-11-12
Kind: Death
Where: Holy Cross Cemetery
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familyheritagecommunityfoodwayscommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Grace Cole, born Regina Grace Gillespie in 1908, died November 7, 1998, aged 90. Her obituary and grandson Robert Cole’s eulogy remember her cooking at the school, King Strang Hotel, Killarney Inn, and Beaver Island Lodge and her role as a long-standing community presence.

Evidence limits

This combines a newspaper obituary with a family eulogy; it is not a complete civil record or restaurant employment history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1998, “Eulogy for Grace Cole” and “Grace Cole, March 1908–Nov. 1998.”
Reports Grace’s November 7 death at age 90, November 12 Holy Cross funeral and cemetery burial, Gillespie family background, cooking at the school, King Strang, Killarney Inn, and Lodge, and Robert Cole’s extended remembrance. 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, December 1998, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary, eulogy, and continuation pages.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Grace Cole is remembered as a Beaver Island cook, neighbor, and community memory in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grace-cole-obituary-and-eulogy-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1998, “Eulogy for Grace Cole” and “Grace Cole, March 1908–Nov. 1998.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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