Name: Henry Ricksgers Jr. dies in Waterford, May 4, 2004
Start: 2004-05-04
End: 2004-05-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-05-04
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunitymilitarycommercereligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Henry Ricksgers Jr. died in Waterford on May 4, 2004, aged 81. The Beacon remembered his World War II Army and Air Force service, 41-year Pontiac Motors career, family, and Catholic funeral.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Henry Ricksgers, Jr."
Reports Henry Ricksgers Jr.'s May 4 death at age 81, his Waterford family, Army and Air Force World War II service, Pontiac Motors career, and Catholic funeral mass. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Henry Ricksgers Jr. dies in Waterford, May 4, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-henry-ricksgers-jr-death-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2004, "Henry Ricksgers, Jr." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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