Name: Janice Louise Olach, who lived and taught on Beaver Island, dies in 2023
Start: 2023-05-18
End: 2023-05-18
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2023-05-18
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilyeducationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Janice Louise Olach of Ellsworth died on May 18, 2023, at age 81. The funeral-home obituary records that she married Vince Olach on Beaver Island in 1989, lived on the island after returning from Germany in 1992, and taught there before the couple moved to Ellsworth in 1994.

Evidence limits

The forum first relayed the death notice and promised a full obituary. The funeral-home account is stronger evidence for Olach’s Beaver Island connection than the initial forum post, but this record does not establish the later memorial’s attendance, a Beaver Island service, or burial on the island.

Sources

Marie LaFreniere, “Janice Olach RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 18, 2023.
The initial obituary notice reports Janice Louise Olach’s May 18 death at age 81, identifies her Ellsworth family connection, and says memorial and burial arrangements would follow. It is an obituary relay and does not by itself establish her Beaver Island history.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017711
Mortensen Funeral Homes, “Janice Louise Olach,” obituary, May 18, 2023.
The funeral-home obituary identifies Olach as an Ellsworth resident, records her July 15, 1989 marriage to Vince Olach on Beaver Island, says they lived there after returning from Germany in 1992, and describes her work as a Beaver Island teacher. The listing records a July 15 memorial service in Central Lake; this entry does not infer a Beaver Island burial or service.
Legacy.com, “Janice Louise Olach,” obituary mirror of Mortensen Funeral Homes, May 18, 2023.
The mirrored obituary preserves the fuller account of Olach’s Beaver Island marriage, residence, and teaching history and gives the later Central Lake memorial arrangements. It is used as a convenient public copy of the funeral-home notice, not as an independent biography.

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Janice Louise Olach, who lived and taught on Beaver Island, dies in 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-janice-louise-olach-death-2023/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Janice Olach RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 18, 2023. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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