Name: Jerrie Turner is remembered by Beaver Island summer friends, 2008
Start: 2008-10-26
End: 2008-10-26
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2008-10-26
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Jerrie Lou Turner, who summered on Beaver Island’s East Side, died on October 26, 2008, at age 78. The notice records her family and employment in Williamston and does not claim Island residency.

Evidence limits

This is a short newspaper memorial notice, not a civil death record or complete biography.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Jerrie Turner RIP," October 28, 2008.
The thread reproduces a Lansing State Journal obituary identifying Turner's Beaver Island summers and October 26 death. It is a secondary reproduction of the obituary, not an independent vital record; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger Island-context source.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "In Memory Jerrie Turner."
Reports Jerrie Lou Turner’s October 26 death at age 78 and identifies her East Side summer connection, employment, community service, spouse, children, grandchildren, and siblings. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Jerrie Turner is remembered by Beaver Island summer friends, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jerrie-turner-memorial-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Jerrie Turner RIP," October 28, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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