Name: Joan Wilson dies; Beaver Island family connection reported, 1990
Start: 1990-08-01
End: 1990-08-04
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1990-08-01 – 1990-08-04
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Joan Wilson, 62, died at her Kalamazoo home on August 1, 1990. Her funeral was held at St. Joseph Church on August 4. The notice identifies her daughter, Kathy Adams of Beaver Island, among the surviving family.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 27, 1990, "In Memoriam: Joan Wilson."
Reports Wilson’s August 1 death in Kalamazoo, August 4 St. Joseph Church funeral, and her daughter Kathy Adams’s Beaver Island connection. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1990-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page September issue PDF.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Joan Wilson dies; Beaver Island family connection reported, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joan-wilson-death-and-funeral-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 27, 1990, "In Memoriam: Joan Wilson." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-04. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Joan Wilson dies; Beaver Island family connection reported, 1990”RIS for “Joan Wilson dies; Beaver Island family connection reported, 1990”