- Dates
- 2024-06-26 – 2024-06-27
- Kind
- Death notice
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographymilitarytransportationwildlifecommunity
- Within
- Charlevoix
Summary
James Joseph “Joe” Kilmartin died in Charlevoix on June 26, 2024, at age 97, according to a forum-reproduced obituary. He and Sandy moved to Beaver Island in 1982 and lived there nearly two decades. His island work included Wildlife Club membership, fuel delivery, Beaver Island Boat Company deckhand service, and later Island Airways employment.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves a funeral-home obituary and community notice, not independent employment, residency, military, or vital records.
Sources
- The forum obituary reports James Joseph “Joe” Kilmartin’s June 26 death at age 97 and says he and Sandy moved to Beaver Island in 1982, where he joined the Wildlife Club, delivered fuel with Gillespie Oil & Transit, worked as a Beaver Island Boat Company deckhand, and later worked at Island Airways after moving to Charlevoix. The funeral-home obituary is reproduced in the forum; it is stronger than the initial death notice but remains an archive copy here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018179
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James Joseph “Joe” Kilmartin dies after two decades on Beaver Island, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joe-kilmartin-death-and-island-life-2024/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Joe Kilmartin RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, June 27, 2024, with obituary follow-up..
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