- Dates
- 2023-10-16 – 2024-07-01
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deatheducationemergency-responsehealthcaremusicmediacommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Joseph “Joe” Moore died at his Beaver Island home on October 16, 2023, at age 73. A family obituary remembers his work as a school teacher, his role in forming Beaver Island EMS and advancing local ALS and air-ambulance capacity, his training of volunteer responders, church music, and his Beaver Island News on the Net and Beaver Island TV work. A memorial service was planned for the island in July 2024.
His earlier EMS service is independently represented by a held 2007 Beaver Beacon report; the 2023 obituary adds later-life community and media context.
Evidence limits
The 2023 biography is family/community obituary material. It is strong evidence for community memory and the reported life history, while the held newspaper record provides stronger corroboration for the earlier EMS-service claim. The forum does not provide formal EMS personnel, medical, or organizational records.
Sources
- The family notice and follow-up obituary report that Joseph Antone Moore died at his Beaver Island home on October 16, 2023, age 73. They describe his teaching, instrumental role in forming Beaver Island EMS, work toward Advanced Life Support and air-ambulance options, training of volunteers, church music, and Beaver Island News/TV work. The obituary also announces a July 2024 island memorial. The detailed biography is family/community material; older Beaver Beacon reporting independently corroborates his earlier EMS service, but this record does not treat every obituary claim as independently verified.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017974
- Participants wished Joe Moore a happy birthday and described him as an Island treasure who had done much for the community. This is community appreciation and does not independently document age, employment, or specific services.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015513
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Joseph “Joe” Moore dies after decades of teaching, emergency medicine, music, and local media, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joe-moore-death-and-community-service-2023/, accessed [date], citing Andrea Moore and Marie LaFreniere, “Joe Moore...RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, October 16–23, 2023. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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