- Dates
- 1981-10-23 – 1981-10
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyeducationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
John J. Carson died October 23, 1981, at Little Traverse Hospital. The obituary connects him to a Beaver Island home through his wife Beverly and records his career in education and children’s writing.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death certificate, cemetery register, complete bibliography, or personnel file.
Sources
- Reports John J. Carson died October 23 at Little Traverse Hospital at age 61. It identifies his wife Beverly's Beaver Island home connection, services in Mt. Pleasant and burial near Kingsley, and his work as a school principal, Central Michigan University associate professor, and award-winning juvenile and sports-story author. 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 · 1981-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John J. Carson dies and is remembered in the Beaver Beacon, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-carson-obituary-1981/, accessed [date], citing Obituary, Beaver Beacon, November–December 1981 combined issue. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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