Name: Beaver Island remembers full-time resident John Henry Bearss in 2013
Start: 2013-06-27
End: 2013-06-27
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2013-06-27
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunityeducationreligionrecreation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that John Henry Bearss, 68, died June 27 at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey. A June forum notice supplies the subsequent service logistics: visitation in Charlevoix, a July 2 funeral at Beaver Island Christian Church, burial at Holy Cross Cemetery, and a Gregg Fellowship Hall luncheon. He and Carole Bearss made Beaver Island their full-time home in 2006; the obituary also records his mathematics teaching and administration, Department of Defense work, men’s breakfast ministry, and love of fishing, boating, and camping.

Evidence limits

The obituary establishes his full-time Beaver Island residence and Island activities but places his death at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey. The forum post is a community/family logistics notice and does not independently establish attendance or the service outcome.

Sources

Debrob2, “John Bearrs Funeral Service,” Beaver Island Forum, June 29–30, 2013.
Community notice gives Charlevoix visitation, a July 2 Beaver Island Christian Church funeral, Holy Cross Cemetery burial, a Gregg Fellowship Hall luncheon, and memorial contribution instructions. It is a funeral logistics notice rather than an independent obituary.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2013, "In Memory: John Henry Bearss."
Reports that John Henry Bearss, 68, died June 27 at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey, and describes his mathematics education, Department of Defense career, 2006 move to full-time Island residence, men's breakfast ministry, and outdoor interests. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held August issue scan confirms the obituary.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers full-time resident John Henry Bearss in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-henry-bearss-death-2013/, accessed [date], citing Debrob2, “John Bearrs Funeral Service,” Beaver Island Forum, June 29–30, 2013. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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