Beaver Island remembers John Paul Kenwabikise

Sources

1. Beaver Beacon, January 2013, obituary and "Pat's Tribute" for John Paul Kenwabikise.
   Reports that John Paul Kenwabikise, a lifelong Beaver Island resident and commercial fisherman, died December 5, 2012, and that a Funeral Mass was held December 11 at Holy Cross Church followed by burial at Holy Cross Cemetery. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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2. Beaver Beacon, January 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
   The held January issue scan confirms the obituary and tribute.
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3. Beaver Island Forum, “A Tribute: John Paul Kenwabikise,” December 12, 2012–January 5, 2013.
   A friend posted a long personal tribute describing Kenwabikise’s faith, fishing life, family losses, and stories. The author explicitly warns that the stories’ details were sometimes scrambled and should be read as social memory rather than factual chronology; this source enriches the community-memory record without being used to revise the obituary’s verified dates.
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4. Beaver Island Forum, “Johnny Paul Kenwabikise RIP,” December 6, 2012.
   A contemporaneous community notice reported John Paul Kenwabikise's death in Charlevoix and supplied the Island visitation, rosary, Funeral Mass, and Peaine Township Hall luncheon schedule. It is corroborated by the January Beacon obituary; the initial death notice is not treated as the sole proof of death.
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5. Beaver Island Forum, “Johnny Paul’s Luncheon,” December 7, 2012.
   A short community notice organized food for the funeral luncheon through McDonough's. It documents logistics, not attendance or the complete volunteer list.
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6. Beaver Island Forum, “Johnny Paul Kenwabikise’s Obituary,” “Johnny Paul Kenwabikise RIP,” and “Johnny Paul’s Luncheon,” December 6–12, 2012.
   The family/community notices give the Charlevoix visitation, December 10 Island visitation and rosary, December 11 Funeral Mass, burial, and luncheon logistics. They corroborate the Beacon’s held obituary and service dates; the personal tribute remains separate social memory.
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7. Family of John Paul Kenwabikise, “from the family of John Paul Kenwabikise,” Beaver Island Forum, December 16, 2012.
   A family thank-you confirms that the service and Peaine Township Hall luncheon had taken place and records community assistance. It is a family acknowledgment, not an independent attendance count or institutional report.
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