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Beaver Island remembers Joseph “Little Joe” LaFreniere

Also Joseph Little Joe LaFreniere obituary 2012

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TypeEvent
Date2012-12-20
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2012-12-20
Kind
Death
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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deathfamilycommunitymigration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2013 Beaver Beacon reports the December 20, 2012 death of Joseph “Little Joe” LaFreniere in Hegewisch, Illinois, and recalls his Beaver Island family, schooling, military service, and work on the Ludington car ferry.

Evidence limits

The death occurred off Island; Beaver Island is used here for the family and biographical connection documented by the newspaper.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "Joseph LaFreniere."
    Reports that Joseph "Little Joe" LaFreniere, whose parents lived on Beaver Island, died in Hegewisch, Illinois, on December 20, 2012, after a career including work on the Ludington car ferry. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held January issue scan confirms the obituary.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. A family-associated forum notice reported that Joseph “Little Joe” LaFreniere died December 20 after a battle with cancer and linked to a Legacy.com obituary. The held January Beacon remains the controlling source for the death record; the forum supplies contemporaneous timing and a pointer to the external notice.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005889
  4. The forum reproduced the published obituary for Joseph LaFreniere, including his Beaver Island birth, Army and Merchant Marine service, and January 19 memorial service in Illinois. It is a reproduced secondary notice; the held Beacon remains the controlling source for the Island record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005973

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Joseph “Little Joe” LaFreniere”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joseph-lafreniere-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2013, "Joseph LaFreniere." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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