Name: L. Joseph Rahn dies after Beaver Island Historical Society support, 2020
Start: 2020-03-05
End: 2020-03-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2020-03-05
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunityhistorical-society
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

A March 5, 2020 community notice reported the death of L. Joseph “Joe” Rahn after a long illness. It also credited him with securing two grants that supported the Beaver Island Historical Society’s expansion and land-swap work, and announced a planned April 18 memorial service in Petoskey.

Evidence limits

This is a community death notice rather than a formal obituary or grant file. The memorial was planned, not documented as held, and the grant details require independent confirmation.

Sources

“RIP L. Joseph Rahn,” Beaver Island Forum, March 5, 2020.
The community notice reports Joe Rahn’s death after a long illness, identifies a planned April 18 memorial service, and credits him with securing two grants for the Beaver Island Historical Society. The post date is used as a chronology marker; the exact death date and grant records are not independently verified here.
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Beaver Island Archive, “L. Joseph Rahn dies after Beaver Island Historical Society support, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joseph-rahn-death-and-memorial-2020/, accessed [date], citing “RIP L. Joseph Rahn,” Beaver Island Forum, March 5, 2020..

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