- Date
- 2014-01-03
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunitycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Katherine “Kay” McElwain died on January 3, 2014. The February 2014 Beaver Beacon remembered her family’s Sand Bay cottage, annual visits over 37 years, Holy Cross involvement, and volunteer work with Beaver Island hospice.
Evidence limits
This record is based on a newspaper remembrance and does not establish a complete civil or genealogical record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2014, "Katherine McElwain."Reports Katherine Ann McElwain's January 3 death, her Sand Bay cottage built in 1976, annual Beaver Island visits, Holy Cross involvement, and volunteer work with Island hospice. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held February issue scan confirms the remembrance.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The forum carried the initial community notice and a reproduced funeral-home obituary; the held February Beaver Beacon remembrance remains the stronger source for her Beaver Island connection and biography.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007106
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Katherine “Kay” McElwain, a longtime Beaver Island visitor, dies”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-katherine-mcelwain-death-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2014, "Katherine McElwain." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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