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Beaver Island community mourns Nicholas VandenHuevel, 2018

Also Nick VandenHuevel memorial 2018 · Nicholas Joseph VandenHuevel death 2018

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TypeEvent
Date2018-05-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2018-05-15
Kind
Memorial
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Nicholas VandenHuevel, who had lived on Beaver Island for several years and was remembered as a helpful friend, died in Petoskey on May 15, 2018. Forum notices preserved the initial community report and an obituary relay, including plans for a June 3 celebration of life in Sparta.

Evidence limits

The obituary is a secondary relay in the forum. It should be checked against the funeral-home or family record before being treated as a complete biography.

Sources

  1. The notice reported VandenHuevel’s death on May 15 and described arrangements for his sons to come to the island. It establishes the community notice, not a full obituary.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013082
  2. The reproduced obituary gives age 63, family, work history, several years living on Beaver Island, cremation, and a June 3 celebration in Sparta. It is an obituary relay preserved in the forum; the original funeral-home record is not held here.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013098
  3. The family notice described a private scattering of ashes on Beaver Island on August 18 and an open gathering for Nick’s friends at Donegal Danny’s Pub. It documents a later community remembrance, not a public funeral or independently verified completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013468

Added 7 August 2026 · revised 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community mourns Nicholas VandenHuevel, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-nick-vandenhuevel-death-2018/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Nick VandenHuevel RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, May 16, 2018. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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