- Dates
- 1961-12 – 1961-12-30
- Kind
- Death
- Participants
- Walter Lyons (deceased) · Madeline Oswanimkee (deceased) · Edward Minor (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- demographycommunityreligionheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1962 issue reports three December deaths connected to Beaver Island: Walter Lyons of Chicago, Madeline Oswanimkee (identified as Mrs. Paul L. Kenwabikisse Sr.), and Edward Minor of Newberry.
Evidence and limits
These are brief obituary notices. The source provides no civil certificates, complete biographies, or independent burial records; the printed family and place relationships are retained only at the level stated.
Sources
- Reports Walter Lyons of Chicago died in December after owning an island cottage; Mrs. Paul L. Kenwabikisse Sr., age 76, died at Grandvue on December 13, was formerly Madeline Oswanimkee of High Island, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery; and Edward Minor of Newberry, age 75 and Archie Minor’s father, died of a heart attack on December 30. It does not provide civil certificates, a given name for Lyons’s notice, or a cemetery record for Minor.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected December 1961 deaths reported”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-obituaries-december-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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