Name: The Beaver Beacon reports the deaths of Margaret Metzger and Nora Eicke, 1962
Start: 1962-01-20
End: 1962-02-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1962-01-20 – 1962-02-03
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographycommunityhealthcare
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1962 Beaver Beacon reported Margaret Keenan Metzger’s unexpected death in Boynton Beach on February 3 and Nora Eicke’s death on January 20. Eicke was remembered through her late husband’s reported role as Beaver Island’s first dentist.

Evidence and limits

This article preserves the newspaper’s island connections and dates, not a complete obituary or civil record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1962, “Obituaries.”
Reports Margaret Keenan Metzger’s unexpected February 3 death in Boynton Beach, Florida, and Nora Eicke’s January 20 death, noting Eicke’s late husband had been Beaver Island’s first dentist. The notices do not provide complete civil or burial records.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reports the deaths of Margaret Metzger and Nora Eicke, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-obituaries-february-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1962, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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