Name: Paul Baron memorial service held at Holy Cross Church, 2008
Start: 2008-06-22
End: 2008-06-22
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Event

Date: 2008-06-22
Kind: Death
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationcommunityfamilyreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 2008 Beacon memorialized Paul Foster Baron, who died on 19 June at age 53, and recorded his aviation career and Beaver Island connection. A memorial service was held at Holy Cross Church on 22 June, with contributions directed to the Alexandra Baron Fund.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper memorial notice and service report, not a complete civil or aviation record.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Paul Baron RIP" and "Paul F. Baron (1955-2008)," June 16–22, 2008.
The forum records the initial health emergency, death, June 22 Holy Cross memorial, and a reproduced funeral notice. It is contemporaneous community and reproduced obituary evidence; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the Island memorial record.
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“Paul F. Baron (1955-2008),” Beaver Island Forum, June 22, 2008.
A separate reproduced obituary supplies his age, aviation roles, family, June 22 memorial details, and the Alexandra Baron Fund. It is reproduced external obituary material; the Beacon remains the stronger held source for the Island memorial account.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "Paul Baron 1955-2008".
Memorializes Paul Foster Baron, Island Airways Director of Operations and aviation advisor, and records his June 22 memorial service at Holy Cross Church and the Alexandra Baron Fund. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Paul Baron memorial service held at Holy Cross Church, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-paul-baron-memorial-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Paul Baron RIP" and "Paul F. Baron (1955-2008)," June 16–22, 2008. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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