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Beaver Island remembers mariner Perry “Budger” Palmer, 2010

Also Perry Budger Palmer obituary 2010

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TypeEvent
Date2010-08-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2010-08-06
Kind
Death
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
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Beaver Island

Summary

Perry J. “Budger” Palmer died on August 6, 2010. The September Beacon records his Army service, National Maritime Union and Great Lakes work, retirement to Beaver Island, and August 21 memorial Mass at Holy Cross.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary and eulogy, not a complete military, maritime, civil, or cemetery record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The thread supplies the August 21, 11:30 a.m. Holy Cross memorial Mass, interment location, a fuller family and service summary, and a long eulogy drawing on museum-held recollections. The Beacon obituary and eulogy remain the stronger edited newspaper sources; the forum text is not treated as a complete civil or maritime record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002677
  2. Forum notices report Palmer’s August 6 death at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans and preserve community recollections of his maritime work and an expected August 21 Island memorial. The Beacon obituary and eulogy remain stronger for biographical claims.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002641
  3. Beaver Beacon, September 2010, "Perry Budger Palmer" and "Eulogy for Perry Budger Palmer."
    Reports Palmer's August 6 death, August 21 Holy Cross memorial mass, Beaver Island retirement, Army service, and National Maritime Union and Great Lakes work. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held issue scan confirms the obituary and eulogy.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers mariner Perry “Budger” Palmer, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-perry-budger-palmer-death-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "FUNERAL FOR PERRY \"BUDGER\" PALMER," August 17–23, 2010. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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