Name: Phyllis Townsend dies after a life of Island public service, June 13, 2004
Start: 2004-06-13
End: 2004-06-13
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-06-13
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathcommunitygovernanceheritageeducationreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Phyllis Townsend died on June 13, 2004, aged 93. The Beacon remembered her nursing and regulatory career and decades of Beaver Island civic, historical, planning, library, preservation, and church work.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Phyllis Townsend."
Reports Phyllis Townsend's June 13 death at age 93 and recalls her nursing education, Michigan Board of Nursing service, retirement to Beaver Island in 1969, zoning ordinance, Library, Historical Society, Preservation Association, and Episcopal Church work. 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 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2004, "Thanks."
Phyllis Townsend's family thanks Islanders for attending the memorial service and supporting the family after her June 13 death. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the family thank-you notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Phyllis Townsend dies after a life of Island public service, June 13, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-phyllis-townsend-death-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Phyllis Townsend." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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