- Date
- 2019-03-03
- Kind
- Death
- Participants
- person/john-red-rowley
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathcommunityveteransaviation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island forum participants reported that John “Red” Rowley died on or about March 3, 2019. Remembrances identified him as a Marine veteran and described his role in everyday island community life, including coffee-table conversation, repairs, aviation, and helping neighbors.
Evidence limits
This record is based on a community death notice and personal remembrances. It does not establish a formal biography, military record, exact place of death, or funeral arrangements.
Sources
- The initial post reported that Red Rowley had died the previous evening, and later participants identified his given name as John, described him as a Marine veteran, and shared memories of coffee, repairs, aviation, and island life. These are contemporaneous community reports and remembrances; the archive does not contain a formal obituary, death record, service record, or complete biography.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013942
- A later remembrance identifies John “Red” Rowley as one of two island characters being remembered and confirms the community’s continuing memory of him. It is corroborative remembrance, not new death-date or biographical evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015003
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John “Red” Rowley dies, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-red-rowley-death-2019/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Red Rowley RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, March 4–5, 2019. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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