- Date
- 2015-07-10
- Kind
- Death announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunityconstructionheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Robert Jewell Gillespie’s family announced his death on Beaver Island in July 2015, reporting that he had died after complications during surgery. The announcement described him as Lisa’s husband, Cody’s father, and a brother, and said funeral details were still being arranged. The Holy Cross Cemetery index identifies Robert J. Gillespie as a 1950–2015 Beaver Island resident.
Evidence limits
The forum announcement is a direct family notice and the cemetery index is an independent identity-and-year check. Together they support the 2015 death and identity, but the available forum record does not establish the exact date, medical details, or funeral outcome.
Sources
- A family member announced on July 10 that Robert Jewell Gillespie had died the previous evening after complications during surgery and that funeral details were being arranged. The many condolence replies document community response, but do not independently verify the medical circumstances or preserve a completed funeral account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009042
- The cemetery index identifies Robert J. Gillespie as 1950–2015, married to Carol Gatliff and Lisa Vance and the son of Jewell and Rita O’Donnell Gillespie. It corroborates the year and identity, but does not provide a day-level death or funeral record.
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Robert Jewell Gillespie’s family announces his death, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-j-gillespie-death-announcement-2015/, accessed [date], citing The Gillespie family, “Robert Jewell Gillespie-RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, July 10–21, 2015. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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