- Date
- 1999-03-07
- Kind
- Religious service
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitymusicreligionfamilycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Christian Church hosted a March 7, 1999 memorial service for Ross James Henderson, whom the Beacon described as a musician, music teacher, mason’s assistant, and longtime summer and year-round island resident. The published program centered music, readings, family, and island friends; the family directed memorial gifts toward PABI’s Community House project.
Evidence limits
This record follows the newspaper’s memorial account and does not add an independent biographical or vital-record source.
Sources
- Prints the March 7 memorial program, a biographical remembrance, family thanks for island support, and the family’s request for memorial contributions to PABI’s Community House project. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the memorial program and remembrances.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Christian Church holds a memorial service for Ross Henderson in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ross-henderson-memorial-service-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1999, “Ross James Henderson 1962–1999,” “A Good Man Has Gone to His Rest,” and “Appreciation.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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