Name: Sharon Hurkmans dies after long-running Beaver Island karaoke connection, 2021
Start: 2021-08-03
End: 2021-08-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2021-08-03
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitymusic-folklorememorial
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Sharon I. Hurkmans, who had a long Beaver Island connection through Mike’s Island Karaoke, was reported dead on August 3, 2021, at age 71. A forum-posted obituary says she and her husband ran the karaoke business for 15 years.

Evidence and limits

The death and biographical details come from a forum post reproducing a funeral-home obituary. The record supports the reported death and island community connection but is not a substitute for a civil vital record.

Sources

Marie LaFreniere, “Sharon Hurkmans RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, August 4, 2021.
The post reproduces an obituary stating that Sharon I. Hurkmans, age 71, of Iron River, died August 3, 2021, and had run Mike’s Island Karaoke with her husband for 15 years. It links to a funeral-home obituary; the forum copy is treated as a community-preserved obituary report, not a civil death record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sharon Hurkmans dies after long-running Beaver Island karaoke connection, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sharon-hurkmans-death-2021/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Sharon Hurkmans RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, August 4, 2021..

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