Name: Sister Marie Eugene retires after teaching on Beaver Island and in Michigan for decades in 1999
Start: 1999-02-04
End: 1999-02-04
Location: Beaver Island Community School

Event

Date: 1999-02-04
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island Community School
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationreligioncommunityheritagecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Sister Marie Eugene, born Jeannette Charbonneau, retired after 53 years of teaching, including 13 years at Beaver Island Community School. She was the last Dominican nun in the island’s long public-school teaching tradition.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper profile and does not provide school personnel files or a complete chronology of Dominican teaching on Beaver Island.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1999, “Sister Marie Eugene Retires — BICS’ Last Teaching Nun.”
Reports Jeannette Charbonneau’s 53-year teaching career, 13 years at Beaver Island, the Dominican nuns’ continuous public-school role from 1898, her February retirement, and her move to Marywood. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1999, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the retirement feature and portrait.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sister Marie Eugene retires after teaching on Beaver Island and in Michigan for decades in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sister-marie-eugene-retirement-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1999, “Sister Marie Eugene Retires — BICS’ Last Teaching Nun.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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