- Dates
- 1983-10-07 – 1983-10-10
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyreligioncommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1983 Beaver Beacon published an obituary for Sybil E. Larsen, who had lived on Beaver Island from infancy, and a family thank-you after her October 10 services and burial on the island.
Evidence limits
This preserves the newspaper obituary and acknowledgment, not civil, church, medical, cemetery, or complete genealogical records.
Sources
- Reports that Sybil E. Larsen, formerly Sybil E. Tilley, died October 7 at a Grand Haven nursing home, with October 10 services at Beaver Island Christian Church and burial in St. James Township Cemetery; it preserves her island history, family, church membership, and a family thank-you for local assistance. It is a published obituary and acknowledgment, not a civil death certificate, church register, cemetery record, or complete genealogy. 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 · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary and thank-you.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes an obituary for Sybil Larsen, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sybil-larsen-obituary-1983/, accessed [date], citing Sybil E. Larsen obituary and thank-you, Beaver Beacon, November 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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