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Beaver Island remembers Tina Walker

Also Tina Walker death 2012

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TypeEvent
Dates2012-07-11 – 2012-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
2012-07-11 – 2012-08
Kind
Death
Where
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Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2012 Beaver Beacon publishes a memorial notice for Tina Walker. Forum family notices document the immediate community response, sympathy-card logistics, and a July estate sale that the family reported closing early on July 11.

Evidence limits

The newspaper remains the stronger memorial source. The forum adds family and community logistics but does not establish a formal death, probate, ownership, or valuation record.

Sources

  1. Community members posted condolences after Tina Walker's reported passing and described her importance to island youth and elders. This is contemporaneous community remembrance, not a formal death record; the family thread and Beaver Beacon remain stronger for death-specific documentation.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005131
  2. A family-associated notice announced an estate sale at Walker's home after her death and then reported that the sale had ended immediately on July 11, with thanks for community kindness. The thread documents a family logistical event, not ownership, valuation, or probate records.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005180
  3. A family member provided a mailing address for sympathy cards and clarified that the post was made through her mother's account. This documents family logistics and does not add a formal death-record detail.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005207
  4. Beaver Beacon, August 2012, "In Memory: Tina Walker."
    Publishes a memorial notice for Tina Walker and records her community and civic connections. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. The held August issue scan confirms this source thread.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. Family posts announce Walker's death, preserve a daughter's appreciation for island support and community memories, and give a sympathy-card mailing address. They provide contemporaneous family/community context; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the memorial account and the forum does not document a formal death record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005191

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers Tina Walker”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tina-walker-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum participants, “Compassion,” Beaver Island Forum, June 30–July 8, 2012. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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