- Dates
- 2016-09-06 – 2017-06-01
- Kind
- Death and memorial
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Gertrude “Trudy” Works
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- death-and-memoryfamily-and-communityisland-seasonal-lifehealthcare
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Gertrude “Trudy” Works died on September 6, 2016, at her long-time summer home on Beaver Island. A family obituary described her life and family and announced a June 2017 Beaver Island memorial; it directed memorial gifts to the Rural Health Center or Fire Department Auxiliary.
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The forum preserves a family obituary and planned memorial notice. Independent vital and funeral records should control exact details, and the later memorial should be documented separately if records are found.
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Sources
- The family obituary reported Trudy Works’s September 6 death at her long-time Beaver Island summer home, described her education, family, and community ties, announced a June 2017 island memorial, and directed memorial gifts to BIRHC or the Fire Department Auxiliary. It is a family obituary reproduced in the forum; funeral-home, vital, and later memorial records should control exact details.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010820
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Beaver Island Archive, “Gertrude “Trudy” Works dies at her Beaver Island summer home, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-trudy-works-death-2016/, accessed [date], citing Marie LaFreniere, “Trudy Works RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, September 14–15, 2016..
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