Name: Vern Vance dies after decades of Beaver Island summer connections
Start: 2012-05-18
End: 2012-05-18
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2012-05-18
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathfamilycommunityconservationeducation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 2012 Beaver Beacon reports Vern Vance’s death and remembers his decades of summer connections to Beaver Island and support for island organizations.

Evidence limits

The obituary gives a Beaver Island connection but does not place his death on the island.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Vern R. Vance RIP” and “Vern Vance Memorial,” May 24–30, 2012.
Contemporaneous community and family notices report Vance's May 18 death, repeat biographical details, and later confirm a June 24 Traverse City memorial. The forum supplies memorial logistics and community memory; the Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for his Island activities and biography.
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Lisa Gillespie, “Vern Vance Memorial,” Beaver Island Forum, May 30, 2012.
A family notice confirmed the June 24 Traverse City memorial and invited stories and memories. A correction supplied the organizer's phone number; this is memorial logistics, not an obituary or proof of attendance.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004961
Beaver Beacon, June 2012, "In Memory: Vern Vance."
Reports Vance's May 18 death, summer life on Beaver Island, support for island organizations, butterfly and Piping Plover work, and a planned Traverse City memorial gathering. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2012, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held June issue scan confirms the obituary.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Vern Vance dies after decades of Beaver Island summer connections”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-vern-vance-death-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Vern R. Vance RIP” and “Vern Vance Memorial,” May 24–30, 2012. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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