Name: Beaver Island-connected Charles Dunlevy dies in Illinois on January 23, 2003
Start: 2003-01-23
End: 2003-05-03
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 2003-01-23 – 2003-05-03
Kind: Death
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathheritagecommunityfamily
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Charles Francis Dunlevy died in Elmhurst, Illinois, on January 23, 2003, at age 88. The Beacon remembered his Beaver Island roots, 37 years of sobriety after an Island AA meeting, counseling education, service as a crossing guard and Santa, and planned burial rites at Holy Cross Church on May 3.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary and community remembrance, not a complete civil or genealogical record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Charles Dunlevy 1915-2003.”
Reports Dunlevy’s Beaver Island family roots, sobriety and counseling work, long-distance cycling, crossing-guard and Santa roles, and the planned May 3 Holy Cross funeral. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.
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Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected Charles Dunlevy dies in Illinois on January 23, 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/charles-dunlevy-death-january-23-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Charles Dunlevy 1915-2003.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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