- Dates
- 1974-07-06 – circa 1974-07
- Kind
- Death
- Participants
- Rev. Chester A. Meengs (deceased)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarereligiondemographycommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Rev. Chester A. Meengs died at Little Traverse Hospital on July 6, 1974, after suffering a stroke while vacationing at his family cottage on Beaver Island. Funeral services were held at Bethany Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, followed by graveside services at Winchester Cemetery in Byron Center.
Evidence and limits
The July obituary supplies the reported medical and funeral sequence and links back to the June Beaver Island emergency flight. It is not a civil, medical, or cemetery register.
Sources
- Reports Meengs’s July 6 death at Little Traverse Hospital after a stroke suffered while vacationing at the family Beaver Island cottage, services at Bethany Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, graveside services at Winchester Cemetery in Byron Center, ministry history, and a request for memorial contributions; it is not a civil, medical, or cemetery register. 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 · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The scan confirms the death, funeral, graveside service, and island-cottage context.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death and funeral of Rev. Chester A. Meengs, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-funeral-of-chester-meengs-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1974, “Obituaries: Rev. Chester Meengs.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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