Name: Bill Whelan dies in Chicago, 1961
Start: 1961-01-28
End: 1961-01-28
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-01-28
Kind: Death
Participants: Bill Whelan (deceased)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetourismcommunitydemography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February issue reports Bill Whelan’s death in Chicago on January 28, 1961. It remembers him as a founder of the Beaver Island Yacht Club, a leader of the Yachtsmen’s Jamboree, and the recipient of a recent Yachtsman of the Year honor.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no cause, funeral, cemetery, birth, or fuller civil identity. Its celebratory descriptions are preserved as newspaper characterization.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.”
Reports Bill Whelan’s January 28 death in Chicago, calls him a founder of the Beaver Island Yacht Club and leader of the Yachtsmen’s Jamboree at the Shamrock, and recalls his December Yachtsman of the Year honor. It does not provide a civil obituary, cemetery, or complete identity record.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Bill Whelan dies in Chicago, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-bill-whelan-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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