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Death of Michael Cull, 1964

Also Mike Cull obituary

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TypeEvent
Date1964-09-11
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1964-09-11
Kind
Death
Participants
Michael Cull (victim)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimefishingcommunityheritage

Summary

Michael Cull died on September 11, 1964, according to a Beaver Beacon obituary. The report remembers him as a Beaver Island commercial fisherman who owned and skippered the tugs Betty C and LaFond.

Evidence and limits

The obituary gives the date of death but does not state the place of death, cause, funeral, or burial. The event is therefore not assigned a site or a cause, and the obituary’s retrospective statement about the decline of fishing is not treated as a dated terminal event for the industry.

Open questions

  • Where was Cull living and where was he buried at the time of death?
  • Are a death record, funeral notice, or cemetery record available?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that Michael Cull suddenly passed away on September 11, 1964, and summarizes his Beaver Island birth, marriage, commercial-fishing career, and two tugs; it does not provide a death location or civil record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-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.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Michael Cull, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-michael-cull-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1964, “Mike Cull Passes Away.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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