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Death notice for Ray Penwitt, 1973

Also Ray Penwitt death notice · Geneva Skopp Penwitt obituary notice

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TypeEvent
Date1973-04-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1973-04-01
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
familycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1973 Beaver Beacon reported Ray Penwitt’s death in Pomona, California. It noted that his wife, Geneva Skopp, had formerly been from Beaver Island and Chicago.

Evidence and limits

The short notice does not give Penwitt’s death date, civil record, burial details, or a complete family history. The Beaver Island connection is limited to the newspaper’s description of his late wife.

Sources

  1. Reports Ray Penwitt’s death in Pomona, California, and identifies his late wife Geneva Skopp as formerly of Beaver Island and Chicago; it does not provide a death date, civil record, or complete family history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published death notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Death notice for Ray Penwitt, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-ray-penwitt-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1973, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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