- Dates
- 2002-11-12 – 2003-02
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathheritagecommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Edith H. Burhans, born on Beaver Island in 1913, died on November 12, 2002. The Beacon remembered her as a 1931 St. James salutatorian and Miss Beaver Island, a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Church in Paw Paw, and a person who kept close ties with Island families.
Evidence limits
The obituary does not state a precise death-day location beyond the care center or provide a complete family history.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Edith Burhans 1913-2002.”Reports Burhans’s Beaver Island birth, 1931 graduation and Miss Beaver Island title, family, faith, and continuing connections to Island families before her death at Lakeview Continuing Care Center. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the February 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-born Edith Burhans dies in November 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/edith-burhans-death-november-12-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Edith Burhans 1913-2002.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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