- Dates
- 2000-07-14 – 2000-07-18
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2000 Beaver Beacon reported that Mildred Alice Peterson died at her Saugatuck home on July 14, aged 96. The obituary recalled her family’s longstanding boating, fishing, camping, and summer-cottage connections with Beaver Island and Garden Island.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper obituary and family notice, not a civil certificate, cemetery record, or complete genealogy.
Sources
- Reports Peterson’s July 14 death, July 18 service and burial, family survivors, and her recurring summer visits to her son Eric Peterson’s Beaver Island cottage after earlier boating, fishing, and camping trips near Garden Island. 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 · 2000-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the obituary.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island summer visitor Mildred Alice Peterson dies in July 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/mildred-alice-peterson-death-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2000, “Mildred Alice Peterson, 1904–2000.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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