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Rev. Chester A. Meengs

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TypePerson
Born1909-10-15
Died1974-07-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Born
1909-10-15
Died
1974-07-06
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Summary

The Rev. Chester A. Meengs (October 15, 1909–July 6, 1974) was the patient in the second reported Beaver Island emergency-aircraft medical evacuation on June 24, 1974, after acute shock following a stroke. A Bethany Reformed Church history records his Vriesland birth, ministerial career, and death after a massive stroke while vacationing in northern Michigan.

Evidence and limits

The Island report supplies the emergency-flight episode, while the church history supplies the full identity and vital dates. Neither source is a clinical record; the exact nature and course of his treatment are not recorded here.

See also

The dated record

2 dated events · 1909–1974These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Identifies Rev. Chester Meengs as flown from Beaver Island on June 24, 1974 after acute shock following a stroke; it gives no full civil biography, medical record, or later history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key 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 · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Chester Meengs still a patient after the June 24 evacuation; it supplies no hospital record, prognosis, or full civil identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key 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 · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports Meengs’s July 6 death at Little Traverse Hospital after a stroke suffered while vacationing at the family Beaver Island cottage, his Kalamazoo funeral and Byron Center graveside service, and his ministry history; it is not a civil, medical, or cemetery record. 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 · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The scan confirms the obituary, service locations, and reported emergency-plane context.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-07_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Identifies the Rev. Chester A. Meengs as born October 15, 1909, in Vriesland, Michigan; summarizes his Hope College and Western Theological Seminary education and pastorates; and reports his July 6, 1974 death after a massive stroke while vacationing in Petoskey. Its family-vacation stroke context and 1974 date bridge this full identity to the Beaver Island evacuation report.

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Rev. Chester A. Meengs”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/chester-a-meengs/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Makes First ‘Evacuation’ and Then Second Within One Week.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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