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Karl Welke

Also Karl Welke · Carl Welke

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TypePerson
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Active
fl. 1973
Parents
William P. "Bill" Welke · Betty Welke
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Karl Welke, identified as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Welke, was reported as a Little Traverse Hospital patient for an emergency appendectomy in the September–October 1973 Beaver Beacon. This is the only issue found in the corpus searched here that spells the name “Karl” rather than “Carl.”

Identity

The parentage given here — son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Welke — matches the parentage the Beaver Beacon gives for “Carl Welke” in a 1975 graduation notice (“son of Mr. and Mrs. William Welke”) and fits the same teenager documented as a 1971 Flying Club member, a 1974 snowmobile racer, and a 1975 aviation trainee and school graduate. The fuller record, including the evidence for treating “Karl” and “Carl” as one person, is kept at Carl Welke; this file is retained separately because it was seeded from a distinct newspaper notice, and it is not merged into that record here.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified hospital notice, not a clinical or civil record. No hospital admission record, surgeon’s note, or independent confirmation of the appendectomy is held here.

See also

Kin

Betty Welke1928 – 2008William P."Bill" Welke1922 – 2002This articleKarl Welke
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Reports Karl Welke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Welke, as a Little Traverse Hospital patient for an emergency appendectomy; no further biography or medical record is supplied.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the combined September–October publication; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Karl Welke”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/karl-welke/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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