Tom Vennum Bequest to Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve
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The Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve is deeply honored that Tom Vennum included a gift in his will to the Preserve. Tom had spent summers on Madeline Island since he was a teenager. He died in the fall of 2017, at age 82. Tom was a true Renaissance man: pianist, organist, teacher, ethnomusicologist, author, lacrosse historian, and nature lover.
“I think one of Tom’s most enduring connections to the Preserve is his ethno-documentary, Earl’s Canoe. This beautiful traditional Ojibwe canoe was fashioned by Earl Nyholm from the bark of a large, near-perfect paper birch that Earl and Tom found on the Wilderness Preserve’s Reuel Harmon Forest (and used with MIWP permission). That canoe, the documentary, and Tom’s long-term support of the Preserve are an important part of his Island legacy.”
If you would like to learn about providing for the future of the Preserve through your will, please contact MIWP.
