this story breaks my heart 93yo man, means he was possibly a WW2 vet, and most certainly a Depression survivor. Seven years short of a century old, this 93yo man, trying to still live independently, bless his heart, was murdered by an electric company who had the audacity to put a limiter on his electric in the middle of a winter like this. If they put a limiter on his power-source, then the technician had to know this was an elderly man and should have reported it - even the customer service person would have known that in the course of any conversation with the man and should have reported it. A 93yo man with money clipped to his bill, unable to get out of the house in 32below weather to pay the dam bill and nobody NOBODY came to help this poor man. Where was the failsafe? Where was the most basic element of compassion here? Where were the community groups that should have been checking on their elderly? And why should a 93yo even have to pay for electricity at all? My heart cries for our elderly. What have we become?
http://obits.mlive.com/BayCity/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=123246236
“”Marvin Edward Schur “Mutts”
Bay City, Michigan
Mr. Schur passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 15, 2009 at his residence. Age 93 years. He was born April 30, 1915 in Saginaw, Michigan and had resided in Bay City for many years. He retired as a pattern maker from Baker-Perkins Co. in Saginaw and served with the U.S. Army as a medic during WW II.
Marvin is survived by his nephew, Bentley (Genevieve) Bremer of Saginaw and his niece, Beth (James) Stricker of Dunedin, Florida. He was predeceased
the former Marian I. Meisel whom he married on June 21, 1947, one brother and sister-in-law, Jack (Pat) Schur; two sisters and two brothers-in-law: Bonnie (Arthur) Bremer and Alice (Gerald) Walworth.
A Memorial Service will take place Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc. Officiating will be Rev. Jonathan K. Boyer under the auspices of the Bay County Veterans Council with private inurnment in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Saginaw. The family will be present at the funeral home on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. and until the time of services. “”