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Trenton Massey memorial held

NMU student missing since February

By Annie Lippert 1 min read
Annie Lippert/Mining Journal A crowd gathered at Lower Harbor April 16 to set flowers into the water in honor of Trenton Massey, who had been missing in the city of Marquette for the past two months. The body of the 21 year-old NMU student was discovered in the waters of Lake Superior near Marquette's Lower Harbor Friday.

MARQUETTE -- A memorial was held in Marquette Thursday night for Trenton Massey, the 21-year-old Northern Michigan University student who has been missing since February.

The memorial involved the lowering of the NMU Wildcat flag to half-mast on NMU's campus, with a service taking place during the afternoon at the Jacobetti Complex and a flower-throwing tribute during the evening at Lower Harbor.

"I just want to say thank you for the last two months, the last four years, the last 21-and-a-half years," said Sarah Brock, Massey's mother, at the flower-throwing tribute. "Everybody touched Trenton's life."

A fund has been set up in Massey's name through NMU, called the Trenton Massey Memorial Fund. Donations can be made at https://foundation.nmu.edu/ by selecting "other" in the donation designation menu and writing "Trenton Massey Memorial Fund," or by calling the NMU Foundation at 906-227-2627.

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