On Tuesday, a memorial service was held in Bay City, Michigan, for Marvin Schur, the 93-year-old man who froze to death some time between January 13 and 17 after the municipal electricity company installed a device on his house to limit his electricity because of unpaid energy bills. This "limiter" cut power to his house, and Schur eventually died from hypothermia amidst a bitter cold front that descended on Michigan that week.
A great deal of anger lingers in this industrial town of 36,000 people over the city's inhuman treatment of Schur and its callous response after his death. Neither the city nor the local newspaper, the Bay City News, has explained why it took so long for the circumstances of Schur's death to come to light.
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/bayc-j29.shtmlFuneral for Michigan man frozen following utility shut-off
On Wednesday, January 28, a funeral was held for Marvin Schur, the 93-year-old man who froze to death in his home in Bay City Michigan, after the municipal power company cut off electricity without telling him.
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/vide-j29.shtmlMarvin E. Schur. 93, froze to death in his Bay City, Michigan home several days after the municipal power company had restricted his access to electricity due to outstanding bills. Local residents have reacted with anger to his death.
Video: Bay City, Mich.: “Shutting somebody's electricity off in the dead of winter is criminal”
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