Maybe someone in Michigan can start looking into the irresponsible actions of Bay City Electric Light & Power that cut off this elderly man from having heat. Money was not the issue, obviously. How is it possible to treat an elderly person so cruelly and not even think that maybe, just maybe, they were incapable of addressing issues like this on their own? Is it asking too much for the power company to take his age into consideration? My friends and family in that age bracket would also struggle on their own and it's very likely they wouldn't even remember what to do 10 minutes after the visit. Even if they did remember, writing a check and sending it could be too much. Tell me we haven't become such an ignorant, mean place. CNN:
A 93-year-old World War II medic who froze to death last month in his Bay City, Michigan, home left his entire estate to a local hospital, an estate attorney told CNN Wednesday.
The attorney would not disclose the exact amount left behind by Martin Schur. But his nephew said his uncle indicated to family members two years ago that he had saved up more than a half-million dollars over the years. Schur and his wife, Marian, who died more than a year ago, did not have any children.
"I just know at one time he said he had over $600,000 in savings," said William Walworth. "That's what he told me and my brother, and he was proud that he was able to save and build his estate up to that."
Cathy Reder, an attorney negotiating on behalf of Bay Regional Medical Center and the Schur family, said she was filing paperwork in probate court Wednesday for the court to determine the validity of the will. A hearing has been set for March 17.
Reder would not specify the amount left to the hospital, other than to say it's more than $1.
"The will leaves everything to Bay Medical Center," she said.
