Posted on Thu, Jul 8, 2010 : 11:23 a.m.
Funeral set for Hamburg Township man who drowned in Zukey Lake
By Lee Higgins
A funeral is scheduled for Saturday for a Hamburg Township man who drowned in Zukey Lake as he helped save his 15-year-old son from drowning.
The funeral for 58-year-old Dennis Regal will be held at 11:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 10585 Hamburg Road in Hamburg.
Dennis Regal
A wake will follow at 1 p.m. at the Livingston County Wildlife and Conservation Club at 6060 M-36 in Hamburg.
Regal's body was recovered Wednesday afternoon where witnesses said Regal went under Monday night.
An autopsy will be conducted by the Livington County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death, police said.
Comments
michiganpoorboy
Thu, Jul 15, 2010 : 3:46 a.m.
Dead is Dead who cares what the cause was???????
Tiffany
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 : 1:38 a.m.
@ChelseaGirl - Autopsies are often mandatory for various reasons. Plus, like ThaKillaBee said, he could very well have had a heart attack which caused him to lose consciousness and go down. That kind of information is valuable to the family for both family medical history purposes and for peace of mind. Oftentimes, grieving families want to know "why," so I think it is perfectly reasonable for them to have an autopsy to answer that question so they can have closure.
ussubmariner
Fri, Jul 9, 2010 : 11 a.m.
One can drown and not die. Death due to drowning is different from drowning. And I will bet he suffered a heart attack or anxiety attack. Liquid in the lungs is drowning. Death is caused when the lungs can no longer produce enough oxygen due to the volume of water in the lungs.
ChelseaGirl
Thu, Jul 8, 2010 : 1:58 p.m.
@ThaKillaBee~perhaps, bottom line though will it make a difference, no. Is it just an additional expense for the family to have to pay? I hope not.
ThaKillaBee
Thu, Jul 8, 2010 : 12:51 p.m.
@ChelseaGirl - Yeah, that sounds a little silly but I presume they want to find out if maybe he had a heart attack or something else that caused him to drown.
ChelseaGirl
Thu, Jul 8, 2010 : 11:01 a.m.
Cause of death? Didn't he drown?