Try contacting the County Clerk at the Van Buren County Courthouse for his death registration. An online Google search might show you their website, complete with contact information. HTH Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Acrapidriver@aol.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:32 PM Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] Unknown cause of death posting > Could someone please look up and obituary from 1948. I'm not sure where > you would go to find it, but the name is Lyle Ellsworth Martin. The obit > was printed 10/7/48 in the South Haven Tribune, South Haven, Michigan. > I'm > mainly interested in the cause of death and date of death. It was said > that > he drove off a bridge, but whether it was intentional or not it unknown > to > me. This was my father's namesake and any family member who could have > given us this information has passed. > > Thanks so much, > Angie >