This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/1971.1 Message Board Post: I checked the Bay City Times for 4 days after and 2 days before the date and could find nothing. I did note that there was a coal miners strike going on at that time--mostly national coverage tho. If you have his church affiliation you might try the church for more information. Also if he died elsewhere--like at a child's home for example-- there might not have been an obit in the Bay City paper. Good luck!!!