Man Drowns While Scattering Father's Ashes

A family tragedy was compounded this week in Michigan when the body of a 59-year-old man was found Monday, a day after he fell out of a boat while scattering his father's ashes on Lake Superior. 

WLUC reports Robert Louis' father died two weeks ago after a battle with Alzheimer's. "My brother literally devoted his whole life to ... making sure Dad was taken care of for the last four years of his life," Louis' brother, John Louis, says. 

On Sunday, Robert Louis and six others were on a boat on Lake Superior to scatter his father's ashes. "He had told us that he was happy to go up and spread his ashes and follow his final wishes," one of Louis' neighbors tells WJBK.

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