US EditionA Michigan bridge official died in 2010. It took 15 years to lay him to rest
- Larry Rubin, a Michigan man who played a key role at the Mackinac Bridge Authority, was laid to rest on a Wednesday in Petoskey, 15 years after his death in 2010.
- Rubin's ashes remained unclaimed at a funeral home near the Mackinac Bridge because his family apparently did not collect them after his passing at age 97.
- Approximately two dozen people, including a rabbi from Temple B'nai Israel and friends from the Bridge Authority who helped fund the burial, attended the graveside service in the Jewish section of Greenwood Cemetery.
- Barbara Brown, who once served on the board, expressed surprise upon discovering Rubin's name in the burial notice and described participating in filling the grave as a meaningful and honorable experience despite the years of neglect.
- Larry Rubin’s burial brings closure to a long-standing oversight and honors his many years of work overseeing the Mackinac Bridge, a five-mile-long structure linking Michigan’s peninsulas and ranking among the longest suspension bridges in the United States.
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A Michigan bridge official died in 2010. It took 15 years to lay him to rest
By ED WHITE The Associated Press A Michigan man who had a key role in building one of the longest bridges in the United States has been buried 15 years after his death after a funeral home near the iconic structure surprised the public by saying it still had his ashes. Larry Rubin was laid to rest Wednesday in Petoskey, 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s two peninsulas. For decades, Rubin was the senior …
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