8/6/13 - A private memorial service is planned Friday for two Michigan men, including one from Livingston County, missing since they went to Canada for a fishing trip last month. 70-year-old Earl Zellen of Brighton (pictured here from Facebook page) and his 40-year-old son Matt, a Bloomfield Hills resident, left July 21 and were reported missing on a lake in Nunavut after they failed to show up July 29 for a charter aircraft flight. Police on Aug. 1 called off the search for the men. Their boat and fishing gear were spotted, and the boat had run out of gas. Two Canadian Air Force C-130 Hercules helped searched the Dubawnt Lake area last month. Others searched the shore of the large remote lake, but found no trace of them. Authorities suspect the men fell in the frigid water and died. Matt Zellen was the owner of the Detroit Outfitters store in Warren. Earl Zellen was a retired Ford executive, who had become an avid housing volunteer. (JK)
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