Great
Lakes Surfing Association
Beach & Pier Safety Database / Grand Haven
Pier Fatalities
Six persons have been lost from the pier signal
house area.
3. July 30, 1947: Marvin Lotterman, 19, and two companions were swept off the very end of the south pier into the channel as they stood watching the 6-8 ft. waves . One boy, a non-swimmer, was knocked unconscious, but was rescued by the other. Lotterman was almost saved too, but was buried beneath a large wave and drowned.
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