Memorial Funds

If you’d like to make a financial donation to support the families of the men who died on June 4, you can do so through memorial funds listed below. We will update the information as soon we receive new details.

  1. David Ashburn Memorial Fund: National City, 8123 Main St. Dexter 48130 (Please make checks payable to Candice Ashburn/Ashburn Fund.)

  2. Richard Chenault II
    • Richard Chenault II Memorial Fund: Midwest Financial Credit Union, PO Box 130079
      Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0079 (Please make checks payable to Janet Chenault/Chenault Fund.)

    • My Father's Heart Memorial Fund (Education Trust for Kayla Chenault, daughter of Richard): LaSalle Bank, Main Office, 201 S Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (Please make checks payable to "My Father's Heart Memorial Fund.")
  3. Dennis G Hoyes Memorial Fund: Bond & Company, 113 West Michigan Avenue, Suite 301, Jackson, MI 49201

  4. Ricky LaPensee Memorial Fund: Bank of Ann Arbor, 7 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti MI 48197

  5. Bill Serra Memorial Trust Fund: The Bill Serra Memorial Trust Fund will go towards lost wages, living expenses, and the completion of the education of Bill Serra's children. To make a donation to the Bill Serra Memorial Trust Fund, please make checks payable to the Bill Serra Memorial Trust Fund and mail them to: Bill Serra Memorial Trust Fund, P.O. Box 240, Washington, MI 48094. Help save a life by becoming an organ donor. (Serra Family Web site)

  6. Spoor Children's Fund: A fund has been set up for the Spoor children's education. Make a donation via the Spoor Family Web site: www.sitemaker.umich.edu/spoorfamily.

  7. U-M Transplant Team Assistance Fund: The University of Michigan has established this fund to help the families of the six courageous men who devoted their lives to helping others. You can make a donation by downloading and mailing or faxing this PDF form, or by calling 734-998-8851 or toll-free: 1-800-468-3482.

Share your tributes

The outpouring of support in the wake of the Survival Flight crash has been overwhelming and heartwarming, and demonstrates that community is about so much more than an address or zip code. We’ve heard numerous poignant stories about acts of kindness large and small in tribute to the lives lost on June 4, and we’d like to share some of these stories with our Health System community as well as members of the public who are mourning with us. If you’d like to share a story about a tribute you or someone you know have made, please e-mail your story to kgazella@umich.edu. Please note that your story will be published on our public Web site