Jan. 05--Authorities have identified the third North Shore man pulled from an icy lake in southern Wisconsin as the search resumed Tuesday for the fourth person.
Mori Weinstein, 21, was the third victim to be recovered since the four friends disappeared while out on a canoe on Mill Lake, about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. He was a student at the University of Kansas.
On Monday, authorities identified the remains of the first two men recovered as those of Christopher McQuillen, 21, and Lanny Patrick Sack, 20, both of Winnetka. Authorities have not released the identity of the fourth man as they continue searching the lake.
The presence of about 2 inches of ice over the lake Tuesday complicated the search for the fourth body, said Jason Roberts, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Authorities are using airboats to break up the ice to allow for the rescue boat to navigate the waters, he said. Recovery efforts are expected to continue through the daylight hours and into the night if divers are able to determine a probable location.
All four men were between 20 and 23 and spent at least part of their high school careers at New Trier Township High School, officials have said.
The four were reported missing after their friends staying at a lake house near East Troy awoke Sunday morning and discovered footprints in the snow leading to a boathouse. They spotted an overturned canoe on Mill Lake, which is part of the Lake Beulah chain of lakes.
As the North Shore community mourns the loss of the four young men, the first funeral arrangements have been announced.
Services for McQuillen have been scheduled for later this week, his family said. The wake will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Donnellan Family Funeral Home in Skokie. The funeral will follow at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Parish in Winnetka.
Those who knew all four men said they were all well-liked.
Weinstein's friends said he had a smile that could brighten anyone's day.
"He had a contagious smile," said Brandon Goldberg, a fellow student at University of Kansas, where Weinstein was a senior.
One of Goldberg's favorite memories involved taking Weinstein to a Passover seder.
"We had a great time laughing and dancing on tables," Goldberg said. "We had the time of our life."
Cam Kyle, Weinstein's roommate at the University of Kansas, said he admired what he called Weinstein's "baseline talent for everything he tried to do."
"He was sound-minded and levelheaded," Kyle said. "Not a crazy college kid. He liked to have fun, was incredibly outspoken, gentlemanly and you could always lean on him."
As friends recounted Weinstein's talents and technical skills -- everything from cooking to skateboarding -- they also remembered his softer side. Corey Hall, Weinstein's longtime friend from Wilmette, said the two were inseparable even after they moved hundreds of miles away for college.
"He was the calmest, most gentle person I ever met," Hall said. "Everybody loved him. ... It will never be the same."
Susan Berger is a freelance reporter.
