A crowd gathered at Lower Harbor Thursday night to set flowers into the water in honor of Trenton Massey, who has been missing in the city of Marquette for the past two months. (Journal photo by Annie Lippert)

MARQUETTE — A memorial was held Thursday night for Trenton Massey, a 21-year-old Northern Michigan University student who has been missing since February.

The memorial involved the lowering of the NMU Wildcat flag to half-mast on NMU’s campus, with a service taking place during the afternoon at the Jacobetti Complex and a flower-throwing tribute during the evening at Lower Harbor.

“I just want to say thank you for the last two months, the last four years, the last 21-and-a-half years,” said Sarah Brock, Massey’s mother, at the flower-throwing tribute. “Everybody touched Trenton’s life.”

A fund has been set up in Massey’s name through NMU, called the Trenton Massey Memorial Fund. Donations can be made at https://foundation.nmu.edu/ by selecting “other” in the donation designation menu and writing “Trenton Massey Memorial Fund,” or by calling the NMU Foundation at 906-227-2627.

Annie Lippert can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 550. Her email address is alippert@miningjournal.net.