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Funeral For Sheriff's Department Dive Team Member

DETROIT (WWJ) - A funeral Mass will take place Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Ira Township, for a member of the St Clair County Dive Team that died this past weekend.

Authorities say 56-year old John Makuch died after suffering a heart attack during training at the Port Huron YMCA Sunday morning.  Fellow dive team members attempted to revive him.

He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

Makuch joined the Sheriff's Office Dive Team in 1991. He was a member of the Dive Team Board of Directors and an assistant dive chief.

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