death by wildlife

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - The search continues for a grizzly bear that officials say killed a Michigan man in Yellowstone National Park.

The body of John Wallace, 59, of Chassell was discovered Friday along a trail near an area of the park known for its high population of bears, the Associated Press reports. An autopsy concluded he died from injuries in a bear attack.

Wallace worked for about 20 years at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton, a city in the western Upper Peninsula. He was married and had no children, Shawn Leche, the library director, told the Associated Press. Leche described Wallace as a quiet, easygoing man and conscientious worker who loved books, opera and the outdoors. He had asked for vacation time to camp and hike at Yellowstone, a park he had visited before, Leche said.

News 8 talked to Wallace's sister, Beth Hendrickson, who lives in Georgia. She said Wallace loved his wife and was a family man. She said her brother had once worked for the National Park Service and nature was his life.