The Michigan Daily ANN ARBOR, Mich. (U-WIRE) -- Remembering her vivid imagination, sense of humor and love of life, hundreds of friends and family attended services Sunday for University of Michigan freshman Courtney Cantor, who died Friday morning after falling from her sixth-floor dormitory window. Investigators suspect that Cantor, whose body was found near the loading dock of Mary Markley Residence Hall at about 5 a.m. Friday, may have fallen from the ladder of her loft while climbing into bed. Cantor's blood-alcohol level was .059, much less than the .10 level for being legally intoxicated while driving, the Detroit News reported yesterday, citing the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's office. Michigan Department of Public Safety spokesperson Elizabeth Hall said officials are unsure whether alcohol played a role in the death. While investigators said there is no indication of foul play or suicide, they have not yet ruled anything out. She expects autopsy reports to be completed sometime this week. "She had a sparkle that drew people to her," Rabbi Harold Loss said during Sunday's service at Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Mich. "She taught us lessons about living, caring for each other and being there for each other." The 18-year-old Chi Omega pledge from West Bloomfield, Mich., attended ceremonies at the sorority Thursday night. She then went to a party at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, where she was seen drinking alcohol. She returned to Markley in a cab with three friends at about 3 a.m. On Monday, Phi Delt's national organization suspended the Michigan chapter indefinitely because of "risk-management violations." The chapter had officially been alcohol-free since 1995. Cantor's roommate, freshman Marni Golden, saw her in the room after Cantor returned from the party. Golden left the room once between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. to go to the bathroom. Cantor, found in her nightshirt, was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital emergency room and pronounced dead at 5:48 a.m. Through tears and shaky voices, friends and family on Sunday remembered Cantor's love, willingness to accept challenges, loyalty as a friend and even her sense of fashion. "She was the strongest in our group, like the leader," said Michigan freshman Rebekah Parker, one of Cantor's close friends from Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills. "She held everything together. She was a best friend to a lot of people." Loss read a paper Cantor recently had finished that demonstrated the writing talent she inherited from her father, Detroit News columnist George Cantor. In the paper, Cantor describes her mother, Sherry, as her "best friend" and calls her father her "knight in shining armor." "She had a huge capacity of giving," George Cantor said of his daughter Saturday. He said just a few weeks ago his daughter told him she was intimidated by the competitive atmosphere at the university, but said "I can do this." Cantor "lit up a room" when she entered it, Parker said. "She was very beautiful and always caught people's eye." An honor student at Andover High, Cantor was an active member of the debate, tennis and forensic teams, National Honor Society and school newspaper staff. She worked hard during high school so she could be accepted at Michigan and be with her sister, senior Jaime Cantor. With regard to the drinking, George Cantor said his daughter was just "shaking out restraints" as a first-year student but knew better than to do anything insensible. "We had discussions about drinking," he said. "I told her if she was going to drink to behave sensibly and in my viewpoint she behaved sensibly."
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