The bodies were taken to Bayfield and lain out at Bicksler's Bazar, a furnishings store that doubled as an funeral parlor. The Ashland Weekly Press described the sailors:

One is heavily dressed, having on five overcoats beside heavy underwear. Feet were bare. Height 5 feet 10 inches; weight about 160 pounds. His age cannot be far from 45. Heavy sandy moustache, but no beard.

One of the others wore a heavy sandy beard, was 5 feet 10 inches tall, and was about 40 years old. He was also heavily dressed, and had on rubber boots.

The other was a young man, smooth face, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weight 135, and about 21 years old. He was scantily dressed, but wore high top boots.

The body of the mate Robert Jeffreys reportedly washed ashore soon afterward.

When owner Capt. James Corrigan learned of the tragedy, he telegraphed that each man should be decently buried. The bodies were taken to Ashland and, according to the Ashland Weekly Press, "embalmed by Henry Scott, who has preserved a wonderfully natural and lifelike appearance," and buried. Jeffreys' body was later dug up and claimed. His father, Capt. Robert J. Jeffreys, was a venerable old lake mariner. It was his son's first voyage on the Lucerne.

Eventually, the other two bodies found in the rigging were claimed and shipped home. Four or five crew members are still missing.

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