Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Several hundred firefighters gathered Saturday morning for thefuneral of 38-year-old Michael Adamovich who worked for the Aurora Fire Department for six years when he died May 8 unexpectedly at his Yorkville home.
He was born Oct. 4, 1977, in Naperville. Before joining the Aurora department, he worked as a firefighter in Elburn from 2003 to 2010.
Aurora firefighters stood in solemn salute outside of the Daleiden Funeral Home as pallbearers carried his American flag-draped casket to a 1921 Stutz fire engine covered in blue bunting.
” … we are here for one of our own. Firefighter Adamovich was a young man with a wife and two young children. He was a great guy to work with.” Lt. John Nolan said
The service included a chaplain’s prayer, a message to his family, and the traditional ringing of the bell, signifying that a firefighter has returned home for the final time: “And so, to those who have unselfishly devoted their life for the good of their fellow man, their tasks completed, and their duties well done. To our comrades, their last alarm. They are going home.”
thanks Dan
