Excerpts from mystateline.com:
Rockford’s oldest firefighter, Max Kirschbaum, passed away over the weekend. He became a Rockford firefighter in 1948, serving on the rescue squad at Fire Station 3.
One of his biggest feats was saving a little boy who fell 75 feet down a well. Once he retired from the fire department, he stopped back in to visit with friends. In 2015 he went to the open house for the new Fire Station 3.
He is survived by two daughters, a son, and seven great grand children who grew up hearing stories about Max playing chess in the fire house.
Funeral arrangements can be found HERE.
