Community prepares to remember fallen firefighter

Posted at: 12/30/2012 9:44 AM | Updated at: 12/30/2012 2:55 PM

Funeral services are set to begin at noon on Sunday for one of the two West Webster firefighters shot and killed on Christmas Eve.

Community members and firefighters from across the country will come together to mourn the loss of Lieutenant Mike Chiapperini. The funeral will be at Webster Schroeder High School on Ridge Road.

Lt. Chiapperini will be buried, with honors, in West Webster Cemetery.

A funeral Mass for Tomasz Kaczowka, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Stanislaus church on Hudson Ave in Rochester. Interment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester.

News10NBC will be carrying the funeral for Lt. Chiapperini and Kaczowka on our air and website. The coverage on Sunday will begin at noon.

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