Around the Rivers
Around the Rivers: Funeral Procession for Northern Regional's Kenneth M. Young Passes the Fire, Police Stations He Served
Wexford fire hall will be dedicated to Young, who was named fire chief emeritus before his death.
Under a gray, steely sky, the funeral procession for Kenneth M. Young wended its way Friday through Pine Township, past the Babcock fire station that he was instrumental in creating and by the Northern Regional police station where he served. Led by a police motorcycle escort, the line of family, friends, fire trucks from Wexford Volunteer Fire Co. and police vehicles from the Northern Regional department made its way to Cross Roads cemetery in Pine. Fire and police vehicles from neighboring departments also joined the procession for the 53-year-old who died Sunday after battling cancer for more than a year. Young was a police officer for 18 years and the fire chief for 22 of the last 30 years he volunteered for Wexford Volunteer Fire Co. …
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