Funeral procession honors former Middletown fire chief

Jun 07, 2018 442

Members of local police and fire departments honored the memory of late fire Chief Victor Lomascolo on Friday with a funeral procession through downtown. The body of Lomascolo rode on a fire truck past landmarks that represented different stages of his 65-year career as a firefighter.

The procession rode past the Middletown Fire Department’s Central Firehouse and the Waalkill Engine Company No. 6 station, where Lomascolo began his fire career. Lomascolo died at home on May 24. He was the Middletown’s first elected Italian-American fire chief. He led the department from 1976 to 1981.

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SOURCE: http://www.recordonline.com/

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