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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Processions honor 2 Chicago firefighters who died this week as they are taken to funeral homes

The body of Chicago Fire Lt. Jan Tchoryk arrives at Cumberland Chapels funeral home in Norridge, Friday, April 7, 2023. Lt. Tchoryk, 55, a member of the department for 26 years, died Wednesday battling an extra-alarm blaze in a high-rise building in the 1200 block of North Lake Shore Drive — the second firefighter to die in the line of duty this week. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

The bodies of two Chicago firefighters who died battling separate fires this week were escorted Friday to suburban funeral homes by their fellow first responders.

The body of Jermaine Pelt was driven south to the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn, while the body of Lt. Jan Tchoryk was ushered north to Cumberland Chapels in Norridge ahead of expected services for the two men.

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