Fallen police officer Manny Familia will be laid to rest during a funeral service at 10 a.m. Thursday in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 38-year-old died a hero Friday as he tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy, identified by family as Troy Love, who also drowned in Green Hill Pond. The funeral procession began to make its way from Mercadante Funeral Home &.
Calling hours are from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
Temple Street will be closed from Harding Street to Green Street from 1 p.m. to the end of calling hours Wednesday.
The funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Temple Street will be closed from 8 a.m. until the end of the Mass Thursday.
The procession from the funeral home to the church will be Plantation Street, Belmont Street, Lincoln Street,Goldsberry Street, Summer Street, MLK Jr. Boulevard, Foster Street, Front Street, Washington Square, Grafton Street, Temple Street and ending at St. John Church.
The funeral procession will stop at the Worcester police station, where Familia will be transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn carriage. The transfer will be done privately at the memorial. No one is allowed on police property during the transfer, Amy Peterson, communication specialist for the city manager’s office, said.