Thursday, May 2, 2013
The volunteer firefighter who was was critically injured during the April 24 fire in Reisterstown died Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma. His funeral is set for Sunday.
It was a horrific fire April 24 that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company was called to control. Volunteer firefighter Gene Kirchner, 25, and several others were searching the home at 19 Hanover Rd., trying to find a resident because "very, very agitated residents were screaming that someone was trapped," Baltimore County Fire Chief John Hohman said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. "Gene and others, they attempted to rescue the individual," Hohman said, calling the fire "horrific." Kirchner, a nine-year veteran of the company, died on Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma after spending eight days in critical condition. "Gene himself ended up being rescued from the second floor by his co-volunteers here at Reisterstown and two …
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The 25-year-old is the second fatality from a house fire April 24 at 19 Hanover Road in Reisterstown.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)--Volunteer Firefighter Gene Kirchner died Thursday afternoon at Maryland Shock Trauma, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The member of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire company was critically injured April 24 while doing a search during a house fire at 19 Hanover Rd in Reisterstown. "It is with deep sorrow and regret that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company announces the line of duty passing of Firefighter Gene Kirchner," according to a statement from the fire company. "Gene succumbed to his injures after an 8-day fight." Gene was a 9-year member of the fire company, and was a junior firefighter for 2 years, it states. "A full fire department funeral will be scheduled." A 58-year-old resident died …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Below are links to obituaries as listed by several funeral homes in Baltimore County.
Click on the name of the deceased to read the full obituary and/or to submit online condolences. Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Incorporated (Catonsville) Location: 1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville Phone: 410-744-8600 Thomas Shea Flynn died April 23. He was 81. Eleanor Lentz died April 22. Michael Anthony Trieber died April 21. He was 20. Selma E. Niemann died April 19. She was 88. John S. “Steve” Brown died April 19. He was 61. Frances E. Malat of Catonsville died April 19. She was 91. Craig Witzke Funeral Care (Catonsville) Location: 9 Newburg Ave, Catonsville Phone: 443-830-0310 No new obituaries listed at this time. Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home (Pikesville) Location: 8900 Reisterstown Road …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes: Ruck Funeral Homes Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Monday, April 8, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes: Ruck Funeral Homes Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes: Ruck Funeral Homes Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Monday, April 1, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes: Ruck Funeral Homes Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes. Ruck Funeral Homes Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Monday, March 25, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes. Ruck Funeral Homes Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Find the links to Towson area funeral homes.
Here are links to obituaries for the Towson area as posted by local funeral homes. Ruck Funeral Homes Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home Mitchell-Weidefeld Funeral Home Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley
Tim
11:21 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
Not much more to add here to this. My condolences to family and friends of this brave young man. more ›