Scott Township fire trucks participated in a funeral procession for Bower Hill firefighter Bryan Pritchard, who died over the weekend. The Bower Hill fire hall was the site of the Thursday morning funeral for Pritchard.
Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter Scott Township fire trucks participated in a funeral procession for Bower Hill firefighter Bryan Pritchard, who died over the weekend. The Bower Hill fire hall was the site of the Thursday morning funeral for Pritchard. Click here to read about how Bower Hill firefighters are remembering him.
Scott Township firefighters came out Thursday morning to remember Bower Hill firefighter Bryan Pritchard and grieve together.
Sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter or Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page Firefighters from across the area came out Thursday morning to remember Bower Hill firefighter Bryan Pritchard and grieve together. Several Scott Township fire trucks participated in a procession from the fire hall on Vanadium Road that snacked around nearby neighborhoods before returning beneath an American flag draped above two ladder trucks. Pritchard, 41, died over the weekend due to complications from kidney and pancreas transplant surgery he underwent in January. He was a 10-year veteran of the fire department. *Click here to watch a short video of the funeral procession* Bower Hill Asst. Chief Brad Lynch called Pritchard an “all-around great guy…
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The Bower Hill Fire Department is having a spaghetti dinner Saturday night to help one of their own.
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- Mike Jones
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Bower Hill firefighters are rallying around one of their members to help raise money for his medical costs as he waits for kidney and pancreas transplants. Bryan Pritchard has been a firefighter with Bower Hill in Scott Township for nine years and was diagnosed with Stage 5 chronic renal disease in August 2009, according to the department. The operation, which could be two or three years away, typically costs $250,000 and his insurance will only cover about 80 percent of that. So the department is hosting a spaghetti dinner at the fire hall from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $8 for adults and $4 for children. The dinner includes spaghetti and meatball, salad, bread and butter, dessert and a drink. …
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