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PARLIER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Parlier assemblage gathered astatine St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Friday to honor Parlier Police Officer Juan Rodriguez.
Rodriguez died of a wellness contented connected Nov. 9, leaving down 2 teenage sons. He was besides a schoolhouse assets serviceman astatine Parlier High School for 2 years.
Loved ones accidental they volition retrieve him for his benignant bosom and servant leadership.
“In his relation arsenic a school assets officer, Officer Rodriguez embodied the precise essence of service. He was much than a guardian of safety. He was a beacon of anticipation and understanding,” Parlier Police Chief David Cerda said.
The religion was afloat of friends and household grieving his loss.
However, adjacent successful their sorrow, they sang, “Glory beryllium to God.”
Cerda remembers Rodriguez arsenic a sacrificial leader, ever putting others earlier himself.
“He paid retired of his pouch to a unfortunate who was vandalized to repair the harm to that victim's property,” Cerda said.
He choked up during Friday’s eulogy, saying Rodriguez was loved and respected by the full department.
He says the nonaccomplishment leaves a void.
Following Friday’s service, the section held a ceremonial burial astatine Smith Mt. Cemetery.
They played bagpipes, had a chopper flyover and released doves.
Cerda says Rodriguez’s beingness whitethorn person been chopped abbreviated by illness, but it was well-lived.
He says the officer’s bequest volition unrecorded connected successful the lives of those helium served.
Cerda closed with, “Rest successful peace, Officer Rodriguez. Your airy volition proceed to radiance brightly successful our community, and you volition profoundly beryllium missed and ne'er beryllium forgotten. Thank you for your service.”
