How to watch Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey’s funeral online
Those hoping to pay their respects to Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey[1] but can’t make it in person will be able to attend his funeral Friday morning online.
The Waltham Police Department[2] said arrangements have been made to livestream[3] the funeral, which will begin at 10 a.m. However, the livestream[4] will start at 9:30 a.m.
Tracey and National Grid employee Roderick Jackson, of Cambridge, were killed Dec.
6 when 54-year-old Woodsville, New Hampshire resident Peter Simon drove a truck into a National Grid work site on Totten Pond Road[5] where the officer was working a paid detail, authorities said. Two other workers were also hurt.
Simon is also accused of pulling a knife on another Waltham officer and stealing his cruiser during the incident. He was arraigned[7] Dec.
7 on two counts of manslaughter, armed robbery and other charges[8]. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.
Tracey was part of the Waltham Police Department for 28 years. He was previously recognized for saving the life of a woman who was overdosing on a Cape Cod[9] beach in 2018.
Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey, 58, was killed in Waltham on Dec.
6 along with a National Grid worker.Waltham Police Department
A wake for the 58-year-old officer is scheduled for Thursday, Dec.
14, at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church in Waltham from 3 to 8 p.m., according to Brasco & Son Funeral Home[10]. A funeral Mass is set for Friday at the same church at 10 a.m., after which Tracey will be buried with police honors at Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham.
The wake is not being livestreamed.
The 36-year-old National Grid employee was remembered as selfless and being the heart of the family.
“He was always willing to lend a hand, roll up his sleeves and help a colleague. His loss is deeply felt throughout the company and he will be sorely missed,” National Grid shared.
Roderick “Kito” Jackson, a 36-year-old Cambridge resident, was working for National Grid when a man drove a truck into his work site in Waltham, killing him and a police officer.Photo courtesy of Roderick Jackson’s family
Services for Jackson are scheduled for Saturday, Dec.
16, at St.
Paul AME Church in Cambridge, with services between 9 and 11 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m., Jackson’s obituary on Legacy[12] said.
The church is located on 37 Bishop Allen Drive.
A GoFundMe has been created to benefit Jackson’s family[14], and another fundraiser is collecting money on behalf of all the victims[15] and their families.
Click here for the livestream.[16]
References
- ^ Paul Tracey (www.masslive.com)
- ^ The Waltham Police Department (www.masslive.com)
- ^ livestream (www.brascolive.com)
- ^ livestream (www.brascolive.com)
- ^ drove a truck into a National Grid work site on Totten Pond Road (www.masslive.com)
- ^ GoFundMe raising money for family of National Grid worker killed in Waltham (www.masslive.com)
- ^ He was arraigned (www.masslive.com)
- ^ charges (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Cape Cod (www.masslive.com)
- ^ according to Brasco & Son Funeral Home (brascofuneralhome.com)
- ^ Waltham double fatal crash victim’s family wants answers, lawyer says (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Legacy (www.legacy.com)
- ^ Man charged in fatal Waltham crash had been involved in other serious crashes (www.masslive.com)
- ^ GoFundMe has been created to benefit Jackson’s family (www.masslive.com)
- ^ fundraiser is collecting money on behalf of all the victims (www.masslive.com)
- ^ Click here for the livestream. (www.brascolive.com)