WFRD flags at half-staff

WFRD Station 1

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District lowered its United States flags today in memory of one of its employees who passed away on Friday, February 7. Michael Wurtz had been an employee since 2002, and he was also a police officer with the McCullom Lake Police Department.

Wurtz was diagnosed with cancer about two years ago. The Northwest Herald carried an article with details of the visitation and funeral services and the route that a funeral procession with follow through Woodstock this afternoon.

Dean St., in front of Woodstock Assembly of God Church, was shut down, requiring north- and southbound traffic to detour on narrow, snow-covered, side streets. Official Fire Department vehicles were lined up from the church to Hickory Street for the procession that is to follow the funeral service. Among vehicles at the curb were those from Huntley, Orland Park, Kenosha, Evanston, Wheaton, Oak Brook, Oswego, DeKalb, Lisle-Woodridge, as well as numerous unmarked vehicles with emergency lights.