Fallen firefighter Hummert remembered
Date: 7/25/2008 Album ID: 563267
Photos by Erik M. Lunsford, Christian Gooden, Teresa Prince and Robert Cohen
Friends and family of Ryan Hummert filled Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood to say goodbye to the fallen firefighter at a funeral mass. The funeral was followed by a procession to Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Affton. Hummert was killed in the line of duty while responding to a vehicle fire on Monday.
Hundreds of mourners fill the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood to say goodbye to fallen firefighter Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass.
Erik M. Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Friends and family gather to mourn Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood.  Erik Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Friends and family gather to mourn Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood.  Erik Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Friends and family gather to mourn Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood.  Erik Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Friends and family gather to mourn Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood.  Erik Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Fellow firefighters who worked with Ryan Hummert say their own goodbyes at a funeral mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood. 
Erik M. Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Missouri State Fire Marshal Randy L. Cole presents the family of Ryan Hummert a posthumous award of the Medal of Valor as hundreds of mourners fill the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood to say goodbye to fallen firefighter Ryan Hummert.
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A pallbearer attends to the casket of Ryan Hummert as hundreds of mourners fill the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maplewood to say goodbye to fallen firefighter Ryan Hummert at a funeral mass.
Erik M. Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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Caroline Buckley, 8, observes the makeshift memorial of flowers at the base of the flag pole outside the Maplewood City Hall before the funeral procession for Ryan Hummert.  
Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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Firefighters salute the funeral procession for Ryan Hummert.  A large procession of emergency and civilian vehicles west on Manchester honored the memory of Ryan Hummert after his funeral.
Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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Everybody is asking the question, why? said Sherry Etchson a Maplewood resident. She watched the funeral procession of Ryan Hummert after his funeral.  
Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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EMT and city firefighter Galen Taylor and his daughter Isabella, 1, watch the funeral procession for Ryan Hummert along Manchester avenue.  
Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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A firefighter stands at attention alongside the funeral procession for Ryan Hummert as it passes the Maplewood City Hall. 
Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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A Maplewood pumper leaves Jay B. Smith Funeral Home on Manchester, carrying the casket firefighter/paramedic Ryan Hummert, beginning the procession to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church for Hummert's funeral.
Robert Cohen | Post-Dispatch
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Edna Stevens waves a flag to the funeral procession for Ryan Hummert. Stevens lives in University City but came to the funeral procession because, I felt for him and the family and even for the person who did it.  Teresa Prince | Post-Dispatch
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The sea of blue, made up of hundreds of firefighters, makes its way through Sunset Memorial Cemetery to the burial site of fallen firefighter Ryan Hummert. Christian Gooden | Post-Dispatch
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Fellow firefighters carry the casket of Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert to the burial site at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Christian Gooden | Post-Dispatch
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Andrew and Jackie Hummert mourn at the funeral of their son, fallen Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert, at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Affton. Christian Gooden | Post-Dispatch
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Andy and Jackie Hummert join their daughter Ashley as they listen to the 'last alarm' for Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert at his burial at Sunset Memorial Cemetery.  The 'last alarm', a ceremonial final call for fallen firefighters, was broadcast over firefighters' radios.Robert Cohen | Post-Dispatch
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