CENTERVILLE
– Center of the Village of Saugerties was shut down to traffic at
mid-day Monday as hundreds and hundreds of firefighters from across the
region paid their respects to Mt. Marion Firefighter Capt. Jack Rose.
The 19-year-old volunteer fireman collapsed and died while fighting a
fire on Saturday, December 19.
Firefighters line up outside the church prior to Rose’s funeral
service
Rose had been a firefighter for
three years and was recently promoted to captain.
During the funeral service at St. John Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
in Centerville, the young man was eulogized as someone who dedicated himself
to his family, the fire department, friends, his studies and the community.
The 2014 graduate of John A. Coleman High School in Kingston was buried
at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Barclay Heights.
Rose is survived by his parents, Gary and Linda Rose, his brother, Matthew,
and sister-in-law, Jessica Rose, of Saugerties, niece, aunts, uncles and
cousins.
