Parade will cap memorial for volunteer firefighter

3/15/2008 9:00:38 AM

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ORONOCO -- Services for Oronoco Volunteer Firefighter Drew Hewitt have been finalized.

A memorial program will begin at 4:30 p.m. March 28 at the Oronoco Fire Hall and will include a celebration of his life at 5:30 p.m. and a parade at 6:30 p.m. The parade route will include a portion of Olmsted County Road 12, Lake Shady Avenue, 100th Street Northwest and Minnesota Avenue in Oronoco. A reception at the fire hall will follow the parade.

Hewitt, 24, died March 3, of cancer. He was a 2001 graduate of Rochester Century High School and attended college at North Dakota State University. He had been a sales estimator for Halcon Corp., was a swim instructor and lifeguard at the Rochester Area Family Y and was a member of the Oronoco Volunteer Firefighters and First Responders.

He is survived by his mother, Jamey Shandley of Rochester, and grandmothers, Julie Shandley and June Hewitt, both of Tucson, Ariz.

Memorials may be made to the Oronoco Firefighters and First Responders.

Macken Funeral Home of Rochester is assisting with arrangements.