08/08/2014
MPORTANT (via Matt Florian) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This will be a bit wordy, but it’s important to a lot of people on this page.
As you may have seen in the article posted here, the funeral for Asst. Chief Jamie Middlebrook is Monday, 11 August at 11am. From there, the New Carlisle F.D. will be bringing him home to the New Carlisle Cemetery. If there’s anyone in the St. Joseph County area that can make it to New Carlisle around 1pm EST, the community going to come together to line the route from the New Carlisle Fire Dept. building (204 E Michigan St
New Carlisle, IN 46552) to the cemetery on US-20/Michigan St. (802-898 W Michigan St
New Carlisle, IN 46552, across from the CVS). It’s a distance of about one mile that we’d like to have lined with American flags, signs of appreciation to/for Jamie and his family, and anyone from the community who would like to render final respects as Jamie goes home.
The department has requested that if you come from out of town please get there a bit early and park on the side streets and off US-20/Michigan St. There’s a lot of other departments coming in and there will be a lot of apparatus on the main road, so anything we can do to help keep congestion down would be appreciated.
Let’s line the last mile for Jamie, folks. It would mean a lot to Jamie’s wife, his parents, and to the town of New Carlisle. Thanks for your time.