MEDIA ADVISORY

Funeral Arrangements for Fire Lt. Kenneth W. Greene Sr.

PHILADELPHIA — Fire Commissioner Adam K. Thiel today announced the funeral arrangements for Lt. Kenneth W. Greene Sr., who died Sept. 14 at Einstein Hospital. Lt. Greene had been transported to the hospital Sept. 3 while on-duty at Engine 37 on the B Platoon. A cause of death has not yet been determined.

Viewing

Friday, Sept. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Deliverance Evangelistic Church

2001 W. Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia

Procession

Saturday, Sept. 30

Departs at 8:30 a.m. from Engine 45 at 26th & York streets

Proceeds north on 26th Street and then east on Lehigh Avenue

Arrives at 8:45 a.m. at Deliverance Evangelistic Church

2001 W. Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia

Viewing

Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Deliverance Evangelistic Church

2001 W. Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia

Service

Saturday, Sept. 30

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Deliverance Evangelistic Church

2001 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia

Interment

Monday, Oct. 2

Oakwood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Media cameras are welcome inside the church only during the first hour of the service on Saturday.

Lt. Greene, 60, a veteran of the United States Army, had served the Department for 23 years on several engine and ladder companies. In 2007, his unit at Ladder 14 received a citation for helping to rescue two people from a house fire in Brewerytown.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Kenneth W. Greene Sr. Scholarship Fund via the Philadelphia Police and Fire Federal Credit Union.

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