Hundreds of firefighters and community members gathered at Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria on Thursday morning to say a final goodbye to Daisy Mountain fire captain Wade Barter.
Barter was accidentally killed while on a hunting trip in Colorado earlier this month. Firefighters came from all over the Valley to pay their respects. Barter was a Navy veteran and had worked at the Daisy Mountain Fire Department for 17 years.
In his time there he wore many hats. Serving as a firefighter, engineer, captain, terrorist liaison officer, Hazmat coordinator, and the president of the Daisy Mountain firefighter charities as well, but friends said his favorite titles were that of "father" and "husband."