A hearse carrying the body of Firefighter Christopher Roy paused momentarily Monday as it passed by the Webster Square fire station where the fallen firefighter had been on duty Sunday when he was dispatched to a burning building on Lowell Street.
A procession of fire and police vehicles accompanied the hearse to Boston in the morning and for the return trip to Worcester at mid-afternoon after his body was examined at the chief medical examiner’s office. As the procession traveled along the Massachusetts Turnpike, firefighters and police officers from Boston, Wellesley and other communities saluted from overpasses.
Firefighter Roy was later transported to Alfred Roy & Sons Funeral Home. The procession carrying the firefighter’s body ended at the Hammond Street funeral home with Worcester firefighters and police officers giving a solemn salute toward the casket as it was removed from the hearse. Calling hours will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church, 44 Temple St., from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday.