Obituaries
Funeral Scheduled for Peekskill Police Officer
A wake has been scheduled for Julian Hermosillo, the off-duty police officer killed during a two-vehicle crash in Orange County, has been scheduled for Thursday in Peekskill. His funeral will take place Friday in El Cajon, Calif.
Editor's Note: The following release was sent by the Peekskill police department earlier today. A story focusing on the other victim in Sunday's fatal crash, Giuseppa Avanzato, 90, of Oneonta, Otsego County, can be found here.
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The City of Peekskill (New York) Police Department regrets to announce the death of Officer Julian Hermosillo, age 29.
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Police Officer Hermosillo was tragically killed in an off duty automobile accident on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 at about 8:45 P.M. on Route 17 near Goshen, N.Y.
Officer Hermosillo joined the Peekskill Police Department on June 2, 2010 after serving as a Police Officer with the Town of Walkill Police Department.
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Julian Hermosillo honorably served in the United States Army from 2001 – 2005 and was a combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
Officer Hermosillo is survived by his mother, Aida Guillen and his sister, Erika Hermosillo both of El Cajon, California.
A wake service will be held for Officer Hermosillo on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, 414 Washington Street, Peekskill, NY (Telephone 914 737-1363).
Officer Hermosillo will be flown to his family in El Cajon, California on Friday, Nov. 16, where a funeral service will be held and his burial will take place at a U.S. National Military Cemetery in San Diego, California.
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