ERMA- A funeral service and viewing will be held Tuesday Sept. 29 for Lower Township Police Dispatcher Alan Christie.
“Big Al” served the department for 25 years and always looked out for the interest of patrol officers on the street, according to Chief Edward P. Donohue.
Christie was a past member of Townbank Volunteer Fire Department and a founding member of the County Communications Van Response Team.. He collapsed while working in the police communications center several weeks ago and passed away on Sept. 22.
An emergency services personnel, police, fire and rescue pass in review will be conducted in Christie’s honor at 10:45 a.m. Sept. 29 at the Church of the Nazarene, 446 Seashore Road in Erma. All police, fire and rescue personnel who wish to participate are asked to gather in the church parking lot at 10:30 a.m.
Christie had no immediate family, however, he considered the emergency services personnel of the township and county as his extended family.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. followed by a procession of emergency vehicles with Christie’s ashes to the west end jetty adjacent to the ferry terminal in David Douglass Park.
For further information, contact Capt. Brian Marker: (609) 886-1619, ext. 114.
