Funeral services for fallen Chicago firefighters Lt Jan Tchoryk and Jermaine Pelt are set to take place today through Friday.
A visitation for Pelt will be held Thursday at the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn from 3-8 p.m. on Thursday (tomorrow). His funeral will occur Friday at 11 a.m. at the House of Hope Church in Chicago.
Pelt was on the hose line fighting a predawn house fire in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Southside on April 4. After a mayday was called, the veteran firefighter was found by his hose line and immediately transported to the hospital, where he passed away, according to a U.S. Fire Administration report.
Pelt’s cause of death was carbon monoxide toxicity from the inhalation of smoke and soot. He was 49.
Tchoryk died battling a fire in a Gold Coast high-rise building on April 5. An autopsy released by the Cook County Medical Examiner determined that he suffered a heart attack. Tchoryk was 55.
A wake for Tchoryk will occur today at Cumberland Chapels in Norridge from 3-9 p.m. His funeral service will be held on Thursday (tomorrow) at St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago at 10 a.m.
