FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Funeral services were held Wednesday for a Fond du Lac police officer. The community lined the streets to watch the procession for Officer Joseph Kurer.
The procession followed a flyover after Kurer’s funeral.
Officer Kurer, who was 26, died last week of complications of COVID-19. The police department is considering the death to be in the line of duty, with the police chief saying all evidence indicated Kurer contracted COVID-19 on the job.
Kurer is survived by his wife and two children, his parents and a sister.
One of his children was born the night before he died.
