BOSTON (AP) – A funeral Mass was held in Florida on Friday for a deputy sheriff killed last weekend by a wrong way driver.
Deputy Sheriff John Kotfila, Jr. grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Westfield State University. His father, Sgt. John Kotfila Sr., is a member of the Massachusetts State Police and his brother Michael is an officer of the Falmouth Police Department.
Kotfila was 30-years-old and a 6 year veteran of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. A wake and funeral Mass will be held in Massachusetts.
The wake will be held at the Chapman Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 475 Main St., Falmouth tomorrow from 4-8 p.m. A law enforcement walk-by will begin at 5 p.m.
The funeral Mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 511 Main St., Falmouth, on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Interment will follow at St Joseph’s Cemetery on Gifford Street in Falmouth.
