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The "Ladder of Light" sculpture, created by local artist Paul Kuhn, served as a new focal point of the Naperville Fire Department's annual fallen firefighter memorial ceremony Thursday night.
Naperville memorial service to honor fallen firefighters Updated 5/24/2021 4:35 PM The Naperville Fire Department will honor fallen firefighters Thursday night with a memorial service at the city's new "Ladder of Light" sculpture. The ceremony is scheduled for 8 p.m. at 1072 W. Jefferson Ave. in remembrance of the four members of the fire department who died in the line of duty: Lt. Richard Rechenmacher, engineer Jerry Herring and firefighter Bernard Petrowski were killed in a fire truck crash 50 years ago, and Lt. G.S. Winckler died during a training exercise several years later...