Community To Honor Glen Doherty During Funeral Procession
Winchester residents are encouraged to line the procession route Wednesday to honor Glen Doherty.
The community is asked to support a family who will lay a son and brother to rest Wednesday.
The family of Glen Doherty, 42, will hold a funeral mass in St. Eulalia Church at 50 Ridge St. at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
While the family wants to keep the procession intimate with only family, the community can honor Doherty by lining the streets along the procession route from Costello Funeral Home to the church starting at 10:30 a.m.
Winchester native and former Navy SEAL Doherty was among the four Americans killed while serving U.S. Ambassador of Libya John Christopher Stevens at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Doherty was a 1988 Winchester High School graduate, and his former classmates are encouraging residents to line the procession route to honor "our own American hero".
The procession route is as follows:
- Leave Costello Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m.,
- Travel down Washington Street,
- Continue onto Mount Vernon Street,
- Travel around the rotary and up Church Street,
- Take a short detour onto Glen Road, where Doherty grew up,
- And continue up High Street to St. Eulelia's Church.
Doherty's former classmates said in an online request, "Please join us as we give a great son, brother, friend, and patriot the sendoff he so richly deserves. The Doherty's are most grateful for the support of their hometown."
Family and friends are invited to the visitation today from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. Eulalia Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in Doherty's memory to be made online to the Navy SEAL foundation or the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
Read Doherty's full obituary from Costello Funeral Home.
To learn more about Doherty and reactions from friends and family, check these links:
- Winchester Native Killed in Libya Attack
- Libya Attack Victim's Family Asks for Privacy
- Community Mourns Glen Doherty
- Funeral Set for Glen Doherty
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Bruce
7:20 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Glen Doherty. He is truly an American Hero. He makes me proud to say I'm from Winchester. He died doing a job that he truly loved. May he R.I.P.
Lauren Costello
7:26 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Funeral Procession is for family only. People are encouraged to line the streets in support of Glen and his family.
Services are open to the public: Family and friends are invited to gather in St. Eulalia Church, 50 Ridge St., Winchester, on Tues., Sept. 18 from 3-7PM. Funeral Mass will be held on Wed., Sept. 19 at 11AM in St. Eulalia Church.
At the family's request, in lieu of flowers, donations in Glen's memory may be made to the SEAL foundation http://www.navysealfoundation.org or to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation http://www.specialops.org.
Jocko Conlon
2:14 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I,too am proud to be from Winchester. For the right reason. My sincere condolences to all who loved Glen Doherty.
Sarah Keller Likins
10:25 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Military Friends Foundation, a nonprofit serving MA families of Fallen service members, has donated hand-held American Flags for members of the community to hold along the procession route. Flags can be picked up at the Westside Fire Station at 45 Lockland Street, Winchester. www.militaryfriends.org
Deena Segal
9:38 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I extend my deepest sympathy to the Doherty Family.