On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, hundreds gathered to mourn William Tolley, 42, the FDNY firefighter from Bethpage who died on April 20, 2017, after he fell five stories from the roof at a Ridgewood apartment building, where a minor blaze was caused by burning incense left unattended, FDNY officials said. His death remains under investigation, but authorities believe the 14-year FDNY veteran fell after being jolted from a raised fire truck bucket before he could put on a safety harness. The wake continues Wednesday, April 26, 2017, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fredrick J. Chapey & Sons Funeral Home on Hicksville Road. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 27, 2017, at St. Martin of Tours Church in Bethpage.
The wake continues Wednesday for FDNY firefighter William Tolley, who fell to his death last week at a fire in Queens.
Visiting times are from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Chapey & Sons Funeral Home in Bethpage, where Tolley lived.
A steady downpour dampened hundreds of mourners on Tuesday, the first day of the wake, as they rushed to line up in a tent to get into the funeral home…
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