Air Force Plane To Fly Over Romeoville Saturday For Vet's Funeral

ROMEOVILLE, IL — An Air Force plane will fly "extremely low" over Romeoville Saturday for the funeral of a veteran who died in an airplane crash in Pennsylvania, the village announced. The flyover will coincide with the man's funeral at Resurrection Cemetery.

At about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, a KC-10 jet will fly over Romeoville, while 34-year-old Matthew Berszoner is being buried. Berszoner piloted the massive KC-10 plane on refueling missions for 16 years, including in deployments in the Middle East.

Berszoner and a 65-year-old Pennsylvania man died Sept. 18 after a home-built plane they were riding in crashed over the Pocono Mountains, some 90 miles north of Philadelphia, according to local media. A native of the western suburbs, Berszoner was living in Pennsylvania at the time of the incident.

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Berszoner was born in Downers Grove but attended Jonas Salk Elementary and Humphrey Middle School before graduating in 2003 from Bolingbrook High School, according to a remembrance posted by the Village of Bolingbrook. In March, he was hired by United Airlines as a pilot.

"Matt loved all things aviation from an early age, spending time with computer flight simulators and the EAA Young Eagles flight program," the Village of Bolingbrook said in a Facebook post. "Matt was kind, intelligent, dedicated, and multi-talented and had a great sense of humor."

Berszoner will be buried at Resurrection Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday, with the flyover scheduled to start shortly after.

Those wishing to honor Berszoner's memory can make donations to the EAA Young Eagles program, or to a local veterans' program, the village of Bolingbook previously said.