Michael Feeney, 10, Honorary Police Chief

Services are scheduled this week for Michael Feeney, a 10-year-old Ridgewood resident who passed away Friday. He had become an inspiration to many during his four-year battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma.

A fifth grader at Hawes Elementary School, Feeney earlier this year spent a day as honorary chief of the Ridgewood Police and helped inspire the department's youth ambassador program.

“Michael demonstrated the traits of a true leader, inspiring others with his courage, his compassion for others and his desire to make a positive difference for his community and for young people,” the police department wrote Sunday.

Feeney is survived by parents Jack and Jill, and sister Cassie, according to an obituary.

Visitation is scheduled for Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood, with a funeral mass to be held Tuesday at 10 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Go 4 the Goal, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Sarcomas.