Obituaries

An Irish Salute to an All-American Guy

A traditional firefighter funeral tribute brings many to tears.

 

Services for volunteer firefighter Robert "Robbie" Miller featured some traditional and some very personal, touching moments.

Among the honors paid to the 27-year-old first responder was a bagpiper who played as the casket was carried from the fire truck to the grave at Union Hill Cemetery.

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At the conclusion of the graveside service, bagpiper Jerry Flynn of the Chester County Emerald Society Pipe Band played "Amazing Grace" while walking away from the site of the service which creates a musical fade effect.

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