LEOMINSTER (CBS) – The remains of a Leominster Navy captain who was killed overseas returned to Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon. Ross Reynolds, 27, was one of four servicemen who died last month when a plane crashed during a NATO exercise in Norway.
Captain Reynolds’ body arrived at Logan Airport, then a procession escorted it to his hometown of Leominster.
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Residents are asked to line the road to pay their respects beginning on Mechanic Street near Johnny Ro Park.
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The cortege will pass through the city center and then through Fitchburg, where it will end at Anderston’s Funeral Home on Clarendon Street.
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A public vigil will be held Monday at City Hall from 3 to 7 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Cecilia’s Church on Mechanic Street at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The mass will also be broadcast live at the town hall. Interment will take place in a private ceremony at the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery in Winchendon.
