Private Service Planned Tuesday For Fallen CFD, Supporters Asked To Line Route To Cemetery

CHICAGO—The family of Chicago Firefighter/EMT Michael “Mickey” Altman, will hold invitation-only services Tuesday at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. The fourth-generation firefighter was killed fighting an arson fire March 16 in Rogers Park.

Altman’s funeral mass at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel was postponed last week when his wife, Nora, went into labor on Thursday, the day of her husband’s visitation, giving birth to a baby girl, Evelyn Rose. The couple were also parents to a toddler son, Theodore.

While the visitation and solemn walk-through at St. Rita went on as planned that evening, the firefighter’s body was escorted back to Blake-Lamb.

Supporters are asked to line the route from 103rd Street and Cicero Avenue to 111th Street to Holy Sepulchre, 6001 W. 111th St., Alsip.

UPDATED: Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., 111th Street from Central Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue will be closed, per Chicago Ridge police. Traffic plans will be updated when more information becomes available. Motorists should anticipate rolling street closures.