Funeral Arrangements Announced For Kingston Firefighter Shennard

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The township announced funeral arrangements for firefighter Dennis Shennard who died Saturday while working at a drill with the fire department at the Middlesex County Fire Academy.

The viewing on Wednesday from 6 to 9 pm will be restricted to family and friends for the first hour. Fire Service tributes will begin at 7 p.m. Due to limited parking, Fire Departments are directed to go to the South Brunswick High School, 750 Ridge Road Monmouth Junction. Visitors can utilize the Ridge Road entrance. Shuttle buses are being provided between the school and funeral home.

The funeral service will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m., after which there will be a motorcade procession of Fire Apparatus including Kingston and our Mutual Aid Fire Companies. The motorcade will travel from the funeral home along New Road, Route 522, Promenade Boulevard, Route 27 to Kingston and then will travel to the cemetery. The motorcade procession will enter Kingston between 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The public may pay their respects to Shennard along the route in the Kingston Community. Parking may be available at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street or the Methodist Church on Church Street.

The route of the motorcade will enter the Kingston community by traveling south on Route 27, turning left onto Academy Street, and then turn left onto Euclid Avenue where Aerial trucks from Princeton and Franklin Park Fire Companies will present an Honor Guard with an American Flag draped between their extended buckets.

The motorcade will then proceed onto Heathcote Road and past the Kingston firehouse where a Honor Guard of Firefighters from Kingston along with other Firefighters from across New Jersey and neighboring states. The motorcade will then cross Route 27 onto Laurel Avenue and proceed to the cemetery.

Born in Trenton, Shennard was a longtime resident of Kingston and joined the volunteer fire company in 1969. "Dennis was a dedicated firefighter who we always counted on whether it was responding to calls or assisting around the station," said Kingston Fire Chief John Luck.