U.S. Park Police Sgt. Michael Boehm's Funeral in Burke

U.S. Park Police Sgt. Michael Boehm, who died on duty Friday, Dec. 16, will be buried with full honors Dec. 28 at .

According to the U.S. Park Police Blog, the public viewing will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at in Burke. 

The funeral Mass will be held at Church of the Nativity on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 10 a.m. 

The U.S. Park Police expect substantial impact on traffic as law enforcement personnel arrive for the morning service.  "Commuters for the morning rush hour may be affected and should consider work around routes," said the blog post.

Immediately following the funeral Mass, at about 11:30 a.m., a procession will be held from the church to U.S. Park Police Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and then to , where Sgt. Boehm will be buried.

Partnering law enforcement agencies and departments of transportation will assist with rolling road closures for the procession.  The Park Police advise motorists to consider alternate routes.  The route of the procession is:

• Exit the church making right turn on Old Keene Mill Rd
• Left on Fairfax County Parkway
• Left on ramp to I 395 north HOV
• Left on exit ramp to Washington Blvd/VA Rt 27
• Washington Blvd/VA Rt 27 to Memorial Bridge
• Across Memorial Bridge into Washington, DC at the Lincoln Memorial
• South on 23rd Street on the south side of the Lincoln Memorial
• Left turn eastbound Independence Avenue to Maine Ave
• Maine Ave to East Basin Dr heading towards the Jefferson Memorial
• South on Ohio Dr towards Hains Point
• Right turn west onto Buckeye Dr and past US Park Police Headquarters
• Right turn onto Ohio Dr along Potomac River, across Inlet Bridge, through West Potomac Park heading back towards the Lincoln Memorial
• Left onto Ohio Drive/Rock Creek Parkway behind Lincoln Memorial to make ramp back onto Memorial Bridge returning into Virginia
• Memorial Bridge to south on George Washington Parkway to south VA Rt 27 to I 395 south HOV
• South on I 395 HOV to Fairfax County Parkway
• Left exit onto Fairfax County Parkway making right onto FFX Parkway itself
• Right on Braddock Road
• Left on Burke Station Road
• Right turn into cemetery

Sgt. Boehm, a 19-year veteran with the U.S. Park Police, of a critically injured person near Key Bridge when he collapsed on the C&O Canal.  He was transported to Georgetown University Hospital, where he died a short time later.

He is survived by his wife, Corrina, and son, Christopher.