There will be a memorial service for Custer County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Andrew Fernandez on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 2 p.m. The service will be held in the East Gym at Custer County School.
Prior to the memorial service, there will be a procession of emergency vehicles that will escort his family to the school.
The Custer County Sheriff’s office gave this information on the motorcade:
A procession of emergency vehicles from across the state will escort the family and friends of Paramedic Andrew Fernandez with flashing lights from Fremont County to Custer County Schools. The procession is expected to travel through the town of Florence at approximately 11:20 AM. Then through the town of Wetmore around 11:40 AM. The procession will arrive in Silver Cliff around 12:30 then end at the High School Gym in Westcliffe. People who wish to, can observe the procession as it passes by. Several medical helicopters will also be landing at the High School. Paramedic Fernandez had previously served as a flight paramedic.
There is still time to donate to his family using this link
https://gofund.me/4a53781d or by dropping a check off at Kirkpatrick Bank in Westcliffe. All funds raised will go directly to his wife, Justine.
Chris Wayne Nordyke was born in Cañon City on February 12, 1961, to Barbara Maxine Babb-Nordyke and Arthur Lee Nordyke. Chris spent the early years of his life in Cañon City with his parents and brothers, Kurt and Kyle. At the age of 6, Chris made the decision to devote his life to follow Jesus and make Him the Lord and Savior of his life. The Nordyke family moved to Westcliffe while Chris was in high school where he graduated in 1979.
He formed Construction Solutions of Colorado in 2011 and worked tirelessly as general contractor. During that time, he built a great love for building custom homes, meeting and working with clients, many of whom became his dear friends.
We are blessed to have an extremely qualified career prosecutor running for the office of District Attorney in Colorado’s 11th Judicial District this November, Jeff Lindsey. Not only has Jeff had extensive prosecutorial experience in various venues, he is a local, having graduated from Florence High School and currently residing in Cañon City.
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