U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez from Indio, certainly one of 13 troopers killed in final month’s bombing in Afghanistan, will commemorate for 3 days beginning Thursday.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Division will maintain a three-day memorial ceremony for Lopez, who died on the age of twenty-two, starting with a procession on Thursday, a public tour on Friday, and a memorial service on Saturday. Lopez was certainly one of 12 troopers who died on August 26 in a suicide assault on an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, through the withdrawal of US troops from the nation.
Thursday’s procession begins at 5:30 p.m. at Forest Garden, 69855 East Ramon Street, Cathedral Metropolis. The procession passes the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station at 73705 Gerald Ford Drive in Palm Desert and ends at St. Francis of Assisi at 47225 Washington Avenue in La Quinta.
The general public viewing on Friday begins at 9 a.m. with a procession of St. Francis of Assisi and leads previous the three colleges that Lopez visited within the valley.
- Amelia Earhart Elementary Faculty, 45250 Dune Palms Street, in Indio
- John Glenn Center Faculty, 79655 Miles Avenue, in Indio.
- La Quinta Excessive Faculty, 79255 Blackhawk Means, in La Quinta.
- The procession then leads again to St. Francis of Assisi, the place a public viewing takes place from 12 midday to 7 pm
The memorial service will happen on Saturday at 11 a.m. on the Palm Springs Conference Middle at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros in Palm Springs. Sheriff officers stated the Oasis Room within the conference heart will probably be open to the general public to observe the ceremony on media screens in an effort to adjust to COVID laws.
The service is streamed stay on the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division YouTube and Fb pages.
A complete of 1,000 residents are admitted and a masks is obligatory.
To conclude the service, a procession will probably be held from the Conference Middle to Riverside Nationwide Cemetery at 22495 Van Buren Blvd. in Riverside, the place Lopez is buried.
Lopez was the son of Riverside County’s Deputy Sheriff Alicia Lopez and the Sheriff’s Captain Herman Lopez. In response to the Riverside Sheriff’s Affiliation, Hunter Lopez was a sheriff’s explorer scout in Riverside County at Palm Desert Station from September 2014 to August 2017 and deliberate to develop into the sheriff’s deputy when he returned from Afghanistan.
“Hunter devoted himself to serving others and perfecting himself to be the perfect explorer and marine doable. Whether or not at work or at dwelling, Hunter sought perfection and sought data and expertise from these he revered and admired,” stated the Riverside County Sheriffs Division stated in a press launch on Friday, “When he was on depart, Hunter loved being with household and mates and sharing his experiences with everybody.
“He lived life to the fullest and was typically the explanation household and mates would lean again to satisfy when he was round.”
The sheriff’s officers suggested residents wishing to attend the processions to remain on the sidewalks and out of the streets for security causes.
