KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The funeral for Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department firefighter/paramedic Graham Hoffman will be held Friday, May 2.
A public visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, 1600 Rte. 291, Liberty, Missouri.
The funeral will begin at 1 p.m., and a procession will follow at 3 p.m.
Hoffman, 29, was killed in the line of duty Sunday.
Many co-workers and close friends have spoken to the "kind, soft-spoken and witty" man he was.
“He knew how to light up a room. He knew how to make everybody laugh and feel welcome,” Jordan Fitch, childhood best friend of Hoffman, told KSHB’s Alyssa Jackson.
In his memory, E2 Embroidery and Screen Printing is selling Station 42 shirts. Proceeds will be given to Hoffman's family.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 8,500 T-shirts had been sold and more than $100,000 had been raised. The deadline to order is May 9.
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