A memorial service will be held on Wednesday evening for a Wethersfield firefighter who died on Oct. 22, 2024, while battling the massive Hawthorne fire, a brush fire in Berlin and Meriden, last year.

Robert "Sharky" Sharkevich Sr., 66, was a Wethersfield volunteer firefighter and he was helping fight the Hawthorne fire when the utility task vehicle he was riding in rolled over on a trail. He died and three other firefighters in the vehicle were injured and taken to the hospital.

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Sharkevich spent 25 years at the Hartford Fire Department and 22 years at the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department.

He also worked for the Wethersfield Public School District as a maintainer and carpenter.

A memorial service will be he

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