Lance Corporal Rick Centanni will be given a Heroes Welcome, Friday, April 2 at Los Alamitos AFB, at the Joint Forces Training Base. He will arrive at about 1:30 pm and will be escorted back to McAulay & Wallace funeral home in Fullerton. His family has stated the public is welcome for this procession to bring him home.
The funeral arrangements for the services for Lance Corporal Rick Centanni have been confirmed for Tuesday, April 6 at 10 am . The services will be held at St. Martins Catholic Church located at the corner of Yorba Linda Blvd and Fairmont Ave.
The processional will head out of the church parking lot at 19767 Yorba Linda Blvd., go south on Fairmont Boulevard, west on Orangethorpe Avenue, north on Kellogg Drive past Esperanza High School and then back up Kellogg Drive to Yorba Linda Boulevard, passing by the church on its way to the 91 Freeway and Riverside National Cemetery.
Members of the Santa Ana Police Department, where Centanni’s father is a sergeant in charge of investigations, will escort the motorcade.
Boy Scout Troop 732 and 762 will be stand and salute on Yorba Linda Blvd.
The Centanni family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lance Corporal Rick Centanni Memorial Fund at www.rickcentanni.com courtesy of Santa Ana PD. This scholarship will fund scholarships at Esperanza High School in Rick’s name.
The Centanni Family has requested all questions regarding the services or other concerns be directed to Kathy and Mike Shanahan,714-777-5517
I have recieved emails requesting information re: the services for Sgt Major Robert Cottle. I understand the family has requested the service for their family member be a private service.
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Thanks for the info, Loren. I’ll be there with as many Elks as I can muster.