“God put him on this earth so he could do God’s very work. And he did it well and he lived it fully,” said the Rev. Thomas Mulcrone, former chaplain for the Chicago Fire Department, during the eulogy. “There is a time to live and a time to die. We can’t make sense today of the latter. But we can honor Dave, if we abide by the former.”

Funeral services for fallen Chicago Fire Department Cpt. David Meyer will be held Tuesday in suburban Niles. According to officials, Meyer’s services will be held beginning at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, with a procession occurring before the funeral from a Chicago funeral home to the church.