N.O. OFFICER FUNERAL

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, A COMMUNITY GATHERED TO HONOR AND SAY GOOD-BYE TO A BELOVED MEMBER OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY IN NORTH OLMSTED
A VERY SOLEMN GOODBYE FOR A NORTH OLMSTED POLICE OFFICER. FELLOW OFFICERS, LOVED ONES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERING TO HONOR OFFICER TONY SMERK AFTER HE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY EARLIER THIS MONTH. SMERK WAS JUST 38 YEARS OLD AND HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD TWIN DAUGHTERS. YESTERDAY MORNING, A MOTORCADE ESCORTED OFFICER SMERK FROM JENKINS FUNERAL CHAPEL IN WESTLAKE TO CHRIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA STATION, WHERE HIS SERVICE WAS HELD. SMERK JOINED THE NORTH OLMSTED POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST OF 2024.