Services began Sunday for Chicago Fire Department diver Juan Bucio who died Monday evening while searching for a man who fell in the Chicago River earlier this week.
Bucio was part of the CFD dive team that responded to search for a man who fell off a boat on the Chicago River. Bucio disappeared under the water on Memorial Day and was later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.
Visitation for the 15-year CFD veteran took place Sunday afternoon in the chapel of St. Rita of Cascia High School, 7740 S. Western Ave.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Saturday that the recovered body was 29-year-old Alberto Lopez. He lived in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Lopez’s body was the second recovered from the river on Friday; another man was found in the North Branch near Lincoln Park about 7:30 a.m.
Bucio’s funeral is scheduled to take place noon Monday, at St. Rita. The burial ceremony will follow at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 4101 S. Oak Park Ave., in southwest suburban Stickney.
