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MONCTON, N.B. — Hundreds of RCMP officers in red serge filed sombrely into a New Brunswick church to pay tribute to a Mountie killed last week when he stopped to help stranded motorists change a flat tire.
The regimental funeral for Const. Frank Deschenes of the Nova Scotia RCMP filled St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Moncton, which seats 800, and a large crowd gathered along the tree-lined street outside to pay their respects to the young officer.
Savannah Bennett, Deschenes’ wife, bowed her head as she placed a rose on the coffin, draped in a Canadian flag.
A heart-wrenching eulogy was delivered by Deschenes’ friend, Dave Connors, who described the 35-year-old’s excitement at getting married to the “woman of his dreams” this summer.