The Chicago Fire Department lieutenant will be remembered for his unwavering commitment to service after he died of a heart attack last Wednesday while battling a fire in a lakefront high-rise in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Firefighters lift the casket into the top of a firetruck following the funeral of Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant/EMT Jan Tchoryk, on April 13, 2023, at St. Joseph Ukrainian Church in Chicago. Tchoryk died, April 5, 2023, as he led a ladder crew in a staircase trying to put out the wind-driven blaze at 1212 N. DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Inside the church, celebrants surrounded the open casket and intoned both sorrowful and hopeful hymns to begin the service, during which family, friends and peers paid tribute to Tchoryk with emotional speeches. Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson also was in attendance.“His smile was infectious to all around him,” said Laryssa Osyka, Tchoryk’s niece and goddaughter. “Jan was many things. ... To many, he was also a comedian. And boy, was he a good one.
“When we take an oath as firefighters, we take an oath to put others first,” Kelly said. “That sacrifice is the cornerstone of what we do ... The same oath that Jan and Jermaine lived day in and day out distinguished them as men who lived for others.”Firefighter Jermaine Pelt, 49, died April 4 “I learned he was a good son, husband, father, stepfather and brother of the Chicago Fire Department,” McFarlane said. “It was easy to see that his life was all about service.”McFarlane said that when he got to Tchoryk’s hospital room last week, he found another firefighter sitting on the floor, “crushed and exhausted.” When a fire chief told him he could take a break, the firefighter looked up and said: “I’m not going anywhere until Jan’s wife gets here.
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