MCF - Oak Park Heights honors fallen officer one year later
Joseph Parise died Sept. Sept. 24, 2018 while on duty at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights. Parise, 37, left behind a wife, Andrea Parise, and two children.
Oak Park Heights correctional officers, staff and community celebrated his life on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
(Photos by Kim Schneider)
Officer Scott Roemer, Linda Parise, Joe Parise (behind), Andrea Parise and Officer Mike Zacharias unveiled the Joseph Parise memorial bench and obelisk at MCF - Oak Park Heights on Tuesday, Sept. 24. (Photos by Kim Schneider)
Andrea Parise, Joseph's wife, hugged Michelle Smith, former MCF - Oak Park Heights warden, at the celebration of life ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 24. Joseph's parents, Joe and Linda Parise, pictured behind, put flowers in a memorial badge. (Photos by Kim Schneider)
Washington County Commissioner Gary Kriesel presented an Adopt a Highway road dedication to the friends and family of Officer Joseph Parise at his celebration of life ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 24. The dedication covers 1.5 miles of County Highway 24, also known as Osgood Avenue, which runs in front of MCF - Oak Park Heights. (Photos by Kim Schneider)
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