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Wetzen funeral procession planned at 2 p.m. Friday, May 1

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Burial for Thomas “Coach” Wetzen who entered into rest Saturday, April 25, will take place on Friday, May 1, 2020 with a Funeral Procession leaving Ross Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. heading through town, past Wetzen Field and ending at St. Teresa’s Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to the Veteran’s Association. Condolences and memories began flooding social media as news of the death, of retired Akron Central School Physical Education teacher, Athletic Director, and Coach Thomas Wetzen, on Saturday, April 25, 2020 began

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Thomas “Coach” Wetzen

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Thomas Wetzen by Marilyn J. Kasperek Condolences and memories began flooding social media as news of the death, of retired Akron Central School Physical Education teacher, Athletic Director, and Coach Thomas Wetzen, on Saturday, April 25, 2020 began to spread. Wetzen, 92, who entered into rest at Buffalo VA Medical Center, contracted Covid-19 while in a nursing home and had been hospitalized for about 2 weeks. Town of Newstead Supervisor David Cummings closed Monday’s Newstead Town Board meeting in memory of Wetzen, who he remembered as a teacher and coach and as a friend with whom he played golf and

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