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stouffville thursdayaug92007 serving the community of whrtchurchstouffville 9 24 pageshncluding gst 1 cost can be hfghifyoutryto cheat tolls on kwy407 opinion 6 our town 8 calendar 13 classified 16 staff photosjoerd witteveen york regional police chief armand la barge comforts sonja plunkett wife of slain detconst robert plunkett outside funeral services at ray twinney recreation complex yesterday officer remembered for passion tragic killing is a familys worst nightmare says wife of toronto police officer by chris traber staff writer they came to mourn a col league bid farewell to a friend and pay respect to a brother most shed tears for a stranger who became a hero but as many as 6000 police officers from across the country jammed ray twinney recreation complex in newmarket a few hundred civilians gathered outside the funeral for slain york regional police detconst robert plunkett keswick resident pat williams and daughter kerri 14 arrived two hours before detconst plunketts canadian flagdraped casket was brought by a hearse at 11 am escorted by nine motorcycle offi cers ms williams children attended st thomas aquinas catholic ele mentary school in keswick with the plunketts three children her husband michael a toronto police officer was inside the complex as part of the honour guard were here out of respect for the family she said being a police wife myself i cant imagine what sonja plunkett and the children are going through its a familys worst nightmare when i first heard about what happened i couldnt believe it that couldnt happen to someone like him he was such a beautiful per son kerri fondly recalled detconst plunketts career day visits he came in and talked to us about police work the youngster see mourners page 3 at attention whitegloved officers stand at ease during yesterdays funeral tributes tears flow at funeral byjoefantauzzi staff writer friends and family of a man known as chum said their final goodbyes in newmarket yester day the floor of a newmarket hockey arena was transformed into a sea of blue as thousands of police officers from across the country gathered to pay their respects to fallen york regional police detconst robert plun kett the funeral was also attended by many dignitaries including lieut gov james bartleman premier dalton mcguinty and a number of local politicians inside the ray twinney recreation complex officers exchanged hugs amid the rising pitch of a police choir as pictures of detconst see family page 3 specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandrforddrunit5 9056422886 1877410auto www4103utoca rartfaau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646