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Hero fire chief laid to rest

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THE PRESIDENT’S DESK. HE WAS A FIRE CHIEF, BUS DRIR,VE AND A HE.RO KEN CAVANAUGH WAS LAID TO REST TODA WE WENT TO WOODWARD AND LEARNED ABOUT HIS LIFE OF SERVICE. >> HE WAS A MAN WHOOV LED HIS COMMUNITY AND SERVED HIS COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNYIT SERVED — SHOWED UP TO HONOR HIS LIFE. COWORKSER AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PAY TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO HAD GIVEN HIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH. HE WAS THE FIRE CHIEF IN WOODWARD AND DROVE A SCHOOL BUS ON THE SIDE. LAST MONTH, HE HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WITH KIDS ON THE BUS BUT HE MANAGED TO PULL OFF INTO A BEAN FIELD TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE. A LONG LINE -A – FRIEND OF KEN VACANAUGH HAD THIS TO SAY. >> HE WAS MORE CONCEEDRN ABOUT THEM THAN HE WAS HIMSELF. THAT IS THE WAY HE LIVED HIS LIFE. HE CARED MORE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAN HIMSELF. >> THIS SERVICE AT THE WOODWARD GRANGEHIR GH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTED THE SAME SELFISHNESS. THEY SPOKE OF HIS DEVOTION TO OTHERS. >> HE WAS INTENSELY DEVOTED TO HIS COMMUNITY HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND WAS IN MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. ALWAYS WILLING TO STEP UP OR LEND A HAND. HIS DEDICATION WAS RIVALED ONLY BY HIS DEDATICION TO HIS FAMILY. >> HE DIED OF A HETAR ATTACK, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER HE SAVED THE. STUDENTSN OTHE SCHOOL BUS. — AFTER HE SAVED THE STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL BUS. >> HE LOVED HIS FAMILY DEARLY. THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER KEN CAVANAUGH.

‘He dedicated his life to public service’: Hero fire chief laid to rest

Family, friends and community members gathered Saturday to honor Ken Cavanaugh, a fire chief for Woodward and Bouton and a school bus driver.The community pillar became a hero last month while suffering a medical emergency driving a Woodward-Granger school bus.He managed to pull off the highway into a soybean field, and all the kids exited safely. “He was thinking of those kids on that bus even in his time of peril,” said Jeff Taylor, a longtime friend. “He was more concerned about them than he was himself. And that’s the way he lived his life. He cared more about other people than he did himself.”Similar stories were shared at the funeral, which was held at the Woodward-Granger High School.”He dedicated his life to public service,” said Pastor Sue Woods. “He was dedicated to his fire department. Absolutely dedicated to his family. He was just a dedicated man, and he was dedicated to his community.”Cavanaugh died Nov. 1 of a heart attack. He was 64.”Loved his community. Loved his family dearly. There will not ever be another Kenny Cavanaugh,” Taylor said.

WOODWARD, Iowa —

Family, friends and community members gathered Saturday to honor Ken Cavanaugh, a fire chief for Woodward and Bouton and a school bus driver.

The community pillar became a hero last month while suffering a medical emergency driving a Woodward-Granger school bus.

He managed to pull off the highway into a soybean field, and all the kids exited safely.

“He was thinking of those kids on that bus even in his time of peril,” said Jeff Taylor, a longtime friend. “He was more concerned about them than he was himself. And that’s the way he lived his life. He cared more about other people than he did himself.”

Similar stories were shared at the funeral, which was held at the Woodward-Granger High School.

“He dedicated his life to public service,” said Pastor Sue Woods. “He was dedicated to his fire department. Absolutely dedicated to his family. He was just a dedicated man, and he was dedicated to his community.”

Cavanaugh died Nov. 1 of a heart attack. He was 64.

“Loved his community. Loved his family dearly. There will not ever be another Kenny Cavanaugh,” Taylor said.