TOWN OF NEWBURGH – Town of Newburgh Police Detective Christopher Michael Thompson was laid to rest on Thursday following a funeral service at the Cronomer Valley Firehouse.
Thompson, who was 35 at the time of his death on August 8, lost his battle with cancer.
Throughout his career, the Middletown native and longtime Minisink resident served in several roles within the department, having served in the patrol division, as a K-9 handler, a firearms instructor, and a team leader on the department’s tactical unit.
Most recently, he was an investigator in the detective bureau.
Thompson was married to Erin DeGraw, his mother, Carol Green of New Hampton, mother-in-law Sharon DeGraw of Newburgh, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Prior to interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, a procession drove past the town police station.
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