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“a loved member of our police family and someone who was extremely easy to get along with.”

“One of the things that stands out to us about Brian was his ability to always keep his cool and get people who were irate to calm down and talk with him,” Watters recalled. “He loved chatting with people about any subject that came up and would routinely use that gift to help de-escalate situations.

We are going to miss Brian, his humor and the great conversations that we would have over the past couple of years.”

The chief also noted that Lucykanish had “led a life of service with not only the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department and Pemberton Township Police Department, but also with the United States Air Force Reserves,” pointing out that the fallen officer had served as a member of the Air Force Security Forces and was a Combat Arms instructor, instructing his fellow airmen how to be proficient with firearms.

Before joining the Pemberton Township force in 2020, Lucykanish, according to an

Now, that family—including the couple’s four young children—is being extended a helping hand by friends and neighbors, who as of the morning of Feb. 8 had raised nearly $40,000 of a $45,000 goal in donations to a Meal Train benefit organized by Ashley Chiolan of Pemberton, “so that Kirstin does not have to worry about cooking meals and can focus her energy where it is needed most.”

“Thoughts and prayers to the Lucykanish family, from the police wives of Pemberton Twp. PD and all other contributors to this cause,” Chiolan added in her message at the Meal Train site.

Other contributions, according to the obituary, may be sent in lieu of flowers to Kirstin Lucykanish for her children’s future educational needs in care of the funeral home.

Brian Lucykanish, the obituary noted, was a native of Palmerton, Pa., and had lived in Evesham for the past seven years. His service career began after he graduated high school in 2009 when he enlisted in the

U.S. Air Force, served multiple tours with security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, both on active duty through 2014 and then in the active duty reserves. At the time of his death, he was serving as a technical sergeant with the 512th Security Forces Squadron based at Dover Air Force Base.

His determination to “use the skills he learned with the USAF Security Forces for a career in public law enforcement” is what prompted him, according to the obituary, to first join the county sheriff’s department following his active duty service, and then to become a member of the Pemberton Township Department.

Lucykanish was also a member of Team Defenders, a nonprofit whose stated mission is to bring peer support and mental health first aid to veterans and first responders, and which noted in a Facebook message that, “Our hearts go out to his family, friends and fellow Defenders/Officers. May He Never Be Forgotten!”

A Memorial Visitation for family members and friends was scheduled on Saturday morning, Feb. 11, from 10 to 11:45 a.m., with a memorial service at 12 noon to be followed by military honors, at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 4th Street & Lippincott Avenue in Riverton, according to his obituary.

Among the tributes to the patrolman posted on Facebook by friends, relatives and colleagues was one from a Hunterdon County resident, Allie Morgan, who lamented that Lucykanish, a fellow fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, won’t have a chance to see the team play in this month’s Super Bowl.

Saying that she can’t stop thinking about how excited Brian and Kirstin Lucykanish were at the prospect of watching the big game, she commented, “I know Brian would love to be watching the Super Bowl close up from heaven with the best seats in the house, but in my heart I know he will still be in spirit watching and cheering with his family.”

Morgan added that she would “love if this amazing family and hero could get a shoutout from the Eagles organization,” but wasn’t sure “how to go about doing so other than just putting the word out there and hoping it takes flight.”

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(Continued from Page 1) during the litigation, which had resulted in considerable consternation among township officials and residents, by delivering pizza, and soda to the meeting of the Bass River Board of Commissioners (as well as beer to the nearby fire department, whose members he said had requested it) on the evening of Feb. 6 immediately following the completion of the transaction, lending a bit of a celebratory feeling to the session. He also made a particular point of noting that the school had been used as an evacuation center during Superstorm Sandy a decade ago, and that he would like to work with local officials so it would still be available for that purpose even though it is now in private hands.

One attendee then asked Blech “You bought the school? Are you a teacher?” to which Blech replied, “A real-estate guy.” Then, after engaging in what at first appeared to be some good-natured banter with the new owner, the audience member proceeded to use the occasion to query him as to what his plans were for the now-vacant building, facetiously suggesting it be used as a pizzeria before making an implied criticism of Blech by contending that “I try not to buy real estate until I know what I’m going to do with it before I close.”

Blech indicated in responding to the attendee’s questions that he hadn’t really figured out what he would do with the facility and remarked, “Yeah, pizza’s a good thing we can all agree upon.’”

Blech, who for the past several months had failed to return phone messages left by the Pine Barrens Tribune after its initial interview with him, also rather ebulliently answered a call placed to his number by this newspaper immediately following the news of the sale from Williams.

“Let’s take it one step at a time,” the new owner said the moment this reporter began speaking to him. “I think there are some nice things you’re going to hear slowly. Keep your eyes open and your ears perked up, and when you see something good and people are trying to deliver good will, cheer it on and encourage people to look beyond some of their preconceived notions and look