Thousands to attend slain Ont. policeman's funeral,
from across our country and America.

Officer Styles leaves behind his young wife Melisa, Daughter 2 1/2 years old, and a baby Son, just 9 weeks old...his parents, etc. It's a very somber day today for this family

Please pray for the entire family especially for this young woman left with 2 small children whom are now fatherless!

To see the story on video, click on the link below!

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110705/funeral-const-styles-110715/

May in rest in peace!

Valerie

This is such a tragic situation for all envolved!
A fifteen year old stole a van a week ago, early morning 5 a.m.,plus friends in the vehicle out for a joy ride! He was then pulled over by Officer Styles for traffic violation and tried to flee the scene. Instead he overturned the van and trapped the young officer under it, crushing him to a slow painful death. He winds up with severe injures, which has left him a quadriplegic for life, and the officer dead! The 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the officer's death. He is due in court on Thursday!

I couldn't watch the funeral, just too sad! I watched the last one, where the officer also left small children, and it was a tear jerker.

I saw the clips on the news of over 6,000 Officers attended his funeral, and his wife gave the eulogy.

All I can add, is there is no greater love than to lay your life down for another. Jesus did it for all of us. Officer Style did it for the community he protected. May his reward in Heaven be many, and may he never be forgotten by those he served and protected.

Valerie

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Death of York constable has left wife 'in pieces'

Video of the funeral, as well an article!

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110705/funeral-const-styles-110715/20110705?hub=TorontoNewHome



Date: Tuesday Jul. 5, 2011 8:01 PM ET

The wife of an Ontario police officer who was killed in the line of duty last week said the loss has left her "in pieces," but promised to continue on for the sake of their children.

"We always told each other ‘I love you to bits and pieces,' and that has never been more true," Melissa Styles said in a eulogy on Tuesday. "Right now I am in pieces, but I will put myself back together for our children because I know that is what you would want me to do."

The tearful eulogy came near during a massive memorial service for York Regional Police Const. Garrett Styles in Newmarket, Ont., on Tuesday. Styles died last week after being pinned underneath a minivan he had pulled over.

The 32-year-old officer left behind his wife Melissa and their two young children, 10-week-old son Nolan and 2 1/2-year-old daughter Meredith.

"The greatest gift you ever gave me was our two beautiful children," Melissa said, reading from a letter in front of thousands of friends and colleagues. "Thank you so much for making me a mother and giving me something to hold on to now that you are gone.

"They will be reminded every day how much you loved them. You will be their first thought in the morning and their last thought at night."

Thousands of police officers and emergency workers from across North America gathered to commemorate the life of Const. Styles, remembering him as a dedicated officer and natural leader.

York region Police Chief Eric Jolliffe said Styles had always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps by joining the police department, as evidenced by his childhood wagon emblazoned with the colours of the York police force.

"His peers described Garrett as a thinker, someone who could see things clearly, take action and get the job done," said Jolliffe told the crowd of thousands gathered at the Ray Twinney Complex. "He was consistently at the top of every category of his evaluation.

He was a team player, level-headed in the face of adversity, patient, respected, considerate, committed, and quietly confident."

Jolliffe said Styles' most heroic act was not the day he died, but the day he joined the police force.

Premier Dalton McGuinty, who spoke on request of Styles' family, thanked the officer for his strength of character.

"Garrett Styles was a good officer, a good husband, a good father and a good man," he said. "He was courageous and compassionate. A man who took action and who did the right things for the right reasons."

McGuinty said the responsibility of upholding Styles' memory now rests with the community and all of Ontario.

Styles, who would have celebrated his 33rd birthday on Sunday, was killed on the morning of June 28 after being struck and pinned underneath a minivan during a traffic stop outside of Newmarket.

He leaves behind his wife and two young children, two-year-old Meredith and 10-week-old Nolan.

The 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the officer's death. He is due in court on Thursday.