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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T15:46:52.871Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>The private funeral for Michael Altman, the Chicago firefighter killed in a blaze earlier this month, was rescheduled for Tuesday.</p><p>The services, originally planned for last Friday, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03/26/funeral-for-chicago-firefighter-killed-in-rogers-park-blaze-canceled-after-wife-goes-into-labor \" target=\"_blank\" >were canceled after Altman’s wife</a> went into labor Thursday. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03/26/mourners-pay-respects-to-fallen-chicago-firefighter-michael-altman-its-beyond-words\" target=\"_blank\" >Visitation for Altman was still held Thursday</a> afternoon at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave. </p><p>The Altman family will now have invitation-only services at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home and Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, according to the Chicago Fire Department. </p><p>Anyone wishing to support the family Tuesday morning are invited to line the route from 103rd Street and Cicero Avenue to 111th Street to Holy Sepulchre, 6001 W. 111th St.</p><p>Altman <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/16/extra-alarm-blaze-erupts-at-a-rogers-park-building-possibly-injuring-firefighter\" target=\"_blank\" >died while fighting a fire</a> in a Rogers Park apartment March 16. He was among the crew who responded to the blaze in a four-story building in the 1700 block of West North Shore Avenue. He fell through a floor that collapsed.</p>",
  "title": "Private services rescheduled for Chicago firefighter killed in Rogers Park blaze",
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