{"id":235509,"date":"2026-07-04T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:17:07","slug":"how-you-can-support-the-family-of-pennsylvania-state-trooper-michael-pahira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235509\/","title":{"rendered":"How you can support the family of Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Funeral services for Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira, <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts-man-drove-onto-shoulder-before-pinning-state-trooper-under-semi-affidavit-pa-pennsylvania-state-police-trooper-death-fatal-crash-homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who was killed in the line of duty in a crash this week<\/a>, will be held next Wednesday at his alma mater in Ashland, Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n<p>Public visitation will be held from 8-10 a.m. at the North Schuylkill High School auditorium. His funeral service will be held from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in the same location. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/the-very-best-of-us-officials-community-react-to-death-of-pennsylvania-state-trooper-schuylkill-county-pa-i81-crash-safety-traffic-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;He makes you feel comfortable:&#8217; fallen trooper remembered in Schuylkill County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First responders and community members are asked to line Centre Street in Ashland while the funeral procession travels to the cemetary.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services will be private and reserved for Pahira&#8217;s family, close friends and members of the Pennsylvania State Police. <\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, <a href=\"https:\/\/helpahero.com\/campaign\/support-the-family-of-tpr-michael-e-pahira-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pahira&#8217;s family is accepting memorial contributions<\/a> that will go toward a wrestling scholarship in his name. Pahira was a standout wrestler at North Schuylkill High School and at East Stroudsburg University. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/the-very-best-of-us-officials-community-react-to-death-of-pennsylvania-state-trooper-schuylkill-county-pa-i81-crash-safety-traffic-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;The very best of us&#8217;: Officials, community react to death of Pennsylvania state trooper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/helpahero.com\/campaign\/support-the-family-of-tpr-michael-e-pahira-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here <\/a>to donate to Pahira&#8217;s family. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>More details on the funeral service can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasmsullivanfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/michael-pahira-jr?fbclid=IwY2xjawS2ADFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFkTzFPUW1FQnpJN2tqWlA4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkh5gtaMsa7VimJXewoHbx7Lh0m8B3ZlaureguLnlKb1NlZaT1BlFWnJAQfz_aem_5anWwgo9YF_x8eqCiOMVgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Funeral services for Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira, who was killed in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-235509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}