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Memorials scheduled for Kuss

The schedule for Capt. Jeff Kuss' services has been established:

Thursday

Memorial service: 11 a.m. CDT at the Naval Air Station Pensacola Chapel. "It will be a full-on military ceremony, with military honors and a military chaplain," Kuss' mother, Janet Kuss, said. "Jeff was a detail guy, and he would have wanted all the details." A candlelight vigil is planned for 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola.

Friday

Return to Durango: No. 6 will fly Kuss' body home to the Durango-La Plata County Airport. The family prefers a private return, his mother said.

Saturday

Motorcade: Beginning at 11 a.m. on 32nd Street, a motorcade will drive along Main Avenue south to College Drive. It will run west on College to Camino del Rio, where it will turn right and proceed to the 9th Street Bridge, where it will turn left and go to Greenmount Cemetery. Residents are encouraged to line the motorcade route. Road closures and traffic delays are likely, but the Durango Police Department is working out the details on managing the 4-mile route, Lt. Ray Shupe said.

Graveside service: The service - and the cemetery - will be closed to the public, but residents may hear the 21-gun salute. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, the famous Checkerboards and Kuss' unit before the Blue Angels, will fly over in the Missing Man formation. The Rim at Fort Lewis College will be one good viewing point for the flyover.

Reception: 2-4 p.m. at the Student Union at Fort Lewis College. The family will receive friends. "I want to greet the public and give a handshake or a hug to everyone," Janet Kuss said, "to help the community heal."