EVERETT — The memorial for corrections officer Jayme Biendl concluded as it had begun Tuesday afternoon, with somber ceremony and palpable sadness.
As was done at the start of the service, an honor guard of pallbearers surrounded Biendl’s casket and lifted the U.S. flag that had draped it for the memorial.
Slowly, they folded it into a meticulous triangle. It was delivered to Biendl’s family with a bowed head.
The presentation of the flag was followed by a ceremonial radio call using Biendl’s identification.
“WSR base to King 271. WSR base to King 271. WSR base to King 271,” the dispatcher called out.
The calls went unanswered.
“Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl out of service. Gone but not forgotten,” the crowd was told.
Biendl’s casket was carried on its lift back down the aisle, as honor guard members escorted out her immediate family.
The motorcade was scheduled to take Biendl’s casket to a nearby funeral home. A private gathering for her family and corrections officers had been scheduled in Marysville.
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