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The family of Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts follows his casket Thursday during the conclusion of his celebration of life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Maine Warden Service Honor guard members Joseph Bailey, right, and Justin Fowlie prepare to fold the flag that draped the casket of Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts on Thursday during a celebration of his life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The flag was presented to Tibbetts’ mother, Barb Tibbetts. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Barb Tibbetts, mother of Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts, is presented the flag from her son’s casket by Col. Dan Scott of the Maine Warden Service on Thursday during a celebration of life and career for the pilot at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Doug Tibbetts, father of Joshua, is at left and other family members are at right. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
The family Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts follows his casket Thursday during the conclusion of his celebration of life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Honor Guard members prepare to place the casket of Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts into a hearse Thursday during Tibbetts’ celebration of life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Family members of Tibbetts are shown at the left among several hundred uniformed officials attending the event. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Raymond Heath, father-in-law of Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts, shares memories of Tibbetts on Thursday during the conclusion of his celebration of life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Uniformed officers hold flags as they await the arrival of a hearse carrying Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts on Thursday during a celebration of his life and career at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
A flyover involving aircraft from Maine Forest Service, LifeFlight of Maine, Maine State Police and Maine Marine Patrol, fly above the Cross Insurance Center on Thursday during Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts’ celebration of life and career in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Honor Guard members carry the casket containing Game Warden Pilot Joshua Tibbetts on Thursday after the procession arrived at the start of Tibbetts’ celebration of life and career at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)

Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...

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