Funeral Set for NE Captain

June 29, 2016
Dakota City Capt. Eric Speck, 38, suffered a heart attack after an EMS call.

Funeral services will be held Friday for a Neb. fire captain who suffered a heart attack after a call.

Dakota City Capt. Eric Speck, 38, started feeling ill after responding to a medical call on June 23, and went to the hospital. It was determined he had suffered a heart attack.

He died four days later.

Visitation will be held from 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Dakota City Fire Station on Myrtle Street.

The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the fire station.

Burial will be at the Dakota City Cemetery.

Personnel will meet between 8-8:30 at the cemetery, and walk to the fire station. 

Last April, a colleague of Speck's, Capt. Andrew Zalme, 42, suffered a fatal heart attack at a crash scene.

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