A flag flies at half-staff, and a memorial sits in the window of the East Seneca Volunteer Fire Company, where friends, family and fellow firefighters are mourning the loss of Jay Mazurkiewicz, a long-time firefighter and dedicated life member who died at the age of 56 on Wednesday.
Mazurkiewicz passed after complications from infections following a procedure, according to his family. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
“Aside from all of his firefighting, dispatching and emergency services, he was the best family man and dad. His love and care for the people around him was unmatched,” his daughter Allie said in a statement…