Ian Church had only lived 41 years by the time he died. His wife, Brittany, believes he spent every second of it in service to others.
“If I had to give one adjective to Ian Church, it would be loyalty,” said Brittany Church, Ian Church’s wife, “He would have ran through a fire to protect anyone, and he just loved the city and wanted to make sure that it was safe.”
Running through fires wasn’t just part of Church’s character, but his calling. He spent three and a half years as an engineer with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, after serving both with Clay County Fire Rescue and the U.S. Marine Corps. Action News Jax told you last August when JFRD shared that Church had died after a long-fought battle with cancer…