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Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34 Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34
Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34 A funeral Mass was scheduled in Ridgewood this Thursday for former Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Emerson, who died suddenly this past weekend.  Visiting hours are from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vander Platt-Caggiano Funeral Home at 13-31 Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn, (201) 797-3500. Thursday's 10 a.m. funeral will be at Our Lady of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Ridgewood. Burial will follow in George Washington Cemetery in Paramus. "If someone asked 100 different people to describe you," good friend Ryan Ward wrote in tribute, "I can guarantee somewhere in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Big-Hearted Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Dies Suddenly Big-Hearted Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Dies Suddenly
Big-Hearted Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Dies Suddenly “A big man with an even bigger heart” is how a colleague described former Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Emerson, who died suddenly this weekend. Emerson, 34, of Fair Lawn, “wasn’t feeling well, and they called an ambulance," another colleague said Sunday. The 8-year department veteran may have suffered an infection following recent surgery, friends said. He hung on throughout the day Saturday -- as family, friends and colleagues gathered at the hospital -- before he passed away, one said. "They brought him back several times," the friend said. "Then they couldn't. He went on his o…

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by Jerry DeMarco