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More than 2,000 law enforcement personnel from numerous states and Canada attended the funeral Wednesday for Tom Decker, the Cold Spring officer shot to death last week behind a downtown bar and who was eulogized as "a gift that helped spread God's love everywhere in his short life."

Decker's casket was escorted into St. John's Abbey and University Church, where more than 3,000 people attended the Catholic funeral mass. After the roughly two-hour service, mourners drove to St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery in Luxemburg, Minn., for Decker's burial.

About 2,300 people there represented law enforcement from dozens of Minnesota agencies, along with departments in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Montana, Illinois, Florida and Ontario.

Mourners in uniform from Pine County, Shakopee, Savage, Baxter and elsewhere in Minnesota lined the wooden pews. Each hymn ended with a silence that hung heavy with grief and respect for the 31-year-old officer.

Gov. Mark Dayton entered and took his seat at 11 a.m.Scarpe Hogan Interactive 2012 Donna Marrone dsquared shoes Outlet . as a woman sang "You Raise Me Up." As Decker's family entered, each clutched a blue-tinged white rose. Decker's wife, Alicia, was escorted on each arm by Cold Spring officers. The procession of Decker's close friends and family was so large that several rows of officers quietly stood and walked out so his family could be seated.

The program noted that Thomas Edward Decker was born Nov. 2, 1981, baptized Nov. 15, 1981, and "entered eternal life" on Nov. 29, 2012.

The service began when Decker's wooden casket was rolled to the front and sprinkled with holy water.Buy hogan scarpe at the best price and free shipping.

The Rev. Cletus Connors, pastor of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, gave the homily at a lectern behind Decker's casket, which was draped in white.

Connors said he was a friend and neighbor of Decker, whom he called "Thomas" or "Tommy" throughout his remarks.

"We are trying to make sense of an aspect of life that can never truly be understood," Connors said.

Decker's death leaves "a feeling of darkness" and one of a "bright light having been extinguished," he added.

Connors said that Decker was "a gift that helped spread God's love everywhere in his short life. . . . We are all better for having known him."

The priest said he believes Decker would want those left behind to be "strong, determined, unafraid for the future" and to maintain their belief in God and their love for one another.

The Rev. Thomas Olson closed the service by thanking the thousands of officers in attendance and said, "We pray very much for all of you men and women in law enforcement -- for the work that you do and in gratitude for how you live your lives.Bruyneel exits LIVESTRONG Cycling after armstrong report release!The unique Canada Goose Solaris Parka hooded jacket women is the necessary choice for those chic people. A greater love than this, Jesus said, no one had than the love to lay down his life for one's friends. Thank you for what you do."

As the beginning of the service drew near, bagpipers began a dirge as the auditorium filled up. An overflow room of 300 also neared capacity.

Burial was scheduled for 1 p.m. at St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery in Luxemburg, Minn.

Thousands of people lined up along Highway 2 to pay their respects as the hears drove by, including hundreds of students in front of Rocori High School, Decker's alma mater.

A temporary electronic sign along the highway shared the message: "A hero remembered never dies."

Two orange utility trucks on either side of Red River Av. Read "RIP Tommy" as the drivers stood by, hands on their hearts. The same electric sign flashed to True Blue Warrior Hero, and Decker's face.

Another sign alternated between "RIP Tommy" and "True Blue Warrior Hero" with a picture of Decker's face.

As Decker's services are about to be held, authorities pressed on with their investigation into who killed the officer with a shotgun blast Thursday. Suspect Ryan Michael Larson was jailed, but he was released Tuesday because of a lack of evidence.

On Tuesday night, hundreds of mourners, including uniformed law enforcement officers from Minneapolis, St. Paul and many Twin Cities suburbs, waited in chilly air as a line snaked into the fallen officer's visitation at St. Boniface.

Collages of photos and treasured keepsakes lined the walls of the church, reflecting a young family man's life with his new wife: mugging with her at a bar, dancing with his four kids at his wedding,Red Canada Goose Calgary Jacket i got and i love it. or grinning in uniform, looking barely older than a teenager as he posed with a family member early in his career. In a hollowed-out old business directory were the words "Marry Me Alicia" next to a flower and a ring from his proposal.

The line led to the front of the church, where Decker lay in his Cold Spring police uniform below the words "With Love and Honor" along with his badge number, 6402. Next to the casket, flanked by a rotation of Decker's white-gloved fellow officers, sat his wife, Alicia, wrapped in a Cold Spring police leather jacket.