SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OH — In Lorain County Wednesday, a community gathered to say goodbye to one of their own. Sheffield Village Police Lt. Aaron Bober made his final journey through the village.

Bober died last Friday after suffering cardiac arrest while off duty at his home.

Before his funeral, the community was asked to line the streets of the procession route.

Jill Pando, who grew up in Sheffield, was among those gathered along Colorado Avenue.

“It’s just a tight knit community,” said Pando. "It's a sad occasion but it's nice to see people coming together."

Like many of those who lined the route outside the police department, she didn’t know Bober, who spent his life in the village, graduating from Brookside High and then joining the police department four years later.

“I just want

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