16-05-2025
WWII hero to be laid to rest, travel delays expected: PSP
(WKBN) – Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced that a motorcade will be carrying a World War II hero on Friday who will be laid to rest.
Troopers announced that Glenn H. Hodak, a Prisoner of War, will be taken to his final resting place in Youngsville, Pennsylvania nearly 80 years after his death.
PSP said that the motorcade will consist of PSP motorcycles, PSP patrol units, 50 to 300 estimated Patriot Guard Riders and a funeral coach.
The motorcade is traveling from the Pittsburgh International Airport to Youngsville. The route begins on the I-80 east exit in Barkeyville in Venango County. PSP said that the motorcade will then take SR-8 into the City of Franklin. It will then go onto SR-417 through Oil City before it goes back onto SR-8 into Titusville. The motorcade will then go onto SR-27 and take Enterprise Road onto US-6. The final location is the Youngsville Free United Methodist Church.
Traffic delays are expected in these areas.
The motorcade will be leaving the airport between 3:30-3:45 p.m. Troopers anticipate that the motorcade will be in Barkeyville by 5 p.m. PSP anticipates that the motorcade will get to Youngsville around 7 p.m.
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