Sharkevich Sr., age 66, was a lifelong firefighter. He served with the Hartford Fire Department for 25 years and the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years.
He was working for the latter on Tuesday, Oct. 22, when an ATV he was on toppled over and landed on him in Meriden as he and others tried to battle back the flames that have now burned more than 130 acres of Lamentation Mountain in Berlin.
His sister Karen Letizio said firefighting wasn’t Sharkey’s job during her eulogy. It was his calling — a sense of duty he felt compelled to fulfill…