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LEMONT (WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A suburban community is in mourning following the death of a middle school student.
Joseph James Fornero, 13, suffered a medical emergency while at Old Quarry Middle School last week and was taken to a hospital.
According to his obituary, the seventh grader, who friends and family called Joe, died peacefully on Thursday surrounded by loved ones.
Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday at Richard Modell Funeral Home in Homer Glen, and his funeral will be held Wednesday morning.
The school district’s superintendent says additional counselors and therapy dogs were brought in to help students cope.
A GoFundMe has been created for Fornero’s family.
