A memorial fund has been set up to benefit the family of 11-year-old Joey Kramer, a sixth-grader at Wauwatosa Longfellow Middle School who died Monday after being hit by a freight train on his way to school.
Friends announced the fund Thursday, just hours before Joey's funeral was held at Church and Chapel, 380 W. Blue Mound Road (Highway J and JJ), in Waukesha. Visitation was scheduled for 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with services beginning at 7.
The fund was set up to benefit the family and offset expenses associated with the funeral.
To contribute to the fund, mail checks to The Joey Fund, in care of M&I Bank, 7635 W. Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee, 53213.
Police said Joey was walking north on the east side of N. 68th St. while wearing ear buds and a hood over his head on his way to school at 7:24 a.m. Monday. When he crossed the train tracks, an eastbound freight train from Canadian Pacific Railway struck him at the intersection of N. 68th and W. State streets. He was taken to a hospital, where he died within half an hour.
Burial is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Highland Memorial Park, 14875 West Greenfield Ave., New Berlin.