Mass. State Trooper Tamar Bucci laid to rest Wednesday

REVERE, Mass. — Thousands of people gathered Wednesday at a celebration of life for Massachusetts State Police Trooper Tamar Bucci, who died in a crash while on duty last week.

The 34-year-old was fatally struck by a tanker truck while she was trying to help a stranded motorist on I-93 in Stoneham.

Wednesday’s funeral was held at Saint Anthony’s Church in Revere, where 2,000 law enforcement officers are honored their sister in blue and showed their support to Trooper Bucci’s family.

State Police Colonel Christopher S. Mason and Tamar Bucci’s Stepfather, Jim Burditt spoke during the service.

Following Wednesday’s funeral, there was a presentation of a flag and other items to Bucci’s family.

A rifle team fired a salute, a riderless horse passed by the trooper’s family, and a state police helicopter conducted a flyover.

Mass. State Trooper Tamar Bucci laid to rest Wednesday Mass. State Trooper Tamar Bucci laid to rest Wednesday

In her short time as a state trooper, she made an impact and that was felt by thousands who attended her wake Tuesday.

From state troopers to strangers, they all lined up outside St. Anthony’s to the fallen trooper. A powerful moment when Bucci’s fellow troopers carried her casket into the church. The pallbearers were all female state troopers who were her classmates in the 85th Recruit Training Troop.

Bucci had only been a state trooper for two years and was most recently working out of the Medford barracks for a month, but retired State Police Detective Bill Powers says Bucci was a role model for so many younger officers.

“She represents the new generation of police officers and I couldn’t be happier for the changes,” said Powers. “And the fact that people like her and her classmates at a time we were going through a civil strife like I’ve never known in my lifetime said, ‘I want to help people, I want to be part of the state police.”

Bucci graduated from Andover High School and went to Middlesex Community College. Before becoming a state trooper, she was a personal trainer and worked as security at Encore Casino. She is survived by her parents and siblings. A woman who didn’t know Bucci personally, but attended her wake, says her son is a state trooper and can empathize with the family.

“You never know what’s going to happen and my heart goes out to Trooper Bucci, her family, her service her life, she seemed like she was amazing,” said Judy Buckley, whose son is a state trooper.

Bucci was so committed to becoming a state trooper that she cut 15 inches off her hair even though her recruiting class was the first to no longer require it.

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Funeral Mass for Massachusetts State Trooper Tamar Bucci

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