Services pending for veteran Youngstown police officer who died of leukemia

YOUNGSTOWN — There has been a quiet, solemn mood over the Youngstown Police Department in the early part of this week.

One need only get off the elevator on the second floor of the police building and turn left to see the reason behind the long faces and quiet atmosphere.

Outside the chief’s office, near the roll-call room hangs a plaque remembering the life and career of Capt. Ken Centorame.

Centorame died Saturday after a long battle with leukemia. Services are pending at the Fabrizio Funeral Home on Indianola Avenue in Youngstown.

Centorame was hired into the department in January 1975 and moved to the rank of sergeant in May 1981. He became a lieutenant in January 1988, a captain in 1996 and was appointed chief of detectives in January 2006.

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