Funeral Friday for Brooklyn Park mayor

March 2, 2011 at 1:58PM

Services will be held Friday for Brooklyn Park Mayor Steve Lampi, who died Saturday night of cancer. Lampi, 56, died only three weeks after the disease was diagnosed, and only a month into his third term. Lampi also was owner, CEO and president of Bridgeman's Ice Cream Inc.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Edinburgh Golf Course Clubhouse, 8700 Edinbrook Crossing, Brooklyn Park. A program will begin at 7 p.m. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 7025 Halifax Av. N., in Brooklyn Center. A visitation begins at 10 a.m.

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