DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF DEATH
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Stephen L. Christophel
Retired Sergeant, E-9
Lived: 10/06/1946 to 01/04/201
Served: 05/04/1970 to 09-20-1996
From our fellow Firefighters in Windsor
we have been notified of the active death of
FF/Acting Captain Darrel Ellwood
Raymond L. Donaldson
Retired Battalion Chief, 4th Battalion
Lived: 08/12/1940 to 12/22/2011
Served: 04/04/1966 to 01/11/2000
George C. Main
Retired Captain, L-13
Lived: 09/15/1922 to 12/15/2011
Served: 02/23/1948 to 09/14/1982
John A. Giles, Jr.
Retired FEO, E-47
Lived: 02/11/1921 to 12/12/2011
Served: 02/23/1948 to 09/19/1958
Nelson E. Belangie
Lived: 08/28/1926 to 11/30/2011
Served: 03/30/1953 to 05/15/1978
Russell W. Lucas
Lived: 12/24/1920 to 11/23/2011
Served: 09/16/1946 to 04/25/1976
Derrick D. Smith
Retired Firefighter, L-6
Lived: 10/23/1960 to 11/22/2011
Served: 11/16/1992 to 07/15/2000
Hercules A. Jefferson, Jr.
Retired Sergeant, E-54
Lived: 07/30/1950 to 11/19/2011
Served: 12/14/1970 to 03/16/1991
Ralph E. VanSickle
Retired Battalion Chief, 7th Battalion
Lived: 08/27/1927 to 11/17/2011
Served: 12/04/1950 to 06/30/1987
Henry Hojnacki
Retired Captain, E-6
Lived: 07/07/1918 to 11/08/2011
Served: 02/25/1943 to 03/08/1972
Marvin F. Heinz
Retired Marine Engineer
Lived: 09/25/1917 to 10/15/2011
Served: 11/04/1946 to 11/08/1971
Charles R. Rayburn
Retired Captain, TMS 5
Lived: 09/13/1922 to 10/15/2011
Served: 12/06/1945 to 02/03/1977
Thomas M. Ranta
Retired FEO, E-30
Lived: 07/02/1924 to 10/13/2011
Served: 05/11/1944 to 02/18/1965
John F. Sullivan
Retired Lieutenant, L-12
Lived: 07/07/1928 to 9/30/2011
Served: 10/27/1954 to 07/05/1980
John W. Hemeyer
Retired Captain, L-9
Lived: 02/20/1924 to 10/03/2011
Served: 04/01/1947 to 06/12/1980
Jerome Reynaert
Retired Captain, L-3
Lived: 02/17/1920 to 07/26/2011
Served: 05/19/1947 to 02/29/1980
Earl J. Lange
Retired Captain, L-10
Lived: 01/18/1920 to 09/10/2011
Served: 04/01/1947 to 08/24/1977
Raymond Gary Huck
Retired Chief, 6th Battalion
Lived: 02/24/1935 to 09/06/2011
Served: 10/01/1945 to 04/03/1976
Stanley J. Galica
Retired Captain, E-46
Lived: 03/12/1917 to 09/03/2011
Served: 10/01/1945 to 04/03/1976
James F. Matusik
Retired Firefighter, BT1
Lived: 05/26/1942 to 08/11/2011
Served: 10/03/1966 to 05/30/1971
Raymond B. Faulk, Jr.
Retired Captain, E-33
Lived: 12/05/1925 to 08/07/2011
Served: 05/19dd/1947 to 02/04/1978
Michael H. Hanford
Retired Firefighter, L-24
Lived: 02/14/1957 to 08/06/2011
Served: 12/19/1977 to 08/26/1991
Jerome Reynaert
Retired Captain, L-3
Lived: 02/17/1920 to 07/26/2011
Served: 05/19/1947 to 02/29/1980
Ruffus L. Robertson
Retired FFDA, L-1
Lived: 02/05/1942 to 07/24/2011
Served: 04/23/1973 to 04/13/1983
Joseph E. Labbe
Retired Lieutenant, L-28
Lived: 07/25/1924 to 07/14/2011
Served: 12/04/1950 to 04/03/1977
Timothy E. Reghi
Retired Arson Investigator
Lived: 07/01/1939 to 07/11/2011
Served: 09/24/1962 to 04/18/1978
Glenn W. Stock
Retired Battalion Chief
Lived: 11/24/1920 to 06/16/2011
Served: 12/11/1945 to 11/23/1980
Barry L. Hendra
Retired Firefighter, E-59
Lived: 09/25/1944 to 06/18/2011
Served: 01/02/1968 to 01/08/1985
Robert Brodeur
(non-Fund Member)
Retired Chief of Apparatus
Lived: 10/11/1930 to 06/13/2011
Robert R. Pepper
Father of FF Robert Pepper, E-27
Retired Chief, 4th Battalion
Lived: 02/21/1937 to 06/07/2011
Served: 05/01/1961 to 02/20/1997
Steven P. Schimeck
ACTIVE Sergeant, L-14, 6th Battalion
Lived: 07/15/1965 to 06/07/2011
Served: 03/11/1991 to 06/07/2011
Anthony Ounanian
Retired FEO, E-30
Lived: 02/01/1924 to 05/25/2011
Served: 03/05/1951 to 03/12/1984
Herbert H. Hahn
Retired Battalion Chief, 5th Battalion
Lived: 08/24/1928 to 05/22/2011
Served: 06/11/1951 to 08/08/1988
John A. Mulholland
Retired Firefighter, E-17
Lived: 06/19/1937 to 05/09/2011
Served: 11/18/1957 to 11/13/1973
Charles V. Patreka (non-mem
ber)
Retired Senior Chief
Lived: 04/01/1941 to 04/06/2011
Served: 12/02/1963 to 03/31/2001
Orland Smith, Jr.
Retired Firefighters, Boat Tender 1
Lived: 09/19/1924 to 04/22/2011
Served: 02/14/1947 to 07/19/1970
Paul A. Meier
Retired Lieutenant, TMS 6
Lived: 03/09/1957 to 04/19/2011
Served: 10/10/1977 to 03/11/2004
avid E. Diekman
Retired Lieutenant, E-32
Lived: 03/04/1923 to 03/31/2011
Served: 11/04/1946 to 07/07/1974
David B. Sharp
Retired FEO, E-8
(non-member)
Lived: 01/04/1951 to 04/08/2011
Served: 02/11/1974 to 02/14/2006
Robert D. Cadaret
Retired Lieutenant, L-17
Lived: 05/24/1929 to 04/06/2011
Served: 07/23/1951 to 04/29/1978
Kurt L. Kahnt
Retired Lieutenant, E-36
Lived: 03/27/1923 to 04/03/2011
Served: 06/12/1945 to 01/15/1970
Robert J. Garrigan
Retired Lieutenant, L-13
Lived: 12/21/1954 to 04/04/2011
Served: 12/05/1977 to 07/14/2008
Edward J. Tujaka
Retired Senior Chief
Lived: 05/06/1921 to 03/31/2011
Served: 03/02/1942 to 05/02/1981
Gordon E. Giganic
Retired Deputy Chief
Lived: 12/23/1937 to 03/29/2011
Served: 05/01/1961 to 01/02/1995
Robert C. Murray
ACTIVE Lieutenant, Fire Marshal Division
Lived: 04/24/1968 to 03/22/2011
Served: 09/12/1988 to 03/22/2011
Richard H. Phillips
Retired FEO, E-26
Lived: 03/24/1928 to 03/17/2011
Served: 06/24/1949 to 07/20/1975
Norman H. DeFour
Retired Captain, E-50
Lived: 09/01/1928 to 03/15/2011
Served: 08/03/1953 to 02/10/1987
John J. Savinski
Retired Captain, E-56
Lived: 12/29/1921 to 03/01/2011
Served: 04/01/1947 to 07/24/1976
Anthony B. Merriman
Retired Captain, E-44
Lived: 11/18/1951 to 03/08/2011
Served: 09/12/1977 to 01/20/2009
George C. Main
Retired Captain, L-13
Lived: 09/15/1922 to 12/15/2011
Served: 02/23/1948 to 09/14/1982