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Benjamin DeStefanis July 9th 2001  
Heavy Equipment Operator North Shore Fire Department 14 Years of service
Died as a result of fire service duty related cancer
Former service with the Village of Shorewood Fire Dept & Village of Bayside Dept of Public Safety 
Member Local 1440 North Shore Firefighters

Kirby L. Vick April 20th 2004
Paid On Call Firefighter North Shore Fire Department 25 Years of service
Died while on active duty as a result injuries from and industrial accident off duty
Former service with Village of River Hills & City of Glendale Fire Dept's. 
Non-union position

John A. Harrington May 27th 2004 
Firefighter North Shore Fire Department 8 Years of service as a Cadet & Firefighter
Died while on active duty due to injuries from an auto accident en-route to duty
Member Local 1440 North Shore Firefighters

Retirees that have passed from our lives
"Once one, Always one"

James S Miller December 29, 2007
Firefighter/Driver, EMT Village of Whitefish Bay Fire Dept
Retired 1990

Jack "Jake" Eisenman June 18, 2007
Firefighter Village of Shorewood Fire Dept
39 years of service

William "Bill" Stampfl November 13th 2005
Assistant Chief City of Glendale Fire Department 30 years of service
Also served with the Town of Milwaukee Fire Department

Bernhardt "Benny" Grunwaldt September 3, 2005
Paid On Call Lieutenant City of Glendale Fire Department

Tom "Schmitty" Schmitz May 26, 2003
Firefighter with North Shore Fire Department, 21 years service
Former service with the Village of Shorewood Fire Department
Member of local 1440 North Shore Firefighers

Edward "Eddie" Davis
Lieutenant City of Glendale Fire Department

Claude Bechtal
Captain Village of Brown Deer Fire Department

Don Hagen
Firefighter Village of Fox Point Fire Department

Dan Fransse
Motor Pump Operator Village of Shorewood Fire Department

Tom Kunkel
Motor Pump Operator Village of Shorewood Fire Department

Don Crawford
Captian Village of Shorewood Fire Department

Lester Hofferman
Village of Shorewood Fire Department

Ralph Moeller
Captian Village of Brown Deer Fire Department

Bill Kiehnau November 1980
Captain City of Glendale Fire Department 33 years of service

Brothers & Sisters that have passed from other organizations
Arnie Wolff
Leiutenant City of Green Bay Fire Department 17 years of service
Lt. Wolff was killed in the line of duty when the floor of a burning home dropped out from beneath him.
Member IAFF Local 141 Green Bay Firefighters

JUNE 18, 2007
Greater alarm commercial fire with collapse Charleston South Carolina
http://www.local61.com/
William "Billy" Hutchinson
Captain City of Charleston South Carolina 30 years of service.
Capt. Hutchinson was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior fire fighthing operations.

Mike Benke
Captian City of Charlestion South Carolina 29 years of service
Capt. Benke was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior
firefighting operations.

Louis Mulkey
Captain City of Charleston South Carolina 11 1/2 years of service
Capt. Mulkey was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

Mark Kelsey
Engineer City of Charleston South Carolina 12 1/2 years of service
Engineer Kelsey was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

Bradford "Brad" Baity
Engineer City of Charlestion South Carolina 9 years of service
Engineer Baity was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

Michael French
Assistant Engineer City of Charleston South Carolina 1 1.2 years of service
Assistant Engineer French was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

James "Earl" Drayton
Firefighter City of Charleston South Carolina 32 years of service
Firefighter Drayton was killed when the roof of a commrcial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

Brandon Thompson
Firefighter City of Charleston South Carolina 4 years of service
Firefighter Thompson was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

Melven Champaign
Firefighter City of Charleston South Carolina 2 years of service
Firefighter Champaign was killed when the roof of a commercial structure collapsed during interior firefighting operations.

October 26, 2007
Bob Phillips
Firefigher Athelstane WI Fire Dept
Heart attack at the scene of a chimney fire
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=10/26/2007&id=31006


"If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon the earth, how ought the Gods to honor me who make it their professional business to put it out"
Author unknown

Anyone that has information on Line of Duty, Active Duty or Retirees that have passed from any of the North Shore predecessor departments of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, River Hills, Shorewood & Whitefish Bay please direct comments, questions, corrections and information to:
Keven Stelzel
North Shore Professional Firefighters Honor Guard
kstelzel@local1440.org