Gone but Not Forgotten
Brother when you weep for me Remember that it was meant to be
Lay me down and when you leave Remember I’ll be at your sleeve
In every dark and choking hall I’ll be there as you slowly crawl
On every roof in driving snow I’ll hold your coat and you will know
In cellars hot with searing heat At windows where a gate you meet
In closets where young children hide You know I’ll be there at your side
The house from which I now respond Is overstaffed with heroes gone
Men who answered one last bell Did the job and did it well
As firemen we understand That death’s a card dealt in our hand
A card we hope we never play But one we hold there anyway
That card is something we ignore As we crawl across a weakened floor
For we know that we’re the only prayer For anyone that might be there
So remember as you wipe your tears The joy I knew throughout the years
As I did the job I loved to do I pray that thought will see you through.
- Author Unknown -
This Page is Dedicated to ALL South Line Firefighters Past, Present and Future. May your Accomplishments Never Be Forgotten. Rest In Peace.
GEORGE MONIN
1946 – 1952*
KERMIT (BUD) STRADTMAN
HENRY BUETTNER
1946 – 1955*
JOSEPH CZARNECKI
1960 – 1962
ARTHUR ANTONIE
1946 – 1968*
ROBERT SMITH
1946 – 1974*
WALTER KLESS
1946 – 1975*
JOHN MONIN
1946 – 1978*
ARTHUR L. BARNHARD
1963 – 1980
VINCENT COLLINS
1979 – 1981
EARLE JERGE
1946 – 1984*
WESLEY KLESS
1946 – 1986*
FRANK PAWLAK
1946 – 1986
JOHN THIELL
1963 – 1987
STEVEN GRENDA
1957 – 1989
MATTHEW LEMPENAU
1956 – 1992
LYAL MONIN
1946 – 1998*
GERALD PLETSCHER
1946 – 1999*
DANIEL REFORMAT
1963 – 2000
EDWARD PEPLINSKI
1961 – 2001
MYRON PLETSCHER
1946 – 2005*
FREDERICK WILDE
1969 – 2008
ANDREW H. SCHWENK
1968 – 2011
RICHARD P. BRYK
1968 -2012
CLIFFORD KLESS
1946 – 1952*
WILLIAM G. STRADTMAN
1946 – 1957*
LaVERN MONIN
1946 – 1964*
HOWARD BEYER
1957 – 1969
EDWARD PLETSCHER
1946 – 1974*
WILLIAM SAGER
1946 – 1977*
DONALD KLESS
1946 – 1979*
ALFRED KLESS
1946 – 1981*
ALFRED KLESS
1946 – 1981*
PAUL A. BUCZYNSKI
1971 – 1984
CURTISS LEHDE
1946 – 1986*
CHESTER WASS
1961 – 1986
KENNETH RICHARDVILLE
1966 – 1988
ARTHUR KEICHER SR.
1946 – 1992*
EUGENE STAMATES
1966 – 1995
STEVEN A. JAKUBCZAK
1950 – 1998
WILLIBALD A. HEIDER
1956 – 1999
STEVEN T. MARCYNSKI
1950 – 2000
LUTHER ADAMS
1967 – 2003
GEORGE KOHLBRENNER
1963 – 2006
RAYMOND T. DANITZ
1970 – 2008
GERALD C. HEEB
1951 – 2011
GERALD C. HEEB
1951 – 2011
KERMIT (BUD) STRADTMAN
ANTHONY ZHOCH
1951 – 1954
RUBEN KNAB
1946 – 1957*
JOSEPH JASIERNECKI
1946 – 1965
JEFFERY HOLTON
1971 – 1971
ROBERT W. STRADTMAN
1965 – 1974
FRANK DUSZA
1963 – 1977
KERMIT E. STRADTMAN
1956 – 1979
HAROLD SAGER
1946 – 1981*
WALTER J. ZDROJEWSKI
1963 – 1983
EDWARD R. BENDER
1948 – 1985
CURTISS LEHDE
1946 – 1986*
NUNZIO GUZZO
1966 – 1986
EVERT KLESS
1946 – 1989*
HENRY KAMIENOWSKI
1964 – 1991
LEO J. BABICH
1955 – 1997
CHARLES H. RIZZO
1966 – 1998
MYRON A. MONIN
1946 – 2000*
LEONARD PENKATY
1971 – 2001
EDWARD P. KURDZIEL
1965 – 2004
JAMES E. ALLEN
1965 – 2007
BURTON MONIN
1946 – 2009*
RICHARD D. BAK
1970 – 2012
RAYMOND WICHLACZ
1969 – 2013
ROBERT SUTTER SR.
* DENOTES CHARTER MEMBERS