LODD Memorial

Firefighting & emergency rescues are dangerous & sometimes life threatening services that are provided by thousands of women & men all across Nebraska. Whether through volunteer or career service, the names of those individuals who have given their all in service to their community & perished in the line of duty will be forever remembered and honored through their being engraved on stately red granite tablets that stand at the head of the Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial. The STORIES and HISTORY that these brave men and women were a part of should always be celebrated and shared. As a part of the service of the Nebraska Firefighters & EMS Memorial, we want to facilitate the telling of those stories. Please click on the name(s) of your loved one(s), whether family, friend, or fellow hero, and add the stories, anecdotes, and memories that you share! Thank you for being a part of fanning the flames of the memories of these incredible individuals!

These lives will be forever remembered.

LODD TABLET #1 (from the West):

Guy Clark – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 Fred Felgner – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 Gustav Pittack – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 Arthur Schoenck – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 William Strube – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 Harry Wibbles – Scribner Volunteer Fire Department – 3/7/1929 Leo Lennemann– Snyder Volunteer Fire Department – 11/14/1954 James N. Rubeck – Omaha Fire Department – 10/9/1961 John Wilcox – Omaha Fire Department – 12/5/1989 Mansfield Rohbaugh – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 8/7/1915 Charles D. Cox – Omaha Fire Department – 6/3/1893 Robert P. Oury – Omaha Fire Department – 6/3/1893

Albert Mook – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 2/18/1941 Bernes J. Schutte – Palisade Volunteer Fire Department – 3/20/2002 Eric W. Sandberg – Omaha Fire Department – 1/22/1927 George Kanger – Omaha Fire Department – 1/26/1927 Thomas Ruane – Omaha Fire Department – 6/18/1899 Tony Fleischer – Grand Island Fire Department – 8/17/1913 Carl T. Krough – Omaha Fire Department – 9/27/1954 Jeremy Wach – Wymore Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department – 11/5/2007 Edward T. Moore – Omaha Fire Department – 2/27/1960 William Lowry – Omaha Fire Department – 7/23/1880 Charles Roesky – Omaha Fire Department – 5/30/1920 Arnold H. Hansen – Belden Volunteer Fire Department – 12/25/1982

LODD TABLET #2 (from the East):

Michael F. Carter – Omaha Fire Department – 4/13/1891 John McCumber – Omaha Fire Department – 4/18/1900 Leo H. Soderquist – Axtell Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department – 12/1/2006 Barney E. Conley – Omaha Fire Department – 4/19/1982 John Q Adams – Omaha Fire Department – 10/3/1916 Willis E. Leyden – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 10/9/1987 Neil Sommer – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 10/2/1920 Edward Schmidt – Omaha Fire Department – 2/8/1933 Thomas N. Shandy – Omaha Fire Department – 2/8/1933 John G. Brandt – Omaha Fire Department – 2/8/1933 John L. Cogan – Omaha Fire Department – 2/8/1933 Franklin Kane – Omaha Fire Department – 2/8/1933

Clarence L. Urburn – Omaha Fire Department – 2/9/1933 Louis Morocco – Omaha Fire Department – 2/9/1933 Michael Aunkst – Benedict Volunteer Fire Department – 2/27/2005 Vinton L. Durflinger – Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department – 3/8/1996 Loren H. Desler – Omaha Fire Department – 6/4/1965 Samuel M. Douchey – Omaha Fire Department – 6/4/1965 Homer S. Howes – Omaha Fire Department – 1/13/1933 Kenneth McKay – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 3/30/1964 Robert R. Gardner– Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 7/4/1982 Patrick Dore – Omaha Fire Department – 3/10/1914 William A. Bayless – Omaha Fire Department – 11/18/1934 Fred Blazek – Omaha Fire Department – 10/30/1920

LODD TABLET #3 (from the West):

Craig C. Budden – Air Care Helicopter/Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney – 12/20/1985 Nancy C. Brandon – Air Care Helicopter/Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney – 12/20/1985 Joan Fuss Brown – Air Care Helicopter/Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney – 12/20/1985 Phillip H. Herring – LifeNet of the Heartland, Norfolk – 6/21/2002 Lori Ann Schrempp – LifeNet of the Heartland, Norfolk – 6/21/2002 Patrick W. Scollard – LifeNet of the Heartland, Norfolk – 6/21/2002 John Goessling – Omaha Fire Department – 4/23/1996 Harold N. Cormany Jr. – Omaha Fire Department – 7/25/1973 Bobby Heminger – Wood River Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department – 2/15/2004 Kenny Woitalewicz – Wood River Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department – 2/17/2004 James Adams – Omaha Fire Department – 8/9/1899

George Bendson – Omaha Fire Department – 8/9/1899 Otto Giseke – Omaha Fire Department – 8/9/1899 Charles A. Hopper – Omaha Fire Department – 8/9/1899 Diana Rosene – Cortland Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department – 2/27/2002 Clarence Protsman – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 5/25/1890 Joseph Thomburg – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 5/25/1890 Charles Baarman – Omaha Fire Department – 3/28/1930 Thomas G. Hastings – Omaha Fire Department – 3/28/1930 Henry Goth – Omaha Fire Department – 12/4/1928 Gene K. Copple – Homer Volunteer Fire Department – 11/18/1990 Alfred C. Gyreum – Omaha Fire Department – 10/2/1893 John Haller – Omaha Fire Department – 3/20/1928 Eli F. Kling – Omaha Fire Department – 12/29/1894

LODD TABLET #4 (from the West):

Carl C. McQueen – Ogallala Volunteer Fire Department – 7/28/1975 Ronald V. Carlson – Blue Creek Rural Fire District/Lewellen Volunteer Fire Department – 4/7/1994 Joseph F. Netusil – Omaha Fire Department – 5/19/1977 William G. Flood – Omaha Fire Department – 7/13/1892 Francis M. Nichols – Imperial Volunteer Fire Department – 1/23/1993 Erwin N. Sample – Alliance Volunteer Fire Department – 5/7/1985 Clayton B. Shaner Jr, – Omaha Fire Department – 1/5/1980 John A. Lee – Omaha Fire Department – 9/4/1878 William McNamara – Omaha Fire Department – 9/4/1878 Alonzo Randall – Omaha Fire Department – 9/4/1878 Lewis Wilson – Omaha Fire Department – 9/4/1878 Henry Lokfeld – Omaha Fire Department – 9/5/1878 Patricia Beran – Crofton Volunteer Fire Department – 7/8/1984 Harley Grasmick – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 4/1/1981 Ronald Holmes – North Platte Fire Department – 8/6/2003

Edward Dodrill – Omaha Fire Department – 2/26/1939 John E. Jackson – Omaha Fire Department – 2/26/1939 John Curran – Lincoln Fire & Rescue Department – 6/26/1906 Chuck J. Vodak – Dunning Volunteer Fire Department – 3/16/1999 William M. Burmester – Omaha Fire Department – 11/26/1903 William A. Barrett – Omaha Fire Department – 11/26/1903 Herbert C. Goldsborough – Omaha Fire Department – 11/26/1903 Leroy W. Lester – Omaha Fire Department – 11/26/1903 Lowell Satterwhite Sr. – Dakota City Fire Department – 09/11/2016 Eric Speck – Dakota City Fire Department – 06/27/2016 Andy Zalme – Dakota City Fire Department – 04/16/2015 Darrell Parker – Fairbury Rural Fire District – 08/13/2014 Robert Hanes Sr. – Weeping Water Rescue – 06/12/2013 Paul R. Thein – Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office – 03/10/1975 Michael D. Hartman – Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office – 05/19/1972 John Sing – Boys Town Fire Department – 11/11/2019

THANK YOU to all of the individuals, families, departments, businesses and organizations who have contributed to this project and who have helped to bring this dream into a reality.

In order to ensure that all heroes receive the honor due them, please be sure to alert us at 308-338-FIRE(3473) if tragedy strikes & a Nebraska department suffers the loss of one of our own.

Nebraska Firefighters

(308) 338-FIRE(3473)

mail@neffm.org

LODD Memorial

These lives will be forever remembered.

LODD TABLET #1 (from the West):

LODD TABLET #2 (from the East):

LODD TABLET #3 (from the West):

LODD TABLET #4 (from the West):

THANK YOU to all of the individuals, families, departments, businesses and organizations who have contributed to this project and who have helped to bring this dream into a reality.

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