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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.

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