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 – 6/3/1892
Robert P. Oury – Omaha Fire Department – 6/3/1892
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 – 7/22/1880
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 – 10/1/1987
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 – 2/8/1933
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 – 2/16/1939
John E. Jackson – Omaha Fire Department – 2/16/1939
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 – 11/16/1903
William A. Barrett – Omaha Fire Department – 11/16/1903
Herbert C. Goldsborough – Omaha Fire Department – 11/16/1903
Leroy W. Lester – Omaha Fire Department – 11/16/1903
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.