Firefighter Memorials

If your department has just experienced a LODD, please read our LODD information ASAP.

Listed here is Minnesota firefighters who have answered their "last call". It only lists active and retired firefighters. It does not include Line-of-Duty Deaths (LODD). They are listed on the Fallen Firefighters page. If you know of a MN firefighter that has answered his or her "last call" and would like the name listed here, e-mail us and we will include it. Please include name, fire department, date of death and whether they it was LODD related, an active member or retired.

The firefighters are listed by date of death.

Date		Name	Fire Department	Status
2013	10 Feb	Darrin J. Schaefer	St. Martin Fire & Rescue	Active
	13 Jan	Michael Lockhart	Chain of Lakes Fire & Rescue	Active
	2 Jan	Pete Smith	Minneapolis FD	Retired
2012	22 Dec	Mark Ostertag	Bayport FD	Active
"	13 Mar	Virgil Bloeshl	St. Paul FD	Retired
"	28 Jan	David Feterl	Eagan FD, Salem FD (SD) and Iroquois FD (SD)	Retired (Eagan FD)
2011	22 Mar	Mike Struck	Cleveland FD	Active
2010	6 Jul	Kevin Manahan	Chatfield FD	Active
"	29 May	Jeremy Cox	Houston Volunteer Fire and Rescue	Active
"	9 Apr	Al Dahl	Oak Grove FD	Active
"	3 Apr	Tim McGinty	Benson FD	Active
"	22 Mar	Ray Weitbrecht	Oak Grove FD	Retired
"	19 Feb	Terry Anderson	Crystal FD	Retired
"	19 Feb	Roy B. Prudencio	Eagan FD / Pleasant Hill FD (IA)	Active
"	20 Jan	Brad Deutsch	Luverne FD	Active
"	18 Jan	Richard Otto "Dick" Lorinser	Eagan FD	Retired
2009	13 Sep	Brienne Heroux	Eagan FD and MFFMA	Inactive
"	13 Feb	Don Deutsch	Luverne FD	Active
2008	12 Sep	Bradley Parker	Farmington Fd	Active
2007	12 Dec	Dave Citzloff	Delano FD	Active
"	11 Nov	Kimbertly “Kim” Turner	Hallock FD	Retired
2006	6 Sep	Kenneth W. Johnson	Minnetonka FD	Retired
	19 Jun	John Ehlinger	Avon Fire and Rescue	Retired
	16 Feb	Byron L. Anderson	Minneapolis FD	Retired
2005	15 May	Mark Tente	Lake Johanna FD	Retired
	3 Apr	Charles Quinn	Wells FD	Retired
2004	5 Dec	Howard Crone	Minneapolis FD	Retired
	14 Nov	Harold Calder	Minneapolis FD	Retired
	13 Nov	Charlie Cremers	Minneapolis FD	Retired
	7 Oct	Robert Earl Mueller	Minneapolis FD	Retired
	5 Oct	Larry Bjerk	Roseau FD	Retired
	6 Apr	Robert "Bob" Stadem	Chaska FD	Retired
	6 Apr	Craig M. Wilcox	Lakeville FD	Active
	20 Mar	Ted Garver	Chisholm FD	Retired
	13 Jan	Steven N. Weist	Rochester FD	Active
2003	30 Dec	Jon F. Niemann	Prior Lake FD	Active
	6 Oct	Joyce Klug	Upsala Volunteer FD	Active
	9 Sep	Andrew E. Grassmann	Chaska FD	Retired
	13 Aug	Dean Earl Massie	Park Rapids FD	Retired
	12 Jun	Denis A. Erickson	Cottage Grove FD	Retired
	11 Mar	Michael Watkins	Apple Valley FD	Retired
2002	15 Dec	Tim L. Correll	Randolph-Hampton FD	Active
	2 Dec	Calvin A. Richardson	Woodbury FD	Retired
	Jul	Brian Durand	Anoka Champlin FD	Active
	15 Jun	Richard Lee "Dick" Kaihoi	Willmar FD	Retired
	14 Jan	Gerard "Jerry" Denn	Hastings FD	Retired
	10 Jan	Elliot Streit	Isanti FD	Active
2001	Aug	Richard Morrell	Elk River FD	Active
	Jul	John "Jack" Kreuser	Elk River FD	Active
1998	10 Sep	Roy Lesch	Duluth FD	Retired
1997	23 May	George J. Scott	Eagan FD	Retired
1992	13 Dec	Dennis R. Seiz	Eagan FD	Active
1990	11 Apr	Michael M. Thomas	Eagan FD	Retired
	29 May	Robert M. Carll	Eagan FD	Retired
1981	5 Mar	Lawrence L. Engel	Apple Valley FD	Active
1980	11 Feb	Curtis W. Meyer	Eagan FD	Retired
1972	20 May	Charles A. Hammer	Milaca FD	Retired
1967	-	John F. Casey	Minneapolis FD	Retired
1892	22 May	George Carleton	South St. Paul FD	unk

"-" = Unknown date