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Public Service Memorials

State Capital, Pierre, South Dakota

Emergency Services - Police - Fire Department

"Dedication and Sacrifice so that others may
live."

South Dakota Emergency Medical Services

Gary Goertz
May 3, 1957 - October 28, 1985
Sioux Falls

Patricia I. Pourier
May 6, 1951 - January 16, 1994
Pine Ridge

Shannon Nolte
June 21, 1968 - August 20, 1998
Sioux Falls

Melissa "Missy" Wittry
August 8, 1962 - August 20, 1998
Sioux Falls

Merton "Tiff" Tiffany
March 6, 1948 - August 20, 1998
Sioux Falls

Masaaki Suzuki
January 15, 1963 - September 9, 2002
Aberdeen

Gail Ann Hauck
February 23, 1962 - September 9, 2002
Aberdeen

Andrew Jonathan Willey
February 22, 1979 - September 9, 2002
Aberdeen



Fraternal Order of Police
In Tribute to those Law Enforcement
Officers who serve and those who have
sacrificed their lives in the line of duty in
South Dakota.

Billy Wilson
Rapid City Marshal
November 4, 1885

Clifford A. Hawley
Huron Police
September 7, 1909

James Hawkes
Rapid City Police
December 28, 1916

Clarence F. Berry
Leola Police
December 12, 1921

Edward J. Pike
Sioux Falls Police
September 23, 1922

Isaac C. Fulker
Brown County Sheriff
July 1, 1923

Hugh L. McNamara
Hyde Co. Sheriff
April 30, 1926

James J. Boney
Brule County Deputy
September 5, 1926

John H. O'Leary
Rapid City Police
November 6, 1926

Charles Bintliff
Fed. Prohibition
May 13, 1927

Charles Halpin
State Dep. Sheriff
May 13, 1927

Edward F. Flanery
Deputy U.S. Marshal
March 28, 1928

Clarendon D. Miller
Brule County Sheriff
September 6, 1931

Arthur C. Back
DeSmet Police
September 13, 1932

George Shocker
Emery Marshal
September 24, 1935

George A. Saville
Sioux Falls Police
October 6, 1935

Eugene Reiley
S.D. Penitentiary
March 6, 1936

Milan Miller
Lead Police
November 22, 1938

Ole A. Solberg
Brown Co. Sheriff
February 25, 1939

Alf A. Amundsen
Alcester Marshal
September 10, 1940

Melbourne B. Lewis
Grant County Sheriff
July 30, 1941

Bernard M. Benson
S.D. Highway Patrol
September 17, 1941

Alva H. Burnett
Pierre Police
June 12, 1944

Thomas Matthews
S.D. DCI
January 24, 1946

Dave Malcolm
Butte County Sheriff
January 24, 1946

Clyde Rogers
White Lake Police
February 3, 1948

Edward F. Jaworksi
S.D. Penitentiary
September 5, 1951

Albert Hubsch
Webster Police
December 5, 1954

Elmer B. Simons
Rapid City Police
April 2, 1955

Henry N. Russell
S.D. Highway Patrol
November 19, 1958

William J. Stender
Miller Police
May 15, 1963

Virgil Devo
Huron Police
November 29, 1966

Daniel E. Wickard
Rapid City Pd. Res.
June 9, 1972

James Sawyer
Custer Police
June 13, 1972

Jack R. Coler
FBI
June 26, 1975

Ronald A. Williams
FBI
June 26, 1975

Verlyn Miller
S.D. Highway Patrol
March 9, 1976

William Bearshield
Gregory Police
July 26, 1976

Ronald L. Brandt
S.D. Game, Fish, Parks
December 20, 1979

Steven E. Hoffman
S.D. Highway Patrol
March 12, 1980

Thomas L. Callies
Huron Police
March 30, 1982

Matthew V. Schofield
Haakon County Sheriff
March 21, 1985

Oren S. Hindman
S.D. Highway Patrol
May 2, 1985

Leslie P. Hollers
Rapid City Police
September 16, 1985

John T. Pierce
Mitchell Marshal
April 9, 1885

Daniel A. Passage
Andover Police
July 29, 1916

Josephy J. Daly
Aberdeen Police
August 16, 1919

Russell C. Anderson
S.D. Parole
March 3, 1998

Kei mer One Feather
BIA
July 1, 2000

William P. Davis
Moody County Sheriff
November 3, 2003

George A. Driscoll
S.D. Game Fish Parks
April 26, 1964

John Wayne Bechtold
Campbell County Sheriff
August 5, 2004

Fallen Firefighers

Paul Babue
Rapid City FD
June 19, 1924

Jim Thompson
Rapid City, FD
April 19, 1929

Ervin Voegele
Civ. Cons. Corps
July 12, 1939

Alex Kiesz
Bowole VFD
December 9, 1941

William Earl Burd
Martin VFD
September 25, 1949

Ellsworth Gussler
Miller VFD
August 25, 1957

Siegfried Hoogestraat
Miller VFD
August 25, 1957

Merle Juhl
Miller VFD
September 6, 1957

Lyle Haigh
Miller VFD
September 12, 1957

Ernest Watson
McIntosh VFD
August 24, 1959

Tom C. Masters
Sioux Falls FD
March 29, 1960

Oscar Pearson
Brandon VFD
December 15, 1964

John J. Korpi
Lead FD
June 12, 1966

Charles E. Larson
Sioux Falls FD
July 29, 1967

Leonard Evans
Rapid City FD
December 18, 1968

Elmer Pontius
Deadwood VFD
July 1, 1969

Robert Stephens
Rapid City FD
July 5, 1970

George Carter
Rapid City FD
June 9, 1972

George Sumners
Rapid City FD
June 9, 1972

Henry Tank
Rapid City FD
June 9, 1972

William H. Wakler
State Fire Marshal
June 15, 1972

Donald Marso
Pierre VFD
August 12, 1978

Marvin Wiley
Rapid City FD
December 19, 1980

Richard McDonald
Rapid City FD
March 10, 1988

Wayne Schlosser
Timber Lake VFD
April 6, 1988

Curtis Dean Mikkelsen
Hurley VFD
January 12, 1991

Robert Wayne Buhler
Delmont VFD
March 16, 2000

David A. Martin
Opal VFD
August 6, 2002

Roger McMillin
Martin VFD
September 10, 2002

Nathan O. Hamro
Reamer VFD
July 11, 2003

Donald E. De Vries
Belvedere VFD
July 17, 2006

Gerred M. Martinez
USDA Forest Service
July 18, 2005

Emmett J. Kuehl
Elkton VFD
April 8, 2006