Mendham Fire Department

Comrades Who Have Gone Before

Isn’t it strange that princes and kings. And clowns that caper in sawdust rings. And common folk like you and me are the builders of eternity. To each is given a bag of tools. A shapeless mass and a book of rules; And each must make, ere time is flown, A stumbling-block or a stepping-stone.

Those firefighting comrades who have “Gone Before” most certainly built well. They built a stepping stone—the Mendham Fire Department.

Name	Years	Name	Years
Edward Farrell*	1905 — 1920	Kenneth Oppel	1955 — 1987
George S. Beavers	1905 — 1922	Lester Freeman	1950 — 1987
Henry Riker*	1905 — 1922	Frank Prior	1935 — 1989
E.S.P. Bretherton*	1905 — 1925	Arthur Thompson	1955 — 1989
John M. Hoffman*	1905 — 1925	Robert Day	1949 — 1989
Caser Peterman	1920 — 1929	Richard Clark	1935 — 1990
Arthur B. Crane*	1905 — 1930	Harold Crane	1932 — 1990
Frank F. Woodruff	1913 — 1930	John Dormer	1939 — 1990
Amzi Chambers	1914 — 1930	Harold Trandt	1942 — 1991
George Delp*	1905 — 1931	Richard Finlay	1942 — 1991
Everett L. Garabrant*	1905 — 1934	Cyril Lounsbury	1938 — 1991
J. Smith Gunther	1905 — 1935	Leonard Fooshkill	1981 — 1993
Silas Thompson*	1905 — 1935	Orville Garabrant	1941 — 1994
Clarence McMurty*	1905 — 1936	Joseph Eible, Sr.	1973 — 1995
Charles Rupp*	1905 — 1936	Ralph Kagan	1939 — 1995
John S. Beavers*	1905 — 1937	Carey Watson^†	1989 — 1996
James C. Menagh*	1905 — 1937	John Grassi	1953 — 1996
Frederick R. Guerin*	1905 — 1938	Walter (Ike) Cramer	1934 — 1997
John S. Tiger*	1905 — 1938	Peter Kenny	1987 — 1998
Aaron V. Apgar*	1905 — 1939	David Haslam	1969 — 1998
Charles H. Day*	1905 — 1939	William Wertz	1948 — 1999
J. Wesley Garabrant*	1905 — 1940	Ed Swanson	1960 — 1999
Frank Freeman*	1905 — 1940	Albert W. Freeman, Jr.	1940 — 1999
Arthur Chambers	1926 — 1941	Robert Tracy	1977 — 1999
William DeVore*	1905 — 1941	John O'Keefe	1948 — 1999
Charles Freeman*	1905 — 1943	Fred Crammer	1944 — 2000
Frank Groendyke*	1905 — 1943	Richard Sanderson	1950 — 2001
Leo Robinson*	1905 — 1943	David O'Keefe, Jr.	1956 — 2001
Caleb O. Lindsley*	1905 — 1944	Edwin DeVeore	1942 — 2001
George E. Sutton	1916 — 1944	Edward Tully	1954 — 2002
John O. Smith*	1905 — 1945	Roland Bruin	1977 — 2003
C. Madison Day	1914 — 1947	Robert Snedaker	1951 — 2004
Frank E. Tiffembac*	1905 — 1947	John Swanger	1964 — 2005
James Sullivan	1927 — 1948	J. Cal Hoffman	1976 — 2005
Edward L. Baird*	1905 — 1949	Edward Finlay	1972 — 2006
Jerry Emmons*	1905 — 1949	Edward Thomas	1957 — 2007
Edwin Watkins	1922 — 1950	Robert Raymond, Sr.	1968 — 2008
G. Elmer Thompson	1923 — 1951	Charles Watkins	1962 — 2008
Harvey Ammerman	1923 — 1952	William R. Menagh	1954 — 2008
Gerald T. Panella	1942 — 1954	Joseph Murphy	1968 — 2008
Willard Carley	1942 — 1954	Donald Day	1949 — 2010
Gus L. Day	1928 — 1954	Earl G. Barnes, Jr.	1960 — 2011
Carl Zanders*	1905 — 1955	Donald Smith	1959 — 2012
Chauncey Guerin	1931 — 1958	Regis Lippert	1970 — 2012
Floyd Garabrant	1930 — 1958	William Conover	1960 — 2013
Joseph Fondaco	1950 — 1962	Joseph Grassi	1952 — 2013
Charles Moeri, Jr.	1959 — 1963	Donald Rae	1961 — 2015
John Apgar	1942 — 1966	Frederick Watkins	1961 — 2016
H. Bockoven	1923 — 1967	Willard Bergman	1952 — 2016
C. Bretherton*	1905 — 1967	Liber Panella	1958 — 2016
James Gunther	1928 — 1968	Phillip Parillo Jr.	1956 — 2016
G. Parillo	1942 — 1969	Edward Amerman	1966 — 2017
C. Barnett	1940 — 1969	R. Thomas Crammer	1958 — 2018
J. Ammerman	1930 — 1970	Louis Esposito	1962 — 2018
W. Rockafeller	1920 — 1970	Robert K. Bretzger, Sr.	1976 — 2019
Clarence Blaine	1943 — 1971	Robert Collins	1995 — 2020
Walter Gunther	1926 — 1971	Jack Smith	1964 — 2020
Robert Ohweiler	1947 — 1971	Frank Peters	1960 — 2020
Howard Dean	1931 — 1971	Richard Apgar	1967 — 2021
William Shank	1947 — 1971	Gerard Dolan	1995 — 2021
Erice Zelif	1913 — 1973	Michael Ackerman	1983 — 2021
Albert Lang	1948 — 1973	Nufri Fornaro	1962 — 2022
William Day	1950 — 1973
Charles Moeri Sr.	1930 — 1974
Dave Marsh	1938 — 1974
Raymond Marsh	1918 — 1975
V. Garabrant	1922 — 1975
William Menagh, Sr.	1927 — 1976
Frank Kaercher	1945 — 1977
Charles R. Day	1931 —1979
Phillip Parillo Sr.	1943 — 1980
John Moeri	1948 — 1980
Daid O'Keefe Sr.	1953 — 1981
Stewart Cowell	1968 — 1981
Eugene Coyle	1947 — 1982
Robert Phillips	1969 — 1984
Robert Bowen	1959 — 1984
Jacob T. Lewis	1939 — 1985
Donald LeMonnier	1951 — 1985
Walter Rentsch	1937 — 1985

* Charter Member

^† Rescue Squad Only Member

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