Cleveland Firefighters Memorial

The Cleveland Firefighters Memorial was dedicated in Cleveland in June 0f 2007. The Memorial is located at 601 Erieside Street between the Cleveland Browns Stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center. It honors 76 firefighters who died in the line of duty between 1869 and 1995. An article in the June 10, 2007 issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer lists the names of the individual fire fighters who died. The list was compiled by Paul L. Nelson, historian of the Western Reserve Fire Museum. The men honored, as well as the year of their death, are:

Paul Aukins, 1869; John C. Sturges, 1870; Henry O. Loomis, 1873; Samuel Fitch,1879; John F. Maher, 1879; John T. Gillson, 1882; Henry C. Harmon, 1884; Henry Gensert, 1887; Timothy Graham, 1888; Samuel Pease, 1891; Henry Ressler, 1891; John Grady, 1891; Michael Howley, 1891; Willis Hizer, 1894; Michael Walsh, 1896; William A. Reynolds, 1897; William B. MacFetters, 1897; Sylvester Esterle, 1898; William Roth, 1899; Sheldon Wright, 1901; Patrick Joyce, 1902; Joseph L. Flaherty, 1903; Robert Ried, 1903; Robert Duffy, 1903; James Schweda, 1903; William D. Rowe, 1906; Herman David, 1911; James R. Killoran, 1915; William P. Rush Sr., 1917; William J. Haley, 1921; Patrick Jordan, 1921;
Walter Reed, 1923; Arthur Stansbury, 1928; Daniel O'Laughlin, 1932; Michael Bolivar, 1932; Fred Brown, 1935; Leo Murphy, 1935; Roy Haylor, 1938; Charles Klocksen, 1943; Patrick Mangan, 1944; Norman Kitzerow, 1944; James J. Cull, 1945; Theodore Brenyas, 1947; Paul I. Green, 1948; Henry Spencer, 1948; John J. Kilbane, 1949; Henry F. Lange, 1949; Joseph Vlasaty, 1956; Jack W. Poe, 1959; Charles Prymmer, 1960; Walter Kress, 1962; John J. Finucan, 1963; Kenneth F. Jacklitz, 1963; Robert Ternansky, 1963; Edwin J. Hart, 1963; John T. McKenna, 1963; Robert H. Jones, 1963; Robert L. Marquard, 1963; Ralph E. Simon, 1966; John A. Petz, 1966; Charles G. Doehner, 1966; Joseph G. Toolis, 1966; Stanley Lawson, 1966; David W. Hunger, 1967; Dennis J. Connors, 1968; George J. Solloway, 1969; John D. Ruszkowski, 1969; John J. Gallagher, 1969; Salvatore Mazzola, 1970; Joseph A. DeCrane, 1972; Frank L. Bonacci, 1972; Edward J. Gresky, 1974; John W. McNamee, 1974; Richard Ward, Dec. 3, 1983; Daniel R. Pescatrice, 1985; and Edward M. Carey, 1995.






















Thank you for your bravery and sacrifice, Firefighters of Cleveland.