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City of Kalamazoo Police and Public Safety Deaths
City of Kalamazoo Police and and Public Safety personnel who have died.
This list is continually being updated.  List is in last name and first name order.

A
Ola Bird Abraham 1880 1951 PO
George A. Ackley bef 1860 after 1905 SP
Carl D. Adams 1921 2002 CA
Reuben Hutchenson Adams 1834 1905 SP
Arthur John Albertson 1885 1935 PO
Albert A. Aldrich bef 1854 1903 SP
Loyal Mason Aldrich 1900 1970 DET
Charles B. Allen 1844 1913 CH
Frank L. Allen 1890 1940 PO
George A. Allen 1925 1980 PO
Harold Eugene Allen 1938 PO
John B. Allen 1824 1898 TO
Sheldon Allen 1852 PO
Samuel D. Amedeo 1922 1947 PO
Robert Lee Amsbury 1941 2006 EO
Reuel Hersey Armantrout 1904 1964 PO
I. Arnold bef 1830 VM
Robert W. Auber 1914 1981 PO
Anton Auer 1882 1947 PO
Charles B. Avery ca 1856 1912 PO
Ardis Belle Ayles 1901 1969 PW

B
John Jacob Baas 1910 PO
Avery J.Baird ca 1860 PO
Jerry Lynn Baker 1939 2004 PSO
Arald Chickering Balch 1823 1903 VM
Charles A. Ballett 1891 1955 CA
O. K. Ballett 1892 1970 PO
Lewis H. Ballinger 1921 1986 PO
Harold Leroy Bannister 1931 1983 PO
William Elmer Barber 1932 2000 CA
Walter J. Barry 1900 PO
Richard L. Baugh 1926 1970 PO
Franklin L. Baxter 1905 PO
Charles Beach 1881 1959 PO
John Wesley Bean 1870 1943 PO
Melvin Lester Beardsley 1899 1983 LT
F. Beck bef 1850 SP
Luther Franklin Beck 1903 1993 PO
William M. Beeman 1828 1893 VM
Hugh Beggs ca 1854 1919 SP
George Christian Behrens 1929 2003 DET
Emil Kunnard Beldo ca 1892 PO
Clarence A. Bell 1908 PO
William Ewing Bennett 1923 2004 PO
William R. Bennett bef 1910 PO
Curtis Axel Berglin 1949 1998 CA
Robert L. Berry ca 1907 1985 PO
Richard Irvin Bickle 1927 2000 PO
Daniel Alfred Billig 1885 PO
James H. Billig 1880 PO
Otto A. Binder bef 1890 1945 PO
Ira D. Bixby bef 1860 1910 SP
John H. Blaney ca 1832 1919 CH
Michael F. Blaney bef 1895 SP
Clyde W. Bloom 1888 1954 PO
John C. Bloom bef 1860 SP
H. J. Boardman bef 1820 VM
Dirk Boekaloo bef 1860 SP
David Boekeloo 1887 1966 PO
Henry Hendrick Boekeloo bef 1860 PO
Peter Boekeloo bef 1860 SP
Frederick Richard Bogema 1887 PO
Henry D. Bogema 1879 1939 PO
Douglas John Bol 1935 2001 PO
Daniel Edward Bordwell 1889 1966 PO
James L. Borland bef 1860 1914 SP
John C. Born 1862 PO
Curtis Frederick Bosma 1947 2002 PSO
Menno Monroe Boven 1896 1969 PO
Nelson F. Bowes ca 1860 SP
George Nelson Boyles 1871 1924 CH
George Herman Bradt bef 1860 1923 SP
Glenn Theodore “Dick” Breed 1913 1980 PO
Seth D. Briggs 1833 1887 SP
LeRoy Vern Bronson 1886 1961 PO
Arthur Brown bef 1890 PO
Herman M. Brown ca 1832 VM
Robert William Brown 1921 1994 PO
S. Brown bef 1860 SP
Daniel N. Brownell 1831 1891 SP
Henry G. Brownell bef 1850 CH
Henry J. Brownell bef 1850 VM
Thomas C. Brownell bef 1820 ca 1879 VM
Samuel W. Bryan ca 1820 VM
Victor Robert Burdette 1942 2005 LT
Ira Burdick ca 1794 1866 VM
Donald Stewart Burland 1907 1977 PO
Albert G. Bushouse 1897 1965 PO
Samuel B. Buttery ca 1844 1932 SP

C
James H. Cairns ca 1860 SP
Dale Allen Camburn 1927 1994 SGT
Carlton P. Campbell bef 1909 PO
Francis N. Capell bef 1860 SP
Roy F. Carleton 1903 1981 PO
Michael Paul Carnell 1946 2004 PO
Roy Wade Carney 1878 1943 DET
Dale Edward Carpenter 1956 1998 PSO
Herbert W. Carpenter 1882 1950 PO
Hugh Darlton Carpenter 1910 1986 PO
Frank D. Carr 1898 1972 PO
Albert Olin Carson 1879 1955 PO
Alvah J. Carson bef 1860 1918 SP
Lyle Chester Caswell 1909 1976 PO
George H. Chandler ca 1860 SP
Ralph Waldo Chapman 1879 1955 CH
W. H. Chappell bef 1860 SP
Frank B. Chichester bef 1860 SP
Samuel E. Children bef 1885 PO
Merrill Clapp 1912 PO
C. Clark ca 1860 SP
W. E. Clark ca 1866 PO
Ray Zelon Cleveland 1895 1965 DET
Richard Leroy Clippinger 1893 1977 PO
Charles L. Cobb bef 1860 1909 SP
William H. Cobb 1825 1904 CH
Frank L. Colton bef 1860 PO
George Edward Colyer 1921 1989 PO
William A. Combs 1935 1974 PO
Reeves Payson Comfort 1901 1970 PO
Charles P. Conboy 1918 2006 PO
Edward Cone bef 1860 SP
Albert Conklin ca 1863 SP
Dennis A. Coogan ca 1860 SP
Burton A. Cook 1874 1948 PO
Charles R. Cooper bef 1860 SP
Edward H. Cope bef 1860 SP
Porter Corbin 1904 PO
Robert Burton Corbin 1927 2006 PO
William Costigan bef 1860 1910 SP
Frank L. Cotton bef 1865 PO
Frank F.Cross ca 1850 PO
William Crowell 1902 1979 PO
Frank “Dewey” Crummell 1891 PO
Ray Culp 1882 PO
C. E. Curtis bef 1860 SP

D
Vern P. Daggett 1910 1995 PO
Joseph S. Davidson bef 1830 VM
William D. Davidson 1922 1996 PO
Barton Carl Davis 1900 1979 PO
Clyde Davis ca 1894 PO
LaVere J. Davis 1896 1962 PO
William A. Davis bef 1890 PO
Kathryn Nykerk DeBoer 1899 1986 PW
Carl Richard Deem 1925 1998 PO
Henry J. DeGrafft bef 1860 SP
Dell W. Dellinger bef 1900 PO
John E. DePierre 1927 1990 PO
Vernon Dale DeWent 1935 2001 SGT
Ephraim Dingman 1861 1939 PO
Edward N. Diver bef 1860 SP
George W. Doane bef 1860 SP
John Dobbin bef 1860 SP
Mr Dodge bef 1890 PO
Dennis D. Donnelly 1930 2002 PO
Max Otto Donoghue bef 1905 PO
Leon J. Dopp 1893 1944 PO
William Dorn bef 1860 SP
Charles A. Downer 1921 1988 PO
William S. Downey ca 1852 AC
Clarence Downing bef 1860 PO
Charles Lewis Draper 1935 1996 PO
Harm R. Drenth 1900 1978 PO
Lester Abner Dudgeon 1898 1971 PO
Nathan Alton Duncan 1935 1998 DC
Harold David Dunleavy 1931 1988 PO
Eugene Dustin bef 1860 1903 PO
Curtis M. Dye ca 1855 PO
Harold William Dyer 1932 1995 PO
John T. Dyer 1902 1971 CA
Clarence Benedict Dyke 1901 1986 PO
Leonard S. Dyke 1895 1967 SGT
Harm R. Dykehouse 1917 1995 DET

E
Bertrand A. Elkerton 1875 PO
Jay G. Endsley 1881 CA
Charles H. Erling ca 1853 SP
Nicholas Essenberger ca 1850 SP
Myron H. Evits bef 1860 SP
Earl F. Ex 1925 1990 YB

F
William Fager ca 1850 SP
Thomas Malcolm Fenwick 1930 1997 DET
Adelbert A. Ferguson 1879 1950 LT
John H. Fick ca 1850 SP
Frank Finney bef 1860 SP
Matthew C. Fischer bef 1890 DET
David Fisher bef 1840 CH
Charles H. Fisk bef 1860 SP
Albert F. Fleck 1903 1995 PO
Rock Fleming 1895 1977 PC
A. Flynn bef 1860 SP
Bernard Flynn bef 1860 SP
Edward A. Flynn bef 1860 SP
Charles W. Folger ca 1875 PO
Raymond Foppema 1905 1950 PO
Frank Forbes bef 1860 SP
Frank Forman 1902 1973 PO
Jack M. Foster 1913 PO
Dean Alvin Fox 1923 2001 CH
Thomas J. Fox 1880 1934 PO
William W. Foy bef 1850 VM
Harold F. Fraleigh 1898 1968 PO
Cornelius Francoise bef 1860 SP
Arthur J. Frank bef 1875 PO
Albert H. Freeman bef 1860 SP
William Carlton Freeman 1875 1948 DET
David Paul Freer 1934 1994 PO
Thomas H. Frenthway 1863 1949 PO
Paul W. Frick ca 1876 1958 PO
John J. Fry bef 1860 SP
Walter R. Fry 1909 PO
William W. Fry bef 1850 PO

G
John E. Gabelman 1899 1968 PO
Richard S. Gage bef 1830 VM
John J. Galman bef 1830 CON
Hiram J. Gamet bef 1860 SP
Gustavus Martelle Gates 1841 1911 VM
Lyman M. Gates 1833 1905 CH
W. S. Gault bef 1860 SP
John E. Gellick 1925 PO
Garrett Gerlofs 1903 1972 DE
Charles Gibbs ca 1850 VM
Nelson Gibbs 1808 VM
Walter Giford bef 1860 PO
Viola Katherine Gill 1917 2002 PW
J David Gilman bef 1820 VM
Adelbert “Dell” Glover bef 1875 PO
Orrin Dell Glover bef 1875 PO
Edwin L. Goodrich bef 1830 VM
Robert Allen “AL” Goodwin 1921 1997 PO
John H. Gordon bef 1860 SP
Lyndon G. “Nick” Granger 1891 1986 PO
William Green bef 1840 VM
George W. Greene 1892 PO
Burr F. Greenfield 1855 1913 VM
Charles G. Griffin bef 1860 SP
Harold R. Griffith 1920 2005 PO
Ronald Joseph Grooten 1946 PSO
Clarence Elmer Gross 1927 1993 PO
Kenneth John Grossens 1946 2005 PO
Charles Henry Grotemut 1863 1939 CA
Argylle L. Growden 1918 1984 PO

H
Edward V. Hall bef 1910 PO
Edward Ellsworth Halladay 1908 1992 CA
Matthew Gustave Hallman 1965 2005 PSO
Kenneth F. Hamilton ca 1922 PO
Arno L. Harding 1906 1993 PO
William Hare 1837 1920 CH
Joseph Harold Harper ca 1851 SGT
Levi A. Harris bef 1860 SP
John C. Hays ca 1817 1881 VM
Charles Edwin Hayward bef 1870 1911 PO
Edward H. Hayward ca 1864 PO
Frank H. Hayward ca 1864 PO
Byron J. Healy ca 1860 SP
Charles A. Healy ca 1860 SP
Fred Hendricks bef 1890 PO
Manuel E. Henika bef 1860 SP
Howard Wayne Henry 1924 1968 DET
William H. Hewett bef 1860 SP
Jerome Vic Heydenberk 1900 1985 LT
Billy Richard Heystek 1925 2004 PO
Sherwin H. Heywood 1892 1960 CH
James Frederick Hilliard 1920 2003 PO
Robert E. Hillyer 1922 1973 PO
Walter Preston Holder 1907 1965 PO
Edward F. Holley 1880 PO
Ansel K. Horton bef 1860 SP
John P. Howard 1918 2006 PO
Howard William Hoyt 1906 1981 CH
Alden B. Huntley 1841 PO
Edwin M. Hurley 1902 1978 SO
Edward V. Hutchins 1895 PO

I
Harold Frederick Inghram 1920 2005 PO
Howard O. Ingraham bef 1885 PO
Raymond C. Ingram 1927 2001 PO
Arthur Eli Irey 1885 1958 PO

J
Andrew M. Jackson bef 1860 SP
Carlton A. Jackson 1905 1996 SGT
Robert P. James bef 1860 SP
Paul R. Janis 1925 1998 PO
Oscar T. Jannasch bef 1860 SP
Harry P. Jenkins 1923 2003 LT
Charles C. Jennings bef 1860 SP
Lavern H. Johncox 1879 PO
Benjamin C. Johnson bef 1860 SP
Edward M. Johnson bef 1906 PO
Edwin Johnson 1894 PO
J. H. Johnson 1860 SP
Millard Otis Johnson 1885 PO
James Jones bef 1860 SP
Raymond Edsel Jones 1925 1966 PO
Alfred John Joyce 1923 2002 LT

K
Rancy R. Kain ca 1890 PO
William Kennedy bef 1860 PO
George W. Kennicott bef 1835 VM
Edwin Joseph Kent 1931 1998 PO
John T. Kerns 1875 1932 Sgt
Mamie E. Kerr bef 1890 PW
William Robert Ketvirtis 1930 2001 EO
George P. Kidder ca 1825 1902 VM
Harvey Edwin Kincaid 1923 1965 DET
Frank Allan Kingston 1889 1918 PO
Frances E Kintner bef 1910 PW
Bruce G. Kitchen bef 1907 PO
Arthur F. Kivela 1922 1983 PO
John Klimp 1875 1935 PO
Richard Klingst bef 1890 PO
Frederich Knapp bef 1860 SP
Glenn Bernard Knowles 1904 1980 PO
William H. Knowles bef 1860 SP
Walter F. Koons 1908 1977 PO
Herman Major Kops 1916 PO
Harm Hiram Kremer ca 1858 1934 LT
Charles Fred Kromdyke 1900 1970 PO
A. Krow bef 1860 SP
Anthony Adam Kuchta 1900 1974 PO
Fester Louis Kuilema 1886 1948 PO
James E. Kurtz 1843 1929 SP

L
Stephen Lage bef 1860 1887 SP
John A. Lamb 1835 1922 CH
Marcus F. Lampe bef 1885 PO
Donald Jack Lanphear 1925 1995 PO
Robert F. Large bef 1860 PO
Sherman Lee Ledbetter 1930 1999 PO
Larry Leon Leipzig 1938 2006 PO
Glenford S. Leonard 1922 1996 PO
Clarence Elmer Leverton 1922 1986 PO
Robert Stevens Lewis 1911 1983 PO
Harold Burton Ligman 1925 1991 MA
Anthony M. Locker 1927 2001 PO
Alfred Henry Lodge 1913 2003 PO
John W. Lounsbery bef 1860 SP
Charles Bourns Lowell 1919 PO
Raymond C. Lyons 1916 SGT

M
James A. MacGregor 1909 PO
Henry C. Madigan 1906 PO
William Paul Maher 1932 2005 PO
Michael Donald Marklin 1918 1993 CA
Leland Stanley Marks 1895 1975 PO
John W. Martin bef 1885 PO
Luman A. Martin 1900 PO
Robert Earle Martin 1969 1984 EO
Carl D. Mason bef 1890 PO
Ora Matthews 1886 PW
Charles Mattice bef 1880 1940 PO
Robert K. Mayer 1929 1998 EO
Harry McAllister bef 1890 PO
Hathaway McAllister bef 1860 1910 SP
John H. “Jack” McAllister ca 1870 1948 SGT
Alfred McCafferty bef 1895 PO
Burl Leroy McCarty 1907 1994 DE
William Henry McCourtie bef 1860 1923 SP
Loren McDonald bef 1880 PO
Angus McDougal bef 1860 SP
Joseph McGibney bef 1860 SP
Bertram McGregor bef 1890 PO
Manley G McKeeby. 1911 1973 PO
Edward J. McKenna 1924 1994 DET
Lawrence J. McKinnon 1909 1976 PO
John William McNea 1937 2004 PO
Arthur D. Medicott bef 1860 SP
Lloyd Louis Meeker 1927 1999 PO
George Meerdink bef 1860 SP
Charles A. Merrell 1847 aft 1910 AM
Theodore Merrill bef 1860 SP
Harley Merriman 1889 PO
Vernon Middaugh 1922 1980 PO
Joseph B. Milbeck 1896 1948 CA
Charles M. Miller bef 1860 SP
Cornelius H. Miller bef 1860 SP
Joseph H. Miller bef 1890 PO
Michael F. Miller bef 1860 SP
William M. Miller ca 1889 PO
Harlan R. Minckler 1893 1980 PO
Louis H. Miner bef 1877 PO
William Mison bef 1860 SP
Herbert P. Mittan 1879 1935 PO
Leonard Moelaart 1894 PO
Leon Andrew Mohney 1910 1962 PO
Ernest Monroe bef 1890 PO
Cora L. Dellinger Moore 1875 1955 PW
James C. Morrison 1922 2003 DE
Warren S. Mosher bef 1860 SP
Willis Mosher bef 1860 SP
Michael Edward Moshier 1936 1989 LT
William Munton bef 1860 SP
Henry Musselman bef 1860 SP

N
Melva L. Nagler bef 1890 PW
Henry C. Nash bef 1860 SP
William Nason bef 1860 SP
John Jay Neaher bef 1860 SP
John Nicholas Negri 1930 1980 PO
Bernard N. Neifert 1904 1966 PO
Lawrence F. Nicholas 1889 1953 SGT
George Williams Nicholson 1918 2004 PO
John Richard Nutt 1909 2005 CA

O
David Lynn Oakleaf 1950 2000 EO
Charles H. O'Brien bef 1880 PO
Michael O'Brien bef 1840 CH
Austin C. Odell ca 1838 SP
Henry A. Odell bef 1860 SP
James Alva Odell bef 1839 SP
Thomas Neil Oorbeck 1936 1998 LT
Donald Oosting 1921 1981 PO
Benjamin F. Orcutt 1815 1867 VM
Nella B. Orr bef 1895 PW
John Ouding 1884 1967 PO

P
LeRoy Paine bef 1900 PO
Raymond A. Palmer 1880 PO
Theodore A. Palmer bef 1860 SP
Joseph W. Pangburn bef 1905 PO
W. M. Parish bef 1860 SP
John Parker bef 1840 CH
Raymond C. Parker bef 1890 PO
Robert J. Parker bef 1906 PO
Guy Leland Parsons 1887 PO
Clinton Lester Paulson 1934 2006 PO
Michael H. “Swing” Pearsaul ca 1908 PO
Eugene Frank Pelong 1892 1954 CA
Donald Peterson bef 1906 PO
William Robert Pfau 1914 1981 YB
Emil Pfeifer bef 1845 PO
Alfred Lorenzo Phillips 1853 1914 VM
John W. Phillips bef 1857 PO
Kenneth Leroy Phillips 1924 1990 PO
Phineas Phillips bef 1828 VM
Carl Gilbert Phinney 1915 1978 PO
Arthur Lucius Pickard 1872 PO
William K. Pickard 1865 1929 PO
Charles A. Pickett 1895 1979 PO
Clarence Pierce bef 1910 PO
Roy W. Pierce 1878 Sgt
John Pike bef 1895 PO
John A. Pitts 1846 1917 PO
Dingman Plating ca 1839 SP
William E. Powers bef 1860 SP
Fred Clinton Putnam 1875 CA

Q

R
Orville Richard Ragan 1923 1993 DC
George Willis Ralph 1884 bef 1930 SGT
Leona E. Ackley Ralph ca 1874 aft 1930 MT
William E. Randall 1888 1971 PO
James R. Ransbottom 1936 2003 PO
Calvin Rasor 1854 1910 CH
Michael J. Rectenwald bef 1860 SP
David R. Redding 1938 2000 PO
Clarence V. Reed bef 1895 PO
Sterling A. Reid 1903 1952 DET
George Charles Relaford 1920 1987 PO
Otto J. Remington 1898 1970 PO
William H. Rhodes bef 1860 SP
Charles Rice* 1848 1913 CLK
Gerald Eugene Rice 1942 1988 SGT
Louis Albert Richwine 1882 PO
Charles H. Rickard bef 1870 AM
John Robbins bef 1860 SP
Ivan Roberts bef 1905 PO
Jack Donald Roberts 1921 2004 PO
William E. Robinson 1918 PO
Joseph F. Robischung bef 1860 SP
Hollis E. Roblyer 1920 1988 PO
Rex L. Rock 1923 2002 PO
John H. Ronenneau bef 1860 SP
Claude V. Rolfe bef 1880 PO
Chester D. Root bef 1860 SP
Fred N. Root bef 1860 SP
Newton Root bef 1823 1871 VM
Wilbert L. Root bef 1860 SP
Ira Rosa bef 1860 SP
Donald Hiram Rowe 1907 1989 PO
John Rowen bef 1860 SP
Asel W. Rowley bef 1860 SP
Delbert Rowley 1894 PO
Charles G. Russell bef 1860 SP
Geo W. Russell bef 1895 PO
Joseph Edward Ryan bef 1941 1997 PSO/EO

S
Frederic B. Sackett 1905 DET
John Sanford bef 1860 SP
John Saunders bef 1860 SP
Dean C. "Doc" Savage 1922 1976 PO
Ebo Schipper 1915 1985 PO
John Schliss bef 1860 SP
Bryan A. Schreffler bef 1900 PO
Myron P. Schwoebell 1921 2000 PO
John A. Scrivener bef 1860 SP
Harley Edward Searles 1890 1977 PO
Leon Gambeta Searles 1883 PO
George H Seiler 1867 1935 CA
Vern A. Shafer bef 1900 PO
John V. Sharkey ca 1891 PO
Daniel H. Shea bef 1860 SP
Clifford Keith Sheeler 1927 1996 SGT
Alexander J. Sheldon ca 1824 VM
C. N. Shelton bef 1890 PO
William A. Shelven bef 1880 1944 PO
William Marion Shireman 1933 2005 LT
Raymond Arthur Shorter 1894 1970 SGT
William Richard Shorter 1891 1953 PO
E. Grove Showerman 1861 1941 PO
William F. Siewert 1858 PO
David John Sisak 1944 1993 CA
Gerald Richard Skees 1934 2002 PO
Roy H. Skinner bef 1883 PO
Robert Joseph Slater 1938 2001 DET
James M. Slavin 1912 1987 CH
Kenneth Allan Sliss 1936 1992 SGT
John Sliter bef 1895 PO
Samuel F. Sloan 1872 1935 SGT
Allen Smith* bef 1870 CLK
Charles A. Smith bef 1860 SP
Edwin P. Smith bef 1860 SP
Elmer L. Smith bef 1875 SP
Homer I. Smith 1891 PO
Hugh Calderwood Smith 1891 1976 PO
James Roy Smith 1921 1975 PO
Richard Smith 1919 1989 DET
Ira Snouffer bef 1905 PO
Annis F. Sonnedecker ca 1895 PW
Jacob Sootsman bef 1860 SP
John J. Souser bef 1860 SP
William Sheldon Sparrow 1940 2005 PSO
John C. Sperry 1887 1935 SGT
William Stacey bef 1840 PO
George W. Stafford bef 1860 SP
Lewis Cass Starkey 1829 1900 VM
George O. Starr bef 1890 PO
Alva E. Stearns 1854 1934 PO
George A. Steger 1918 1963 PO
Orville J. Sternburgh 1894 1966 PO
Clair Stevens 1897 PO
Hugh Stevens bef 1900 1941 DET
Ross Stevens bef 1895 PO
John Riley Stewart 1901 1988 CA
William H. Stockdale ca 1853 1912 PO
Eugene G. Stovall 1949 2002 PO
Charles Wesley Struble 1879 1955 CH
Harold J. Struble 1897 1934 PO
James H. Sweet bef 1855 SP
William H. Sweet 1868 PO
Basil Sweetland 1905 PO

T
Benjamin Franklin Taffee 1879 1958 CH
Andrew J. Tagley bef 1860 SP
David Tatroe 1857 PO
Alvin S. Taylor bef 1890 PO
David H. Taylor bef 1860 SP
Marion C. Taylor 1925 1992 PO
Norman Theobald 1896 1969 PO
Arthur Harold Theodore 1919 1966 TE
George Thompson bef 1890 PO
John W. Thompson 1850 AC
Frederick Thorsen 1917 PO
Warren Bruce Timmerman 1933 2003 PO
Iva Dee Timmis 1896 1987 DET
William M. Todd ca 1853 PO
Luther H. Trask 1807 1888 PO
Samuel True bef 1840 CON
Donald C. Trumble 1907 1980 PO
H. D. Tucker bef 1860 SP
Jacob L. Turk 1902 1973 PO
Herbert Tyson bef 1860 SP

U
Walter J. Upson 1896 1965 PO

V
Harold F. VanderPool 1900 1973 PO
Douglas VanderRoest 1943 PO
Harm VanderVeen 1908 1981 PO
Carl VanderWeele 1899 1966 PO
Frank VanOosten 1903 1999 PO
Cornelius VanZee bef 1860 SP
Claude Albert "Al" Veenhuis 1910 1996 PO
Dirk Verdries 1908 1976 PO
Herman Lewis Viswat 1913 2004 PO
Thomas H. Vrogendewej ca 1862 PO

W
Warren Fenton "Pete" Wakeland 1916 1992 PO
Robert Walker bef 1865 PO
James C. Wall bef 1860 SP
Clarence L. Ward ca 1890 PO
Archie E. Warren bef 1860 SP
Robert Warren 1846 1899 PO
Thomas W. Warren bef 1860 SP
Glenn Bertrude Washburn 1884 1929 PO
Herman A. Watson bef 1860 SP
Stephen Howard Wattles 1824 1899 CH
Charles Weimer bef 1860 SP
John Weiner bef 1900 PO
John T. Welch bef 1860 SP
John H. Wells bef 1840 VM
Jennie Werkman bef 1890 1968 PW
Michael Allison Westbrook 1962 1994 PO
Harold Edward Westerlund 1911 1984 PO
Oscar Fred Wetherell 1879 1947 CA
Jack Hilton Wetmore 1925 1987 PO
William J. Wheeler bef 1860 SP
Horace W. Whipple 1884 1961 PO
Benjamin F.Whistler 1908 PO
C. H. White bef 1860 SP
Frank White 1900 PO
Leon Frederick White Jr. 1929 2004 PSO
Marjorie H. White 1913 PW
Russell D. White 1954 1985 PO
Darrell Clifford Wicke 1902 1960 TE
J. Wilcox bef 1840 CON
Frederick Wildesmith bef 1860 SP
A. Wildman bef 1860 SP
Edmund Wilford bef 1908 PO
Ellis O. Wilkins 1894 1979 PO
Charles E. Williams 1912 PO
Dee Williams 1897 1971 CA
William G. Williams bef 1890 PO
Carroll W. Wilson bef 1900 PO
Henry H. Wilson bef 1890 PO
Ira Virgil Winebrenner 1887 1962 PO
Isaac A. Wing 1829 1911 PO
Roger W. Wiswell 1904 1963 PO
Edmund A. Wolford 1907 1997 PO
Warren Wilber Wood 1889 PO
William Henry Wooden 1890 PO
Elton George Woodruff 1934 2002 PSO
Glenn Ellsworth Woodruff 1898 1993 PO
Gaylord Woodward 1924 1981 PO
John W. Wright 1902 1984 PO

X

Y
William Joseph Yankee 1925 1999 DET
Kenneth Patrick Yeakel 1942 1988 PO
John B. Young bef 1890 PO
Maurice A. Young ca 1883 PO
David M. Yuroff 1922 1982 PO

Z
Gerard Douglas Zantjer 1928 2001 PO

Abbreviations
AC Assistant Cheif
AM (unknown)
CA Captain
CH Chief
CLK Clerk
CM Commissioner
CON Constable
DC Deputy Chief
DET Detective
EO Equipment Operator
FF Fire Fighter
INS Inspector
LAB Lab Technician
LT Lieutenant
MA Major
PSO Public Safety Officer
PW Police Woman
QM Quartermaster
SGT Sergeant
SO Special Officer
SP Special Police*
TE Technician
TR Truant Officer
VM Village Marshall
YB Youth Bureau
   
*Special Police (SP) were used as a Reserve Police would be used. The police department was small during the 1800s and the SP would be used for large crowds,
conventions, fairs etc.
 
Source

Various Kalamazoo, MI records, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), obituaries etc.  The identities and dates were compiled for the 125th Anniversary of the Kalamazoo Police Department which was published June 2007.

 
Abstracted

Ardis J Pierce and Wayne H Loney.


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