Born: 1954 LODD: 8/3/1971 Burial: Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton, Delaware Fire Company: Felton As an EMT for the Felton Community Fire Company, 17 year old Richard Schuyler was responding to the report of accident near town when his vehicle left Sussex Rd 284 (Little Masten’s Corner Rd) on a curve and overturned. He was working digging potatoes with his father and had just left with a truckload. He was given emergency care at Kent General
Born: January 1854 LODD: 1/12/1936 Burial: Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Minquadale George J Sahms died in Homeopathic Hospital from complications at 82 years of age. Mr. Sahms was taken ill on New Year’s Day and was removed to the hospital where he died. He worked in Bayberry, Pa and retired about 10 years ago, when he came to Minquadale to live with his daughter, Mrs. Ella Evans. Mr. Sahms family consists of two
Born: 1/26/1868 LODD: 2/3/1923 Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department George Albert Rogerson of Engine Company #6, died of pneumonia after not feeling well while at work. Mr. Rogerson’s death is attributed to his refusal to give up although a sick man, and responding to the alarm of fire from Greenhill Church lane, on the Kennett Pike, January 31, when the homes of Alexander Taite and Robert Jones were burned. He
Born: 2/23/1924 LODD: 4/4/1969 Burial: Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Delaware Fire Company: Georgetown Georgetown Fire Chief Clifton M. Rogers died on April 4, 1969 at a house fire that occurred five miles west of Georgetown. As heavy smoke poured from the structure, Rogers began laying hose. He had just moved the tanker he was driving into better position, when he was stricken with a heart attack. He was dead on arrival at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in
Born: 3/30/1946 LODD: 2/3/2002 Burial: Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Lewes, Delaware Fire Company: Lewes Louis A. Rickards‚ 55‚ volunteer president‚ Lewes Fire Department‚ died February 3‚ 2002‚ in a motor vehicle accident as he traveled to a regional firefighters association meeting. He served with the department for 39 years‚ including 25 years as chief or assistant chief and 13 terms as president. In 1997‚ he was named Chief Emeritus of the Lewes Fire Department. Rickards was
Chief John M. Pridemore of the Clayton Fire Company, age 54, died in the line of duty on March 8, 2022 from injuries sustained in a fall while conducting clean up duties at the Clayton Fire Company station. Chief Pridemore joined the Clayton Fire Company in 1991, stating that he “wanted to serve the community he lived in”. In addition to the office of Fire Chief, he served in many other capacities with the Clayton Fire
