Born: 1/28/1867 LODD: 4/3/1919 Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Washington #7, Wilmington Volunteers Assistant Chief Frank R. Kindell died at home as a result of injuries from an auto accident a couple weeks prior, when responding to a fire call. He was 55 years of age. In addition to being an officer for the Washington Fire Company, he was a foreman for the Street and Sewer Department of Wilmington. He was survived by
Born: 8/19/1918 LODD: 1/3/1966 Burial: Sharon Hills Memorial Park, Dover, Delaware Fire Company: Little Creek On January 3, 1965, the Little Creek Fire Company was dispatched to Port Mahon Road for a house fire with children possibly inside. Frank “Corkey” Hurley drove engine 3 as the 2nd engine on scene and reported to the rear of the structure. When Corkey learned of the possibility that children were inside the structure, he entered the building and
Born: 1888 LODD: 11/15/1950 Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Dover, Delaware Fire Company: Clayton While attending a meeting of the Kent County Volunteer Firemen’s Association at Houston Fire Company, Fred E. Burke had just finished speaking when he fell to the floor from an apparent heart attack. He was transported to Kent General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He served as chairman of the law and legislative committee of the DVFA, was president
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: 2/23/1898 LODD: 1/3/1964 Burial: Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Burrsville, Maryland Fire Company: Marydel Fire Policeman George Dewey Fortney, Sr. suffered a fatal heart attack behind the wheel of his car while responding to a car fire, three quarters of a mile over the state line west of Marydel. George Dewey Fortney, Sr. was 65 years old. “Dewey” was the former Chief of the Marydel Police Department and had retired from the International Latex
Born: 8/15/1866 LODD: 1/20/1933 Burial: King’s Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Marshallton, Delaware Fire Company: Cranston Heights Fire Company A Charter Member of the Cranston Heights Fire Company, George was killed in the line of duty as a result of injuries he received after battling a house fire in the neighborhood of Brookland Terrace. He was 67 years old. At the time of his death, he had been the sitting President of the Cranston Heights Fire
