Born: 1904 LODD: 1/16/1926 Burial: Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Delaware Fire Company: Cranston Heights Ogden was seriously injured while responding to a alarm in Marshallton around 11 p.m. on the evening of January 15, 1926. He succumbed to his injuries around 4 a.m. the following morning. Alfred was one of three Cranston Heights firefighters who died when the engine on which they were on, skidded on ice while attempting to make a turn at Foard’s
Born: 10/5/1968 LODD: 12/1/2016 Burial: Private Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department Lt. Ardythe Hope was hired on August 2, 1993, as a member of the 28th Wilmington Fire Department Academy Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the fire academy, she was assigned to Engine Company 6, A-Platoon. Assigned throughout her career to various engine companies, her final assignment was to Engine Company 5 on the C-Platoon. She died on December 1, 2016 from injuries sustained at
Born: 6/10/1972 LODD: 4/30/2000 Burial: St. Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood, Delaware Fire Company: Greenwood Arnold Blankenship, 27, was the loving husband of Dawn and doting father of 1 year old Zachary. Firefighter Blankenship, a 6 year member of the Greenwood Fire Company, was killed in a flashover during a training exercise that enveloped the attic of the 2 1/2-story farmhouse west of Bridgeville. The temperature in the building soared to about 1,200 degrees, trapping Blankenship. Blankenship
Born: 3/25/1905 LODD: 6/27/1953 Burial: Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department Lt. Arthur A Veal died during a 2 alarm fire at Maeson’s Record Store on Fourth Street in Wilmington. Lt Veal was carrying hose inside the building when the floor collapsed, plunging him into the water filled basement. He was dragged from the basement by fellow firefighters and taken to Delaware Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Doctors stated the cause
Born: 8/5/1887 LODD: 11/6/1959 Burial: Forest Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Delaware Fire Company: Volunteer Hose Arthur W. Boyles, 69, of the Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown was a firefighter and EMT. On July 23, 1959, Boyles was driving the Middletown ambulance, headed north on US 13 on an emergency transport, when a tractor trailer struck the emergency vehicle. Boyles was taken to the VA Hospital in Elsmere, where he died on November 6, never having recovered
Born: 1996 LODD: 8/22/2021 Fire Company: Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company On Sunday August 22, 2021, Wilmington Manor Fire Company firefighter Cecilia “Ceci” Escobar-Duplan was struck and killed on I-95 assisting a distressed motorist. Cecilia came upon a vehicle that had spun out of control and was attempting to render assistance to the occupant when she was struck by a passing vehicle. She died from her injuries a short while later. Born in Toluca, Mexico
Born: July 24, 1990 LODD: March 31, 2023 Fire Department: Dover Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services Fire Inspector, Captain Jeremy Charles Lundgren, Dover Air Force Base Fire &… Continue reading Untitled
Born: July 24, 1990
LODD: March 31, 2023
Fire Department: Dover Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services
Fire Inspector, Captain Jeremy Charles Lundgren, Dover Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services, died on March 31, 2023 after falling ill following a structure fire. He was 32 years of age. Jeremy was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he attended Tyngsboro schools. Upon graduation, he entered the United States Air force and while stationed in Dyess, Texas, began his career in Fire Protection Services.
During Jeremy’s 11 year service in the Air Force, he spent 8 of those years as a firefighter and three as an Airman Leadership School Instructor. He was deployed twice to the Middle East and once to South Korea. Jeremy was awarded the Meritorious Service medal and three Air Force Commendation medals. Upon completion of his military service as a Master Sergeant, Jeremy continued to serve his country as a civilian firefighter at Dover Air Force Base, where he was a Station Chief and a Fire Inspector.
As a youngster, Jeremy enjoyed many adventures and Christmas Eves with his grandparents and his aunts, uncles and cousins on fun trips to New Hampshire and with his parents to visit “Grammy & Grampy in the mountains”. As a teen, Jeremy enjoyed playing football and lacrosse in addition to getting together with his many friends.
Jeremy is survived by his children Kinleigh Christine and Mason Leonard, and their mother Megan Gilbert (USAF); his parents Gregory Lundgren of Maine, and Lisa and Michael Chagnon (USAF Ret) Camden-Wyoming and sister Amanda Lundgren (USAF veteran) also of Camden-Wyoming. Jeremy also leaves behind his best friend Ali Bueshi and BFF cousin, Kyle Courtney.
