In Memory of those that have passed beyond our mortal sight.
Deceased Members of the MSPAA and MSP Family
| Name | Date of Death |
|---|---|
| Trooper First Class Thomas Stephen Beman | 2024-10-17 |
| Lieutenant Douglas DeLeaver | 2024-10-16 |
| Lieutenant Michael Gawrych | 2024-10-12 |
| Trooper First Class John H. Eberwein | 2024-09-18 |
| Lieutenant Wayne Maurice Scriber | 2024-09-16 |
| Trooper First Class Arthur E. Pfister, Jr. | 2024-08-30 |
| Trooper First Class David Lee Price | 2024-08-23 |
| Trooper First Class Michael Lee Jones | 2024-08-14 |
| Jillian "Jill" Watts, CJIS Officer | 2024-08-11 |
| Sergeant Preston Lee Mears | 2024-08-09 |
| Lieutenant Carlton Willis Collier | 2024-08-08 |
| Lieutenant Manuel Andrew Lewis, Jr. | 2024-08-04 |
| Lieutenant Roger Thibaudeau, Sr. | 2024-07-20 |
| Trooper First Class William Morgan Moore | 2024-07-17 |
| Trooper First Class James E. Wright | 2024-07-12 |
| Detective Sergeant Clarence O. Brickey, Jr. | 2024-07-01 |
| Sergeant George Harry Bevard, II | 2024-07-01 |
| Sergeant Lionel "Hank" Howland | 2024-06-30 |
| Lieutenant Allen Edmond Swope | 2024-05-15 |
| Corporal Ralph Douglas Brown | 2024-04-27 |
| Major Robert B. Cave | 2024-04-25 |
| Trooper Ronald Ellecamp | 2024-04-14 |
| Lieutenant William “Wild Bill” Holley | 2024-03-31 |
| Corporal Gary F. Prochaska | 2024-03-18 |
| Lieutenant Gregory “Greg” Paul Cameron | 2024-03-16 |
| Captain Rocco John "Rocky" Gabriele Sr. | 2024-03-13 |
| Trooper First Class Terry Lee Slick | 2024-02-11 |
| Captain Leonard M. “Lennie” Armstrong | 2024-02-11 |
| Sergeant William "Bill" Francis Baker | 2024-01-15 |
| Corporal Robert R. Edgell, Jr. | 2024-01-11 |
| Lieutenant Edward Smith Johnson | 2024-01-11 |
| First Sergeant William "Bill" L. Hayes | 2023-12-13 |
| Sergeant Richard Eugene Edwards | 2023-11-29 |
| Trooper First Class Clarence "Chuck" Creswell, III | 2023-11-03 |
| Lieutenant Bernard Edward Spangler, Jr. | 2023-10-30 |
| Iris A. Mowbray | 2023-10-19 |
| Corporal Robert (Bob) Charles Titus | 2023-10-17 |
| Trooper First Class George Howard Reith | 2023-10-06 |
| Detective Sergeant Elmer Louis Baum | 2023-10-01 |
| Corporal Roger Lee Layton | 2023-09-26 |
| Lieutenant Michael David Muth | 2023-09-17 |
| Sergeant John F. Bevard | 2023-09-17 |
| Mary Margaret Vananzo, Secretary III | 2023-09-01 |
| Sergeant Donald C. Welker | 2023-08-17 |
| Sergeant Edward A. Gawthrop | 2023-08-16 |
| Trooper First Class Robert L. "Bob" Sipes, Sr. | 2023-08-12 |
| First Sergeant Michael E. Wenrich | 2023-08-08 |
| Janet Vivian Galyon | 2023-08-05 |
| Sergeant Vernon Webster Phillips | 2023-07-23 |
| Sergeant Charles Henry Hanes III | 2023-07-16 |
| Sergeant Robert J. Simpson | 2023-07-13 |
| Sergeant Otto Edward Artfitch, Sr. | 2023-07-08 |
| Corporal William "Bill" C. Sullivan | 2023-07-06 |
| Corporal Dewight D. Rolley | 2023-07-05 |
| Trooper First Class Victor Gregory DeCesare Sr. | 2023-07-04 |
| Major Robert (Bob) Dallas Graham | 2023-06-24 |
| Detective Sergeant Ronald W. Ely | 2023-06-04 |
| Trooper First Class Albert Wayne Mynes | 2023-03-30 |
| William (Bill) Samuel Ebare | 2023-03-24 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Roland J. Meerdter Sr. | 2023-03-20 |
| Corporal Philip E. Sauerwald | 2023-03-09 |
| Corporal John C. Bowman III | 2023-02-21 |
| Deputy SFM Willard "Sparky" Leonard Pusey | 2023-01-16 |
| Trooper First Class Charles Ronald Twigg | 2023-01-15 |
| Sergeant Stephen F. Vail | 2023-01-12 |
| Trooper First Class Thomas Myrick, Sr. | 2022-12-23 |
| Sergeant Dennis R. Henkel | 2022-11-06 |
| Sergeant Louis "Bud" Henry Kellerman, Jr. | 2022-11-05 |
| Sergeant M. Fred Phelps | 2022-10-24 |
| Corporal Gary Lynn Beard | 2022-10-21 |
| Detective Sergeant Norman M. Pepersack Jr. | 2022-10-07 |
| Sergeant Irvin Washington | 2022-09-27 |
| Trooper First Class Donald Lee Stevens | 2022-09-15 |
| Sergeant Victor E. Wolfe, Sr. | 2022-09-06 |
| Captain Norval F. Cooper Jr. | 2022-08-16 |
| Senior Trooper Tony C. Gaines | 2022-07-23 |
| Pilot Michael S. Gartland | 2022-07-22 |
| Master Trooper William J. Long, III | 2022-06-14 |
| Second Lieutenant Maurice K. Shamer | 2022-05-20 |
| Sergeant Gregory L. Barnhart | 2022-05-02 |
| Lieutenant William G. Winner | 2022-04-30 |
| Sergeant Charles Smiley | 2022-04-20 |
| Corporal Francis "Buzzy" France | 2022-03-22 |
| Detective Sergeant Robert A. Cappelli | 2022-02-25 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Gary E. Moore | 2022-02-02 |
| First Lieutenant David A. Lauder | 2022-01-27 |
| Second Lieutenant Walter Weber Duncan, Jr. | 2022-01-17 |
| Trooper First Class William R. Fitzhugh, Sr. | 2022-01-08 |
| Major John P. Cook | 2022-01-06 |
| First Lieutenant Benjamin Cohey | 2021-12-22 |
| Trooper First Class George Prager | 2021-12-21 |
| Corporal Paul J. Gerstner | 2021-12-13 |
| Major Randall L. Holt | 2021-12-01 |
| Captain Joseph Eccleston, Jr. | 2021-11-22 |
| Trooper First Class M. R. Rote | 2021-11-07 |
| Trooper First Class Charles B. Smith | 2021-10-28 |
| First Sergeant Thomas Huber | 2021-10-07 |
| Detective Sergeant Patrick V. Drum, Sr. | 2021-09-29 |
| Trooper First Class Alec E. Cohen | 2021-09-18 |
| Trooper First Class Gerald "Jerry" Hudson | 2021-09-01 |
| Trooper First Class Mary Kathryn Webster | 2021-08-27 |
| Trooper First Class Crawford Windsor | 2021-08-26 |
| Trooper First Class Ricky Dell | 2021-08-16 |
| Sergeant William "Bill" Slider | 2021-08-15 |
| Sergeant Richard "Dick" Graham | 2021-07-31 |
| OS Donna J. (Fugett) Dare | 2021-07-28 |
| Sergeant John R. Sullivan | 2021-07-26 |
| PCO Bonnie Nelson | 2021-07-20 |
| Michael Dean Kretzer | 2021-07-16 |
| Sergeant Paul C. Crutchley | 2021-06-14 |
| Detective Sergeant David A. Keller | 2021-05-29 |
| Sergeant William F. George | 2021-04-30 |
| Sergeant Thomas Edward Ruppert | 2021-04-16 |
| Frederick John Kirchhoff | 2021-04-15 |
| Sergeant Billy Joe Caudill | 2021-03-24 |
| Lieutenant Namon Brown | 2021-02-12 |
| Lieutenant Leland Corbett | 2021-02-09 |
| Sergeant Robert Wright | 2021-02-08 |
| Trooper First Class Charlie Lester | 2021-02-02 |
| Sergeant William Broderick | 2021-01-31 |
| Sergeant Michael "Mick" Doyle | 2021-01-24 |
| Captain Edward Vernon Clark | 2021-01-21 |
| Corporal Stephen McCarter-Hebron | 2021-01-12 |
| Sergeant John Schultheis | 2021-01-08 |
| Corporal Arthur Marken | 2021-01-07 |
| Sergeant Stanley Carroll | 2021-01-02 |
| Trooper First Class Theodore Hutnik | 2020-12-30 |
| Trooper First Class John Miller | 2020-12-20 |
| First Sergeant Leo Drosdak | 2020-12-19 |
| Trooper First Class Harry Muir | 2020-12-13 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Edward Martin Ted Evans | 2020-12-12 |
| Trooper First Class Donald Baker | 2020-12-12 |
| Trooper First Class Joseph Kuhn | 2020-11-26 |
| Corporal Thomas Zufall | 2020-11-21 |
| Trooper First Class George Darcy Willoughby | 2020-11-20 |
| First Sergeant Harold Phillips | 2020-11-20 |
| Trooper First Class Mark Frech | 2020-11-11 |
| Trooper First Class Mauritz Stetson | 2020-11-02 |
| Trooper First Class Howard Donovan | 2020-10-19 |
| Trooper First Class Samuel W. Summers | 2020-10-17 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Leaston Booker | 2020-10-15 |
| Trooper First Class Marvin S. Henry | 2020-09-06 |
| PCO Marvin S. Hollinger | 2020-08-28 |
| Trooper First Class Thomas "Sonny" Conley | 2020-08-27 |
| Corporal Jerry Edmonson | 2020-08-26 |
| Sergeant David Cameron | 2020-08-18 |
| Sergeant Vernon L. Sarro | 2020-08-17 |
| Sergeant George A. Butler | 2020-08-13 |
| Lieutenant Elwood Stacy | 2020-06-18 |
| Lieutenant Jere Yohn | 2020-06-18 |
| Detective Sergeant Michael Callahan | 2020-06-14 |
| First Sergeant James Lough | 2020-05-24 |
| Corporal Dennis Welch | 2020-05-18 |
| Trooper First Class Arthur B. Lincoln | 2020-05-02 |
| Corporal Vanessa Pinder | 2020-04-12 |
| Sergeant Raymond Nizer | 2020-04-07 |
| Captain Wilford H. Lawrence | 2020-02-10 |
| Sergeant Thomas "Josh" Wainwright | 2020-01-23 |
| First Sergeant John R. Somers | 2020-01-01 |
| Trooper First Class Richard W. Poffenberger | 2019-12-29 |
| Captain L. D. "Don" Reuwer | 2019-12-09 |
| First Sergeant Walter Ellison | 2019-12-09 |
| Sergeant Samuel Tharp | 2019-11-12 |
| First Sergeant Mace Tall | 2019-10-30 |
| Sergeant Lee Upperco | 2019-10-27 |
| Detective Sergeant David Rooney | 2019-01-23 |
| Corporal Paul N. Strine, Jr. | 2018-10-19 |
| First Sergeant Charles E. Dammann | 2018-09-23 |
| Detective Sergeant Donald H. Cox | 2018-09-19 |
| Lieutenant George Snyder | 2018-09-03 |
| Trooper William Earle | 2018-08-22 |
| Corporal Bernie Balog | 2018-08-09 |
| First Sergeant Donald H. Tatterson, Jr. | 2018-07-31 |
| William "Bill" Killough | 2018-07-30 |
| Major Lawrence "Larry" Gibbs | 2018-05-25 |
| Detective Sergeant U. Paul Utz | 2018-05-08 |
| Corporal Curitis M. Dennis | 2018-04-19 |
| Sergeant W. Lynn Mowberly | 2018-03-20 |
| Trooper First Class George C.Wachter | 2018-03-18 |
| Lieutenant Edwin "Sonny" Shulz | 2018-03-09 |
| Trooper First Class Earl M. Keefer | 2018-03-06 |
| Lieutenant Eugene F. Davis | 2018-03-04 |
| Detective Sergeant Wilbur L. Wells | 2018-03-03 |
| Lieutenant Milton Hart | 2018-03-03 |
| Trooper First Class Phillip L. Henry | 2018-02-12 |
| Sergeant Edward E. Johnson | 2018-01-23 |
| Sergeant L. C. "Bootsie" Stinnett | 2018-01-04 |
| First Sergeant M. Kirk Daugherty | 2017-12-26 |
| Frederick G. North | 2017-12-23 |
| Trooper Lee Fuller | 2017-12-18 |
| Sergeant Mechanic Edgar W. Wolfkill | 2017-12-10 |
| Lieutenant Lester A. Nave | 2017-12-05 |
| Trooper First Class Robert Rikard | 2017-11-26 |
| Major John R. Kaiser | 2017-11-09 |
| Trooper First Class Carl R. Valentine | 2017-11-06 |
| Richard Zabor | 2017-11-05 |
| Lieutenant Colonel William T. Gerwig | 2017-10-24 |
| Lieutenant Robert Weisinmiller | 2017-10-23 |
| Sergeant Emerson M. Hoopes | 2017-09-20 |
| Sergeant Theodore "Ted" Polinsky | 2017-09-17 |
| Corporal Albert Shanahan | 2017-09-15 |
| Lieutenant James H. Plunkert | 2017-09-14 |
| Sergeant Frederick G. Morton | 2017-08-21 |
| First Sergeant A. Lee Fitzgerald | 2017-08-01 |
| First Sergeant Donald E. Hoffman | 2017-07-31 |
| Captain Paul Twgg | 2017-07-30 |
| Lieutenant Louis "Roy" Norbeck | 2017-07-28 |
| Lieutenant Robert H. McCleaf | 2017-06-30 |
| Sergeant George E. Taylor | 2017-05-19 |
| Lieutenant Larry L. Morris | 2017-05-11 |
| Captain Edgar L. Peach | 2017-05-09 |
| Sergeant E. Walter Mills | 2017-05-07 |
| Trooper First Class Donald A. Newcomer | 2017-04-29 |
| Sergeant George W. Taylor | 2017-04-27 |
| Lieutenant James P. Monaghan | 2017-03-14 |
| Sergeant Basil W. Coale | 2017-03-03 |
| Sergeant Steven D. Landbeck | 2017-03-02 |
| First Sergeant Larry E. Wheeler | 2017-02-27 |
| Sergeant Dennis M. Hooper | 2017-02-16 |
| Sergeant Joseph R. "Joe" Peters | 2017-01-31 |
| Captain Bernard "Bernie" Haywood | 2017-01-23 |
| Corporal Francis X. Bachmaier | 2017-01-16 |
| Corporal Walter L. "John" Currence | 2016-11-28 |
| Lieutenant Ray Grissett | 2016-09-15 |
| First Sergeant Darl Hershberger | 2016-08-22 |
| Trooper First Class William McCarthy | 2016-08-12 |
| Lieutenant Joseph P. Burkhardt | 2016-07-21 |
| Sergeant Charles Kaiser | 2016-07-07 |
| Detective Sergeant John R. Dodd | 2016-06-21 |
| Captain Guy E. Guyton, Jr. | 2016-06-16 |
| Captain Roger R. Meeks | 2016-06-11 |
| Lieutenant Bernard J. Chabot | 2016-06-09 |
| Major Carl R. Harbaugh | 2016-06-03 |
| Sergeant Mechanic Jerald A. Fender | 2016-05-25 |
| Corporal Fred A. Settle | 2016-05-01 |
| Founding Member Louis H. Duran | 2016-04-30 |
| Trooper First Class Ronald C. George | 2016-04-26 |
| Sergeant Gordon Smith | 2016-04-08 |
| Detective Sergeant Robert Estes | 2016-04-02 |
| Captain Robert W. Johnson | 2016-03-27 |
| Associate Member John L. Shriver | 2016-03-18 |
| Trooper First Class Louis Dick | 2016-03-12 |
| Sergeant Joseph D. Collins | 2016-03-10 |
| Trooper First Class Albert R. Radtke | 2016-01-26 |
| Major Dominick A. Balsoma | 2016-01-15 |
| James Merritt Patchett | 2011-12-30 |
| Trooper First Class Carey S. Poetzman | 1986-01-19 |
| Lieutenant Colonel George Davidson | 1981-07-29 |
| Sergeant M. C. Lilley | |
| Associate Member John T. Ile |
Maryland State Troopers that were killed during WWII.
Trooper Samuel F. Wilderson – 1943-07-28
Trooper Sherwood R. Williams – 1945-02-01
We remember, honor and miss them all.
We remember the Troopers who changed our lives,
The men and woman who protected us day and night,
People who respect for their dedication to the cause,
For when faced with danger, they never even pause.
We remember the Troopers who always stood true,
Whatever the color of uniform, brown gray or blue,
With pride and integrity they say to serve and protect,
For the giving of their life, we offer our respect.
We remember the Troopers who we never really knew,
Persons strong enough to answer the challenge are few,
With heavy hearts we mourn the Troopers in eternal rest,
There’s more to these people than the badge on their chest.
– Author Unknown
Let us never forget our fellow Troopers who have passed on to a new assignment. Let us remember them from the times we spent with them. The good times and the bad times. The things that made us Troopers.
Please let us know of anyone we may have missed and/or any corrections.