Section Four

Presumptive Illness Line of Duty Deaths.
  The International Association Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Wall Colorado Springs, Colorado
Submitted to the IAFF by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 341
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Total of 155 Firefighters Cassified as an IAFF Presumptive

 

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 ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  January 8, 1999 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
    Captain Leonidas "Pappy" Selph  Cancer: Prostate
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

  
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  April 28, 2011
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
    Senior Captain Clarence Owen "C. O." Sharp Sr.  Cancer: Esophageal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  October 13, 2019 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
 Engineer/Operator Scott Anthony Shaw  Cancer: Renal Cell Carcinoma
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  September 4, 2013 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
   Firefighter Elmer Earl Shuptrine  Cancer: Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

 ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  February 9, 2004
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
   Deputy Chief Claude Christopher "Bud" Simonton  Cancer: Bone
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  September 19, 2012 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
   Captain James Lundel "Lightening" Smith  Cancer: Colon
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

 
 ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  April 28, 2007
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
   Firefighter Richard Frank Smith  C. O. D.: Cardiac Arrest
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  December 13, 2011
 Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
 Firefighter Dennis Wayne Snider  Cancer: Colon
Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

 
 ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET:  June 12, 2013
 Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
   Chauffeur Louis Marion Snider Sr.  Cancer: Lung
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Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 10, 2013
    Inspector Billy Bryan Snow 
Cancer: Prostate
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 February 27, 2020  
 District Chief James Brian "Bubba" Soukup
 Cancer: Melanoma
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2021

Always Remember to Never Forget
  September 21, 2019
  Firefighter Kenneth Dale Stavinoha 
 Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020

Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 21, 2018
 Lieutenant Joel Sterling “Mr. Joel” Stephens 
Cancer: Prostate
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020

Always Remember to Never Forget
 January 6, 2011
   Firefighter Leonard Stephens  
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
 January 11, 1991 
Senior Captain Ruben Leon Stubblefield   
Cancer: Pancreatic Cancer 
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020

Always Remember to Never Forget
 April 27, 2010
Firefighter Randy Bill Surratt
Cancer: Hodgkin’s  
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010

Always Remember to Never Forget
  September 8, 1962 
District Chief Robert Allen “Slim” Templeton
Cause of Death: Cardiac
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 4, 2011 
Captain Anthony Joseph Tortorice
Cancer: Lung
 
 Always Remember to Never Forget
 December 11, 2011   
Firefighter Jimmy Doyle Ussery
Cancer: Glioblastoma Multiforme/Brain 
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015  

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 14, 2016 
Firefighter Rudolph Valentino “Rudy” Valdez
Cancer: Kidney
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

Always Remember to Never Forget
  March 29, 2012 
 Chauffeur Melvin Mitchell Wallace Jr.
Cancer: Prostate
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

Always Remember to Never Forget
 July 30, 2003 
District Chief Ed. Ludwig “Ed”  Walther
Cancer: Brain
 Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015




Always Remember to Never Forget
 September 4, 2013
   Captain John Henry "Butch" Warden III 
Cancer: Pancreatic
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017


Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 25, 2010
 Chauffeur Dennis Byrn Waters 
 Cause of Death: Heart Disease
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010


Always Remember to Never Forget
 January 31, 2009
   Firefighter Rodney Dale Waters 
Cause Of  Death: Overexertion
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2010
  
   
Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 21, 2022
   Fire Chief Danny Dean Watkins 
Cause Of  Death: COVID-19
 National Fallen Fighter Memorial Wall in Emmetsburg Maryland-2022

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 12, 2017 
 Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
Firefighter Larry Gene Webb
Cancer: Small Cell Carcinoma Metastatic
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023

Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 26, 1999 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
Captain Doyce Edsol “Dipper” Wedgeworth
Cancer: Lung
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
Always Remember to Never Forget
 July 20, 1989 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
District John William Wedgeworth Sr.
Cancer: Head and Neck Carcinoma
 Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 10, 2018 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
 District Chief Phillip Jeffery Wedgeworth 
Cancer: Aden Carcinoma of the Lung and Bone
 Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2020
Always Remember to Never Forget
 June 13, 2016 
Houston Fire Department, Texas IAFF Local 341
Senior Captain Riley Lee Wedgeworth III
Cancer: Squamous Cell Carcinoma 
Colorado Springs IAFF Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 January 19, 2007
 Firefighter Larry Anthony Wesley 
Cancer: Leukema
  Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2015


Always Remember to Never Forget
 May 18, 2002
   Captain Jim "Iron Man" Wheeler 
Cancer: Esophageal
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2018

Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 31, 2016
    Cadet Stephen Reid Whitfield II 
Cause Of  Death: Cardiac Arrest
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 January 21, 2014
 Chauffeur Mark Ferris Williamson 
Cancer: Colon
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2016
 

Always Remember to Never Forget
 July 13, 2022
 Firefighter Malcomb Sherrod Willis 
Cause Of  Death: Cardiac Arrest
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2023

Always Remember to Never Forget
  June 28, 2008
  Chauffeur Scott Stewart Winterhalter
 Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017
 
Always Remember to Never Forget
 March 26, 2005
  District Chief Paul Clayton Wright 
Cancer: Lung
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

Always Remember to Never Forget
  January 22, 2010
  Firefighter Charles "Chuck" Joseph Zinnante 
Cancer: Sinus
 Colorado Springs IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall-2017

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