by 100Clubillinois | Sep 30, 2020 | Fallen Heroes, Uncategorized
“(He was) a very special young man” (South Holland Village Administrator J. Wynsma). *** On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Firefighter Dylan Cunningham, 29, died in the line of duty following a dive training exercise at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee. The...
by 100Clubillinois | Feb 17, 2003 | Fallen Heroes, Uncategorized
Officer Eric DeWit was killed in an automobile accident while he and his partner were on patrol at 3:25 am. A vehicle had turned in front of their patrol car at the intersection of Sauk Trail and Kostner Avenue, in Richton Park, causing Officer DeWit to take evasive...
by 100Clubillinois | Sep 16, 1970 | Fallen Heroes, Uncategorized
Officer Leonard Morgan was helping to carry a heart attack victim to his squad car for transportation to the hospital when he himself suffered a heart attack. He remained in the hospital until his death on September 16, 1970. He was survived by his wife.
by 100Clubillinois | Nov 27, 1969 | Fallen Heroes, Uncategorized
Detective Oliver J. Singleton, who had been paralyzed following a gun battle, succumbed to his wounds some 10 months later. Detective Singleton and his partner were wounded when they and other policemen foiled a robbery on January 24, 1969, at the Bell and Howell...
