Stephen Portnoy

Position(s): Firefighter

2 days ago

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance- a day to honor those who have given their lives for our freedoms. In the Leonia Fire Department, we take this time to pay tribute to our past members and honor their memory by remembering their courage and sense of duty to the community they loved.
Some of these men died in the line of duty; some passed away while still active members of the Department. Others retired and moved away. Some were chief officers; others wore black hats until their final call. But ALL of them were firefighters, and that was what they were proud of, at the end of the day and at the end of their lives. Every single one of these men made an unquestionable commitment to their neighbors and friends, and the citizens of Leonia.
Killed in the Line of Duty- John Belleson, 1915
Killed in the Line of Duty- Henry G. Truslowe, 1964
Killed in the Line of Duty- Gerald Crowell, 1987
Ex-Chief Edgar Appleby
Donald Anderson
Gustave Beerner
Ex-Chief William A. Boggia
George Brust
George Buckmiller
Pat Caporino
William Casper
Ex-Chief Donald D. Chace
Ex-Chief Secor D. Chace
Henry P. Cole
Ex-Chief William D. Crum
William L. Crum
Ex-Chief Sidney A. Davis
Donald Devlin
John Dumansky
Herbert F. Fager
Ex-Chief Samuel Faig
Ex-Chief August Ferrera
William Frevert
Ex-Chief Stanley Gallone, Sr.
Ex-Chief Edward J. Gallone, Sr.
Ex-Chief John C. Gardner, Sr.
E.G. Gismond
Charles Gromest
Ex-Chief Thomas A. Grothues
Ex-Chief Christian G. Haeberle
Ex-Chief Christian J. Haeberle
Edmund J. Hazlitt
Ex-Chief Edmund J. Hazlitt, Jr.
Roger Haenelt
Ronald Hillery
Edward Hebel
David Hurd
Ex-Chief Everett Jones
Kevin Karros
Charles Keane
Ex- Deputy Chief Leroy Kilpatrick
Herwarth G. Klose
Baldwin A. Krahmer
Ex-Chief John Kraker
John Krauss
Ex-Chief George Clifford Lapham
Archie Lavigne
William F. Lewis
Ex-Chief Anthony Liccardo
Ex-Chief Herman Lichtenberger
Ex-Chief George Lord
Harry Ludwig
Ex-Chief Edward Lynch
Ex-Chief Eugene Lynch
James Lynch
Joseph Lynch
Ex-Chief Edward W. Mabie
Frank Marion
Edward F. Mickel
George Mickel
Murray Moskowitz
Frank Moltzen
Ex-Deputy Chief John Moltzen
William D. Moore
Ex-Chief William Neislein
Milton H. Patterson
Ex-Chief John Paulos
Peter G. Paulos
Ex-Deputy Chief Bronsilaus Pawlick
Arthur Phillips
Ex-Chief Charles Piatt
Ex-Chief Phillip Piatt
Arthur Purnell
Richard T. Quinton, Sr.
Stephen Raczkowski
William H. Ray
Earl Richards
Ex-Chief Richard Ruhle
Ex-Chief Schaazenbach
Ex-Chief Joseph J. Schwab
George H. Sloat
William H. Stark
Charles Tatro
Ex-Chief Gerard Tatro
Harold Tatro
Ex-Deputy Chief Walter Tatro
Ex-Chief William B. Tatro
Alfred Thompson
Ex-Chief Mark Tighe
Ex-Chief John Uhl
Wilbur Vakenier
Ex-Chief Arthur Van Zilen
Ex-Chief Theodore Van Zilen
Harry Van Houton
Ex-Chief Jerrie VanMater Jr.
Eli Verasco
William A. Vignaux
Arthur H. Vogel
William Vogel
Isaac Vreeland
Louis Watchel
Ex-Chief Frank Watson
Robert Watson
Frank Weisenberger
John R. Westervelt
Ex-Chief Stanley S. Zaikowski
We thank these firefighters, who have answered their last alarm as a member of the Leonia Volunteer Fire Department, Co. No. 1. They are gone from this Earth, but will never be forgotten from our hearts 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ... See MoreSee Less